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George Babits Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1104 Joined: Sep 27^th, 2012	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #15 - Nov 10^th, 2021 at 9:41am	Print Post
	No shortage of flints here. There are a couple of places not too far away where I can get all the flint I want. That's the beauty of a flintlock. George


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3882 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #16 - Nov 10^th, 2021 at 10:40am	Print Post
	According to the inflation calculator, $1 in 1897 is equal to $33 today, so primers at $1.20 per 1000 in 1897 would be $39.60 per thousand today and that seems to be about where it should be. Anyone seen some for that?


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Merkava Full Member Offline Posts: 112 Joined: Oct 14^th, 2021	Re-evaluation of the situation Reply #17 - Nov 11^th, 2021 at 3:35pm	Print Post
	I too, after working 50 plus years, had great expectations of spending more time at the bench, shooting vermin, and handloading. Big course correction, the days of shooting all day at whistle piggies and the week long Montana dog town festival, is Kaput! Like a good dog and a good horse and a good meal, I'm going to miss it all. Still going to shoot dogs and whistle piggies. But it's going to be a scaled back deal. Couple days shooting dogs, and an abbreviated piggie outing. When is it going to end?? It's never going to end, prices for components will remain ridiculous, availalability of everything scarce and expensive. .256 Win. Mag, instead of the big long range vermin rifles. The heyday of the Carnival is over. I blame a lot of this folderol on the greedy money hungry people who severely damaged the shooting industry. It's way too soon to determine what the shooting industry will throw at us next. But it will be a very frigid day In hell before I pay 200.00$ for a brick of SR primers. Gun Control by Proxy.

	It's not a good idea to start a fight with an old man. He can't run and he can't fight any more. But there is one thing he will do. He will shoot you. " John Steinbeck"
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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1607 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #18 - Nov 11^th, 2021 at 4:01pm	Print Post
	Yes $200/K is too high for primers, but, is 20 cents per shot, a lot less than the plinkers spend on Ely 10x.

	"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo “There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse." Confidence- The feeling you get before you fully understand the situation.
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Merkava Full Member Offline Posts: 112 Joined: Oct 14^th, 2021	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #19 - Nov 11^th, 2021 at 5:09pm	Print Post
	It all renders down to how much are you willing to pay to play.

	It's not a good idea to start a fight with an old man. He can't run and he can't fight any more. But there is one thing he will do. He will shoot you. " John Steinbeck"
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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #20 - Nov 11^th, 2021 at 5:37pm	Print Post
	And possibly those who also decided to horde prior too.

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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ISS Oldtimer Offline Posts: 570 Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #21 - Nov 19^th, 2021 at 11:02pm	Print Post
	I am beginning to shoot my longbow a lot more these days. Probably as much for therapy purposes as anything else. But, Port Orford Cedar and Sitka Spruce raw shafts have nearly tripled in price since the first of the year. And, I don't want to talk about the possibility of the GOEX plant closing for good at year's end. Plants only been there since 1820 or so.


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cuslog Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 263 Location: Calgary, Alberta Joined: Dec 29^th, 2011	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #22 - Nov 20^th, 2021 at 10:05am	Print Post
	I bought myself a nice air rifle, set up a 10M range in my basement. Exactly the same disciplines of sight picture, trigger control etc. Still shoot rimfire and center fire, just less of it. I think things will settle down - maybe by next Summer ?


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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1090 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #23 - Nov 20^th, 2021 at 10:07am	Print Post
	jeff that's just the primer how about the bullet and powder time reloading? art


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1607 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #24 - Nov 21^st, 2021 at 5:55pm	Print Post
	art_ruggiero wrote on Nov 20^th, 2021 at 10:07am: jeff that's just the primer how about the bullet and powder time reloading? art Well, alloy @ $2.50/# for 218g bullets is about 8 cents each, 15g powder @ $30/# is 15 cents each, those are fixed costs; factoring in your time reloading is absolutely laughable. Feel free to check my arithmetic!
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	"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo “There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse." Confidence- The feeling you get before you fully understand the situation.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11472 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #25 - Nov 24^th, 2021 at 2:03pm	Print Post
	Everything is going through the roof. I bought a 1.69 once bottle of Loctite yesterday. 59.00 plus tax and I drove 140 miles to get it. No instructions or set times or cure times on the bottle. Case of BP cost me 678.60.

	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11472 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #26 - Nov 25^th, 2021 at 12:46pm	Print Post
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	A blind squirrel runs into a tree every once in a while.
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ISS Oldtimer Offline Posts: 570 Joined: Feb 24^th, 2013	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #27 - Dec 17^th, 2021 at 10:44pm	Print Post
	Greed, pure and simple. I often ponder who is the shooters/reloaders worst enemy: the anti-gun government we have, or the distributors/dealers who gouge us to the point where we finally have to stop shooting. If a mfgr doubles prices, they only have to produce half the product to make the same amount of money, and labor cost drops increase even that number. I have shot more with my air rifle than cartridge guns this year. Rich


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Jeff_Schultz ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1607 Location: Ransomville, NY Joined: Apr 25^th, 2004	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #28 - Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 3:57pm	Print Post
	Midway currently shows small rifle primers available at reasonable prices.

	"We have met the enemy and he is us." Pogo “There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse." Confidence- The feeling you get before you fully understand the situation.
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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3882 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: When if ever will it end.... Reply #29 - Dec 22^nd, 2021 at 6:24pm	Print Post
	Not sure about reasonable but what the heck. Never know these days when you'll get another chance.


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