Queen_of_Thunder
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You were lucky. The only reliable source of ammo I found was from Academy and they had limits. When one can only get 1 box per caliber with a max of 3 calibers per day its hard to maintain the shooting schedule I had before the December incident. Of course that is if they had any ammo to sell. After 8 months of self imposed limits I can now return to a schedule of 1 match and 1 practice session a month as thats about the extent of my ability to replace what I shoot. Ammo supply while improving is still somewhat spotty and overly expensive.Queen of Thunder,
If you have not been shooting the last view months because of shortage of reloading components I respectfully submit you have not been looking in the right places and using the right search techniques. I have purchased more reloading supplies since the first of the year than probably the last 2 or 3 previous ones at pre-Banic prices. In fact I totally added shooting black powder revolver and have acquired plenty of everything (caps, wads, real BP, bullet mold) to keep me shooting it for a long time.
The reloading supply and ammo situation is improving. This weekend I found new 9mm brass in stock at pre-Banic prices. I have not made a effort to buy any 22 LR ammo since the Banic started but I also found a reputable Internet companies that are now accepting backorders for 22 LR at reasonable prices.
The key for me is flexibility and using the Internet for product searches instead of whining about the shortage and prices.
As far as reloading goes I had just started assembling the items when it hit the fan and as we all know reloading supplies right down to dies and presses disappeared overnight and they too were on backorder and commanding huge prices in the secondary market.
Where many people haven't been able to find 22lr I've been able to purchase some 30,000 rounds over these past 8 months. Now 9mm and 45acp along with 40 S&W were nowhere to be found and are finally showing up. I traded 22lr for the 40 cal ammo that I needed and traded another portion as part of the price on a S&W 586. The remaining amount is for shooting and a small portion set aside for trade possibilities.