slightly OT but since the clays guys are here...
Hows the shotshell availability and pricing? Stabilized yet? I would assume so since other ammo seems to be back to normal (adjusted for inflation of course)
I havent shot sporting clays since pre pandemic, and during the pandemic I considered it, but shotshells were either unavailable or insanely priced.
Just curious if they have come back down to reasonable prices and if they are readily available. Been itching to get out again.
It has stabilized in the sense that ammo is pretty much readily available. Prices are a bit higher than pre pandemic but not horrible IMO.slightly OT but since the clays guys are here...
Hows the shotshell availability and pricing? Stabilized yet? I would assume so since other ammo seems to be back to normal (adjusted for inflation of course)
I havent shot sporting clays since pre pandemic, and during the pandemic I considered it, but shotshells were either unavailable or insanely priced.
Just curious if they have come back down to reasonable prices and if they are readily available. Been itching to get out again.
Around 1990, I used to shoot skeet quite a bit at the IU range in Bloomington. AA’s were about $4 per box, and a round was about the same. I thought it was expensive then!Time really changes perspective on price. When I started Winchester AA trap shells were $80 per case. That was still a case of 20 boxes of premium shells., $4 per box
Yesterday a man was feeling good about buying a couple "flats" of shells for a little over $120 a flat of only ten boxes of lower quality shells. $12 per box
I used to reload with High antimony magnum shot, Winchester brand primers, powder and wads for $2.10 a box. Now the primers alone cost more than that.
crap, I cannot help it, I am sounding more and more like grandpa.
We probably shot there at the same time! I was sorry to see it go. Encroachment was a problem even then, and you had the feeling the writing was on the wall.Around 1990, I used to shoot skeet quite a bit at the IU range in Bloomington. AA’s were about $4 per box, and a round was about the same. I thought it was expensive then!
That range has been gone for probably 20+ years now.
Definitely. I assume it has always been the metals market. No other type of shooting sends as much lead downrange per trigger pull than shotgun. I also think the cheap import shells broke the back of the reloading economy. The one piece hull that could be reloaded ten times was always the magic thing that allowed the masses to pursue this sport. Once people stopped loading shells, and started loading flats of shells into their trucks, I fear we stepped onto an irreversible price escalator.Am I the only one that noticed that shotgun shells seem to have increased disproportionately compared to other types of ammo?
Shotshells appear to have roughly doubled in price while regular bulk ammo only seems to have gone up about 30% or so.
Odd.
Definitely. I assume it has always been the metals market. No other type of shooting sends as much lead downrange per trigger pull than shotgun. I also think the cheap import shells broke the back of the reloading economy. The one piece hull that could be reloaded ten times was always the magic thing that allowed the masses to pursue this sport. Once people stopped loading shells, and started loading flats of shells into their trucks, I fear we stepped onto an irreversible price escalator.