Sustainable shooting ideas

[gnappi]

Sustainable is a point of view. The more reliant we are for a finished product, the less sustainable a hobby is. If you cast, powder coat bullets, and reload you're at least "on the way" to being a bit less affected by shortages. Gunpowder and primers are useless to everyone but reloaders and ammo makers. I read recently that states are considering taxing FINISHED ammo BY THE POUND!

Not me!

 

[Armored farmer]

I've been finding enough rimfire ammo to keep me going without having me dip into my stored rounds---might be shorts, might be magnums, might be subsonics, might be Stingers ect.... and have purchased 4 rimfire firearms in the last year, adding to the ones I already had---I've gone rimfire in a big way.

Do have 2 old Sheridans and a TC Omega if things get really bad---but they haven't got that bad yet.

Two rimfires for me in 2020.
A 10/22 target clone and a 1911-22

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

oops

 

[rayatphonix]

I just bought an Airsoft piston this morning and an airgun is in my future. Using those will help me practice.

 

[Meeks36]

Who is actually hunting with their pellet rifle?
Are you happy with the power, or do you end up wishing you had your .22lr.?
I dont mind a handicap in the squirrel woods.
I hunt squirrels with my .32 caplick squirrel rifle, .40 caplock.45 flinter, and .22 mkll or of course a .22 rifle.
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Its not really a handicap. It teaches us to stalk get in closer. And the challenge of it. Just depends in how one looks at it. Im as quite as the wind. Because of stalking squirrel in the woods growing up with a bb gun. Im older heavier but still move like the wind. Ive scared a few folks walking up behind them. Not on purpose just how I walk everyday. Quick amd quite. Maybe not as quick as I used to be. Still quite tho.

 

[readyeddy]

Try shooting a Daisy BB air rifle using the Quick Kill method.

Back in Vietnam war, the Army trained soldiers to point shoot out to 100 yards by shooting small targets thrown in the air using a Daisy BB gun. You look over the barrel without using the sights. I don't have a shooting partner to throw ping pong balls into the air, so I shoot 1" spinners on the ground at 10 feet. Target acquisition is instant, no time spent aiming.

BB's are very affordable.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Hmm... .
It would be interesting to design up a fitting for a shop vac to shoot ping pong balls on command or on a timer.
I visualize something involving some PVC pipe, an elbow, a T fitting, a double catchment and spring, a weight to force the balls down and reduce the escaping air, and a triggering cord or device.

I did something similar for my drafting teacher, who was also a tennis pro/instructor... .

 

[Armored farmer]

As far as shooting goes, I tend to enjoy my single shot rifles as much as i do semi autos.
Stealing a bit of thunder from the "break barrels " thread...
You can stretch out a box ammo through a break action.
Let's just say it takes less self control to make 30 rounds last in a single shot.

 

[Mosin77]

As far as shooting goes, I tend to enjoy my single shot rifles as much as i do semi autos.
Stealing a bit of thunder from the "break barrels " thread...
You can stretch out a box ammo through a break action.
Let's just say it takes less self control to make 30 rounds last in a single shot.

True in general of any manual action. Even before the craziness I never liked to just vaporize a box of 22s with a semi auto. Even a lever or pump, after the initial excitement where you just have to see how fast you can empty the tube, encourages a bit of deliberation.

 

[Citron]

I already have a recurve picked out, been sitting in the cart waiting on my birthday, that way I can justify it. Already have a bolt action .22 for my son, looking for a SA .22 revolver to start teaching him handgun handling. My son and daughter both have recurves already, so when I get mine we can shoot together.

 

[.38 Special]

I have been a somewhat casual archer for years, but Covid really has put the match to that ember. I shoot barebow in a scoring league, and have been hunting small game extensively with my Hill longbow. It scratches most of the same itch that firearm shooting does, and tapered POC from Wapiti is under $50 a dozen shipped.

When I really need to make something go Bang I get out a flintlock. But you know, I have my CCW requalification this Sunday and even that hundred round requirement has me wondering how I am going to replace those components. So ballistically speaking, archery has completely taken over from busting caps, and I wonder if I ever will return to firearms with the same enthusiasm I once had.

 

[George P]

100 rounds to requalify? my wife took her shooting part for her CWFL the other day and it was one 10 round mag of .22lr the instructor provided.

 

[5whiskey]

I haven’t changed my habits much yet. I have plenty of components to last for a year or so. If we go beyond that, I’ll have to conserve. I did get into BP shooting 3-4 years ago, and now I’m so happy I did. Not just because of these shortages, but because shooting BP is every bit as fun (and more economical).

I’ve always wanted to make a suitable bow. I tried once and it didn’t work out. If this continues I may try again. I’ve also wanted a pcp air rifle for a few years but can never justify it. It’s a little easier to justify now. But not yet.

 

[.38 Special]

100 rounds to requalify? my wife took her shooting part for her CWFL the other day and it was one 10 round mag of .22lr the instructor provided.

Even at one hundred rounds it is a joke. It is a B-27 silhouette and it is shot at three, five, and seven yards, although most folks just wind it out to seven yards and have at it - it is not even necessary to hit it near the middle to pass. It really is just a test to ensure that the gun functions and that its owner knows where the trigger is - although horrifyingly, I have seen people fail it. Here in California, though, we consider ourselves lucky to have the opportunity at all.

 

[Shawn Dodson]

My primary CCW pistol is a Glock 19. I have two KWA "K19" gas blowback airsoft pistols and a Umarex CO2 Glock 19 BB pistol. These pistols fit my holsters and I can practice in my backyard and garage.

I also have a MantisX dryfire system and a DryFireMag for my Glock 19.

I have an A.S.P. Glock 19 red gun and a Ring's Glock 19 blue gun that I use for dry training (room clearing and non-projectile "force-on-force" exercises).

I have two Glock 44 .22 LR pistols and plenty of .22 ammo.

I handload 9mm and have brass, primers, powder and bullets for handloading to last for awhile.

 

[Armored farmer]

I already have a recurve picked out, been sitting in the cart waiting on my birthday, that way I can justify it.

Man, I wouldn't wait too long, things are in short supply.

. I shoot barebow in a scoring league, and have been hunting small game extensively with my Hill longbow

Yours truly back in '16 before I tore my bicep tendon. Bear 52# recurve. Shooting instinctively. 100gr broadleaf. Hopefully my recent surgery will let me shoot bows again!

I handload 9mm and have brass, primers, powder and bullets for handloading to last for awhile.

There is 2" of snow on the ground here, so its revolvers only for now, so i don't loose any brass!

 

[Tnt86]

I picked up a few cheap shot training lasers in various calibers about $40 each. Paired with a G-sight app for a smart phone it logs your hits on a plain paper target its a cheap way to get trigger time.

 

[Hangingrock]

When the warm weather returns I'll return to shooting.

 

[Armored farmer]

I'm not sure this qualifies as sustainable, but i traded for a GSG 1911 22lr. I am using it as practice for my 1911 commander ccw.

 

[entropy]

I almost bought one of those a couple years ago, as they are a dead ringer for my PT1911AR, but the prices have gone up a bit recently, I'll wait & see if they come down again.

 

[Bartojc]

I shot more 22 in the past 3 months than I had in the past 3 years. A lot of that was because my youngest daughter has shown renewed interest in shooting with dad and she calls one of the .22s "her" gun. I do not have the stock of .22 that I thought I did, and it's amazing how fast it goes away.

For 9mm I still shoot a couple times a month. I've been keeping records for years on how much I shoot, and pretty sure I had enough supplies before all this started to keep me going for 3 years. I don't want to run out but as of now I think I'll be fine. It's been almost a year crunch on supplies now and if we are still talking about it in a year I'll be cutting back

It was probably July last year before I realized reloading components and ammo were hard to get.

I do find myself keeping an eye out for a nice target grade .22
-Jeff

 

[Bartojc]

As far as shooting goes, I tend to enjoy my single shot rifles as much as i do semi autos.
Stealing a bit of thunder from the "break barrels " thread...
You can stretch out a box ammo through a break action.
Let's just say it takes less self control to make 30 rounds last in a single shot.

Same with shooting single action. I was thinking the same a few weeks ago when I had two single actions on the table and nothing else. You don't need near the ammo as you do with 2 semi-autos.

-Jeff

 

[AK Hunter]

I just switched to shooting 5.45. I stocked up years ago back when no one wanted the 5.45, now I have a lifetime supply.
I love having the range to myself these days, most shooters at my range only stay about 15 min. They shoot, scout the range to pick up brass & leave.

 

[Armored farmer]

people in the snow belt prefer revolvers so they can find their brass!

 

[HoploDad]

Well, at least it has realistic sounds and ejects shells....