![]() The lead-free primers have come and gone several times since then. In the early ’90s several types of “green” or “lead-free” primers came onto the market some of them had a shelf life of two or three years before they went inert. ![]() Unfortunately, it’s impossible to tell what the compound in a particular pack of primers might be, but they’ll still work, though accuracy might not be the best. Non-corrosive lead styphnate primers vary the early simple compounds from the 1930s still shoot fine, but some of the later compounds have additives to reduce flash, improve cold-weather ignition, etc., and they’ll lose some zip as they age, though they’ll still work. It would be the perfect priming compound if it wasn’t for the “corrosive” part. It’s also virtually insensitive to cold or heat. “Corrosive” ammo with chlorate primers, like Soviet or Chinese milsurp, will last forever, as far as anyone knows. But I’m prepared to live like Mad Max if I have to. I guess we still live in a bubble here, and it is beautiful. Don’t they realize things can get much worse than they are now? Don’t they realize they may become dumpster divers? I still hear the people around me complain about the smallest trifles. I live among middle class and upper middle class people. I felt I had been delivered from a very dark place, like the Brits did after that storm ruined much of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The morning after the 2016 election, I felt the same way you did. Then I will be able to buy even more supplies, if they are available. If all goes according to plan, I should be able to rejoin the middle class when I get a decent job in 2021. Still, even on a low budget I am pretty happy with my preparations. I’ve made bad career decisions because I wanted a great job, not just a good job. The more you have stockpiled, the better.Īnother excellent piece of advice, Mas, backed up with facts drawn from recent history. The whole self-reliance concept: “When you can get it cheap, stack it deep.” ItĪpplies to ammo as much as it does to toilet paper. When it does become available, I’ll stock up even more than in the past. Wish I’d gotten that notification sooner than I did.Įxpect ammunition to return to 2019 pricing and availability any time soon. 223 and similar rifle rounds), I got the word late and onlyĬaught some of the dregs of their then-current, deeply discounted stock. September when WalMart buckled to political correctness and stopped stocking Sad that the pandemic shut down many training courses I wanted to take myself,Īnd many matches I wanted to compete in, the one silver lining in that darkĬloud was that I saved thousands of rounds of ammo that I wouldn’t have beenĪble to readily replace under current circumstances. ![]() Provide home and personal defense ammunition to friends because they didn’t haveĮnough and fortunately, I was able to help. Of some cities WERE on their own because the cops were so busy. Then, the George Floyd riots in which some parts Word that the storm had sunk the oncoming Spanish Armada.)Ģ020: First, a pandemic in which the media warned us that the cops would be out Impending election of Hillary Clinton, who had promised to be the strictestĭay after she lost, I understood how the British must have felt when they received Gun confiscation after the Sandy Hook atrocity. Re-election of President Obama, and the run on guns triggered by screams for WalMart (which at least didn’t jack up the price) hoping for an ammo delivery. 22 Long Rifle ammo sellingįor $100 bucks, and scalpers waiting in line in the early morning hours at Were going to die when the clocked ticked into the first minute of the Year TwoĮlection of Barack Obama. ![]() Us that we were going to be sent back to the Stone Age because the computers Tell folks to stock up on ammo is the history of ammunition droughts – andĪccompanying steep increases in prices – in just the last 20 years.
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