berettaprofessor
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Disclaimer; I don't load rifle in great numbers, shoot around 20-30/week on average, sometimes more sometimes less. So I've been comfortable keeping a box or two of each bullet I use and a couple of lbs of powder around for each load, and been able pretty well to maintain that while supplies dwindle locally. I don't keep an inventory, just glance on the shelves to see what is low before trips to the stores.
I realized this morning, however, that I may be most vulnerable to a bullet shortage, since in most instances, I have more powder than bullets to load for each cartridge. For instance, I've got two unopened lbs of CFEBLK, sufficient to load 800 rounds of 300 Blackout, but I've only got 200 bullets on hand. I've got enough powder to load over 200 6.5 Creeds with H4350, but less than 100 147 Hornady ELDs to load in them.
Do many of you keep your powder/bullet ratios closer with a spreadsheet inventory or do you just use the "empty shelf" method and shoot something else if one supply or another gets low?
I realized this morning, however, that I may be most vulnerable to a bullet shortage, since in most instances, I have more powder than bullets to load for each cartridge. For instance, I've got two unopened lbs of CFEBLK, sufficient to load 800 rounds of 300 Blackout, but I've only got 200 bullets on hand. I've got enough powder to load over 200 6.5 Creeds with H4350, but less than 100 147 Hornady ELDs to load in them.
Do many of you keep your powder/bullet ratios closer with a spreadsheet inventory or do you just use the "empty shelf" method and shoot something else if one supply or another gets low?