I did not know where to post this. Moderator, if it is the incorrect sub-forum please move as appropriate.
I love to shoot. Pistols, rifles or shotguns...it does not matter. At one point, for every 1,000 rounds I may have killed one varmint/pest or harvested one game bird or deer. Now, that I live in the country and stopped competitive shooting that has gone to maybe 250:1. So 99.6% of my shooting is for fun.
Working up loads, and testing new toys makes up some of that. Some is shooting clays, but the vast majority of rifle and pistol rounds are plinking and target shooting.
I used to do most of that fun shooting with .22's, cast 9mm and cast .38 Spl. I have pistols and carbines in each caliber. During the last "event", it was cheaper to shoot 9mm and .38's than .22's!
Although I have a good inventory of stuff, the current situation caused me to think differently. I had enough "stuff" to keep shooting for the rest of my life, but I am too cheap to burn up primers at $100+/k or powder at $50+/lb.
As a result, I have moved almost all my fun shooting to PCP's. I enjoy quality guns and demand accuracy so none of them are the kind of air guns at your typical LGS. My shooting has actually gone up and I am having a lot more fun. No time needed to cast or reload. No cases to police and clean and no hearing protection needed (I have a range at home).
I am curious how others have delt with this "event" and have these questions WRT to your fun shooting:
1 Are you shooting less, about the same or more?
2 Have you moved away from using up expensive primers and powder to using .22's?
3 If this becomes the new normal, what are your plans?
My answers are:
1 I am shooting more
2 I moved to PCP's as an affordable option
3 I will sell off more of my "toys" (guns, Star, Master Caster, molds) if they are too expensive to feed.