Stocked up a bit last winter. Couple extra lbs of everything I use.
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Stocked up a bit last winter. Couple extra lbs of everything I use.
no tin hat here....70 lbs of powder, 21 varieties.
25,000 brass 45acp & 40acp.
80,000 primers , small & large.
11,000 jacketed boolits
200 pounds of lead and 6 molds.
when do the war start?
Originally Posted by mozeppa
That's ALL - 200 lbs of lead? 6 molds? wow
The math works out to 80k rounds w/ a 17.5 grain bullet over a 6.125 grain chargeThat's ALL - 200 lbs of lead? 6 molds? wow
yeah.....i know....i need more lead!
I found I need more lead after counting up my primers the other day, way more lead!
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A couple months ago my wife came down to my "secret laboratory", observed the powder shelf and asked "Where did all that come from?" I just grinned and said "I just picked up a little at a time over the past year. What you should really be concerned about bunny, is we don't yet have enough primers to use all that powder." Her response... " You should rectify that situation." I love her!
I'm still stocking, but yeah I have more than a couple of years ago. 13K primers + maybe 40-60 lbs of powders and a LOT of wheelweight ingots.
CARPE DIEM!.......
I've been buying my primers by the 'flat' (5000) for a long, long time and, for the last year or so, I've been picking up the powders that I use in any quantity whenever I find them (at a reasonable price).
Bill
"I'm not often right but I've never been wrong."
Jimmy Buffett
"Scarlet Begonias"
I got caught short after Obama's 1st election. Learned my lesson. Now I try to keep a 4 year supply at minimum!
Molon Labe!
Gentlemen,
Interesting replies.
I would like to point out that in just a few months a new Presidential election cycle will begin. Hillary Clinton is getting more and more positioned to be a candidate.
Can you imagine what will happen to everything shooting related when/if that happens? It will make these last two shortages seem pale, in my tiny opinion.
Just food for thought for y'all.
Cat
Cogito, ergo armatum sum.
(I think, therefore I'm armed.)
Cat
I think you have a point. Powder and primers are still hit and miss around here. I think some judicious purchases over the next couple of years will be prudent.
hotbrew
Life is good, if you don't weaken...
There is prudence in public knowledge of who can own guns, but there is danger in knowing who does own guns
I have 500 rounds loaded in every caliber I can reload for (21). Closer to 3000 .45 acp and 2000 9mm.
Sm Rifle/Lg Rifle/Sm Pistol/Lg Pistol 5000 Primers each
300 pounds of lead (or there abouts)
15 or so molds (6.5/7mm/.30/.25/.40/.38/.44/.45/.224)
500 .223 (69gr sierra HBPT) & (77gr sierra HPBT)
4000 .45 cast boolits in varying weights
2500 .38 wadcutter boolits
bunch of misc jacketed bullets for pistol
20 1lb cans of misc powder rifle and pistol
Seeing that I just started about 4 months ago, I have way more on hand than before.
Just started trying to reload last year, very hard to find components for even a few calibers. I really don't understand anybody needing 80,000 rnds of anything, or components to load 80,000 rnds. I guess being knee deep in brass, holding off the hoards is a popular fantasy. JMHO
]Why does anyone need an assault rifle? My first need is articulated in the US v Miller 1939 decision: every citizen eligible for volunteer or conscript military service, every member of the unorganized militia, should be familiar with his nation's military service rifle, and the service rifles of potential allies and foes as well, to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
So snoopy, I like your sig line.
In it, you defend anyone's wanting, as opposed to needed weaponry. I concur.
However, the same logic applies to those that have 80,000 round/components for reloading, doesn't it?
Cat
Cogito, ergo armatum sum.
(I think, therefore I'm armed.)
More P & P and ammo 2! Presses, ar-15's. But the mosins are really expensive $179.00!
Catshooter, didn't mean to condemn it. I just don't get to shoot that much or reload that much, partly do to time constraints, partly due to shortage of components. I also like to fool with amateur radio, I have several "back up radios" "back up amplifiers etc.", there really is a point when enough is enough. I believe in being prepared, its just really frustrating to start a new hobby and be restricted.
]Why does anyone need an assault rifle? My first need is articulated in the US v Miller 1939 decision: every citizen eligible for volunteer or conscript military service, every member of the unorganized militia, should be familiar with his nation's military service rifle, and the service rifles of potential allies and foes as well, to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
Much more and stocking every chance i get. This last shortage woke me up to the fact it could happen over and over thru the years. Won't ever stop stocking again. Gotta get ready for Hitlary! I really got caught short on this last shortage and it's not gonna happen again.
I have less than 2 years ago because I stocked up after the last go-'round, and I flatly refuse to pay the ridiculous prices asked today for anything. So, I'm starting to go into my stash, but thanks to careful investing in supplies, I can probably reload and shoot 'till Hell freezes over and still be OK. And I shoot a lot.
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