being that rare unicorn, the oxymoronic libtard gun nut on an explicitly apolitical bicycle forum, i wrote this little screed in the sorta-hidden guns and ammo area:
i have about 550 45acp rounds loaded.
i am low (maybe 25) on large rifle primers, which is what i use for krag, 30-06 and .308win. i expect to use them up next time i reload. i have about 300 rounds of .308, which is my primary rifle cartridge, about 200 30-06, and 120 krag loaded.
i have ample .223 components. limit is bullets, probably 500. already have about 200 rds loaded. plenty of rifle powder, cases and small rifle primers. the AR is not my favorite rifle to shoot, hasn't been out in over a year. i recently replaced the buffer spring with a flat-wire spring, supposedly minimizes the "sproing!", which i hate, so i might enjoy it more now.
45-70? maybe 80 rds, not set up for reloading it, uses a bigger bullet than .45acp.
black powder? plenty. musket caps? couple of hundred. .58 and .54 bullets? not so much, 20 and 40.
whoever is doing this hoarding is making it difficult for me to shoot, and i'm really beginning to dislike them. we've had ammo shortages before, but nothing like this, especially reloading components which are sort of a specialized niche. this time is different, like someone is hoping to start a civil war and have an ammo factory in their basement. i begin to wish ill on them. if they don't get their wish and all hell doesn't break loose, there's going to be some interesting estate sales in the next 20 years. this is not just brick-and-mortar retail, most if not all online vendors are literally completely out of stock. panic isn't helping.
re-reading this, i suppose it must look strange to the casual or non-shooters. stockpiles of 500 of this, 300 of that, 200 of some more, 80 of the other, but having been through a couple of shortages, i know that shooting is a perishable skill and you need to keep doing it to maintain it. this particular shortage has been going on since last spring, and will certainly not abate before the inauguration (or longer) because of fear (arguably justified) that joe will come to take our gunz. so having a month or so supply is not unusual even in normal times, and between covid and recent politics, these are not normal.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?