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05/07/09 01:24 AM
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well i know we all love to shoot,But with the price of ammo how can we still have the fun we did before the price of ammo went up so high.How can it still give us the same fun knowing that the price of ammo is going to be bad every time we pull the trigger.Well just something i was thinking about.Well what do yall think about it. 
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 01:34 AM
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 01:38 AM
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PKnTX
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I've always used firearms chambered in
the calibers of lesser $$ ammo. Even they
have gone up some but hey, it's still
cheaper than it would be otherwise.
centerfire: 30-30win
rimfire: 22lr
pistol: 357mag/38sp
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 01:38 AM
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thats why I reload
X2 
YET ITS STILL EXPENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  
I NEED .45 BRASS AND BULLETS! I KNOW IM YELLING......I AM SICK OF THIS CC RR AA PP!
 After eating Payne's sausage I don't know if I can go back to the regular store bought stuff. "Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, and more money" Tom T Hall
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 01:44 AM
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rifleman
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I will still fire away with the 22/22mag, 223 & 9mm, b/c I have a stockpile of ammo for them to tap into when needed, but my larger caliber rifles only get shot at animals or to be taken out and checked to see if they are still stackin' and put back up. So I guess it can be said, the recent jump in ammo prices aren't bothering me..... yet.
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05/07/09 01:50 AM
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i only shoot the deer rifle at animals now. and the .22 i can shoot all day for fairly cheap. the 9mm i can shoot all day for a decent price... and i reload shotgun so im set!
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05/07/09 01:58 AM
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i only shoot the deer rifle at animals now. and the .22 i can shoot all day for fairly cheap. the 9mm i can shoot all day for a decent price... and i reload shotgun so im set!
That's my formula for cheap shooting too. One day in the future... when we've got flying cars and talking dogs... we'll have cheap ammo again.
That's providing that the talking dogs don't learn how to drive our flying cars and take over the world though... we shall see.
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05/07/09 02:23 AM
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Well to those that said they reload,the prices on reloading has also gone threw the roof,try buying powder and primers and etc.primers are getting very tough to get at a good price it is very hard.
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 02:35 AM
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i bought a walther p22 for shooting and for the rest of my guns 9mm and up and 22-250 and up are strictly for animals and intruders or sighting in but i see that walther getting alot of rounds sent down the barrel for here on out
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 03:37 AM
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Thats why I stock pile reloading components...I have 5000 LR primers. I also have 40#s of Varget. tons of brass and god knows how many bullets.
Last edited by scooter79; 05/08/09 02:10 AM.
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 03:41 AM
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rifleman
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^^^^^^^ I see someone else has it figured out.
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/07/09 03:51 AM
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well scooter please tell me were i can get primers in desperate need right as we speak.
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05/07/09 11:37 PM
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I have almost run out of 22's. They aren't all that cheap either.
Without a sense of urgency, nothing ever happens.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley, Rancher Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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05/08/09 12:45 AM
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prohunter08...where abouts you live?
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05/08/09 01:23 AM
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I was never one to blast a box or two of .45acp or even 9mm just for the hell of it. i've always practiced with .22lr. I leave the centerfires for matches. Maybe a magazine or two but that's its. It's interesting some folks almost have a need to finish all 50rds or what ever the amount the box may contain. I was/am never like that.
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Re: shooting vs price of ammo
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05/08/09 01:24 AM
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thats why I reload
yup
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05/08/09 01:33 AM
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Me and my wife used to shoot our rifles and pistols, a lot. I bought a SA 22 Cowboy pistol so I can still afford to get my SHOOT ON.
"A hunt based only on trophies taken, falls far short of what the ultimate goal should be." -Fred Bear
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05/08/09 02:02 AM
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05/08/09 02:16 AM
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so im done w. finals and i go back home. whip out the ole 9mm, go down to the tank and start wasting rounds.. after about 4 clips i stop and think.... OHHH POOP!!! im never gonna find more ammo!!!!!! 
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05/08/09 02:52 AM
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I sure as heck don't bump fire the old AK anymore. I used to shoot about 50 rounds a week of 9mm. Last fall, I stopped shooting that much (went to maybe 50 /month), but still bought the same amount, so the ammo scare hasn't really affected me. I reload all the .45 I shoot, and I still have quite a few primers and plenty of powder so I haven't felt it there either.
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05/08/09 06:56 AM
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A good friend gun dealer said that, (I may have this backwards, but it doesn't matter), Winchester has upped ammo output by over 50% and Remington by over 20+%. Hopefully we will wake up soon to find ammo to be like fuel, plentiful and reasonably priced.
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05/08/09 03:32 PM
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A good friend gun dealer said that, (I may have this backwards, but it doesn't matter), Winchester has upped ammo output by over 50% and Remington by over 20+%. Hopefully we will wake up soon to find ammo to be like fuel, plentiful and reasonably priced.
Hope you are right about that. I'm in pretty good shape but it'd be nice to be able to go out and burn a thousand rounds or so on a weekend drill and not have to wonder if I can replace my stock or not.
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05/08/09 07:48 PM
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Figure ammo prices are like $4.00 a gallon gasoline. Change my ways a little but mostly b*tched about it a lot. When prices go down after production increases and sales decrease, will go back to b*tching about something else.
That why i like my .357. Shoot .38s for practice.
Last edited by frognot; 05/08/09 07:48 PM.
When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
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05/09/09 12:03 AM
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so im done w. finals and i go back home. whip out the ole 9mm, go down to the tank and start wasting rounds.. after about 4 clips i stop and think.... OHHH POOP!!! im never gonna find more ammo!!!!!!
Be careful out there!
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05/09/09 12:16 AM
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well i know we all love to shoot,But with the price of ammo how can we still have the fun we did before the price of ammo went up so high.How can it still give us the same fun knowing that the price of ammo is going to be bad every time we pull the trigger.Well just something i was thinking about.Well what do yall think about it.
time to get a bb gun . . .
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