some thing cheap to shoot
During the Obama reign 22 LR was very hard to find, and on one of my prepper forums we discussed making a center fire option. Texas by God's post made me think of this, as the original was to be a 38 special necked down to 22 caliber. I've been thinking that maybe something like that needs to happen to make shooting/reloading affordable. Range pick up brass would seem to be the place to start, and the only option I can see is 9mm (not enough case capacity) or 223 (too much case capacity). That said the 223 case needs to be made smaller, either shoulder pushed back, or cut off and used as a straight walled case. I do not have any experience casting 22 caliber bullets so I do not know if that is a good idea or not, a cut off case could lead to a bigger bullet than 22 caliber which may be a good idea. With a shortened case (neck and shoulder pushed back) that remains 22 caliber I think something with the power level around 22 hornet, would be what I am looking for, or maybe a 6mm or 25 caliber with a neck and cast bullets, or a straight walled case with more taper and no neck, 7 mm or 30 caliber. That sounds kind a like a 300whisper/300 BO but its a serious 30/30 power level cartridge, that requires a pretty hefty charge of powder, something smaller, would be better I think so it would be economical. Picked up brass, small powder charge, cast bullets or cheap military 55 grain FMJ, and I can think of no way to get a cheap primer unless it was a home made primer. I am kind of a clutz so I am unsure about trying to make primers???? Any and all suggestions are welcome, just don't be cruel, and Thanks for reading!!!