Thread: Ammo prices

Originally Posted by caberslash

Or remove intelligence.

Even if you found a way to somehow replicate the 'best'/'match grade' primers from stuff you get over the counter (which you can't, unless you have been watching too much Breaking Bad), the time/effort/money investment would probably work out at more than 10 USD per shot for the first thousand (unless you consider time and effort to be 'free'- it isn't).

Scraping some strike anywhere match heads or cap gun fluff into a mixture which is then poured out onto a spent primer cup that you have knocked flat again, annealed , and reshaped the anvil over, just to make a 'BANG' isn't success in my book.

Better take up archery and bowhunting instead.

Yes archery may be your best option.
Or knitting perhaps.

Watching those bow shooters on tv at the games last night.Very good out at 60yds? or so.Some shots right on the bull eyes.

Originally Posted by Trout

Watching those bow shooters on tv at the games last night.Very good out at 60yds? or so.Some shots right on the bull eyes.

They will shoot everyday,fifty to hundred arrows just to maintain muscle memory etc.it is a skill set that takes a LOT of ongoing efforts.

I had a bow hunter recently who was shooting beer cans at ninety yards consistently.

bow definetly not my cup of tea - I shall make damn sure I have bored sighted really well before doing a check zero to conserve my stocks of centerfire and practice will be .22 rimfire - but really when one looks at a 2-3 days meat trip away with petrol food a few beers ammo is cheapest part

Flintlock is the way around primer, powder and projectile shortages Barry.

if I am careful I have enough to see me out - only shoot odd goats for a curry so not wasting any there - way way to stingy for flint lock just cant be bothered with all the stuffing around - I go out to bring meat home - in saying that a good happy with something like a Remington navy blackpowder revolver yeah had the odd go very enjoyable