Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode (Read 10976 times)

Rocky

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2020, 02:49:56 PM »
Hmmm, with an igniter in the muzzle like the flamethrower had, could be interesting.
Spark plug in tail pipe version.  :rofl:
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
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drck1000

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2020, 02:54:04 PM »
Hmmm, with an igniter in the muzzle like the flamethrower had, could be interesting.
Well, if I had an adapter, I could give it a try tmrw.  :rofl:

Flapp_Jackson

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2020, 03:01:33 PM »
Spark plug in tail pipe version.  :rofl:

We're not gonna fall for a banana in the tailpipe.


The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2020, 03:16:03 PM »
Good choices.

I hope reloading supplies will be easy to come by.

LR-308/AR10 is easy as I recall.   Barrel nut may require a different size wrench than 5.56.  Receiver holding fixture is different of course.

Went through a few handguards and buttstocks before settling on a setup.  Weighed a little over 8 lbs with iron sights and an ACE fixed stock.. 

Adjustable gas block made it a very soft shooter with 18.5" barrel.
Heads are available but not at pre panic levels. Once fired brass is still available but some calibers are getting hard to find and prices are rising. Powder is available tho the powder made in Australia is basically non existent. There are a lot of good US and Canadian made alternatives available. You can even have them shipped to Hawaii if you can’t find them locally. The problem is primers. They are basically non existent here on the mainland. You can pay scalper prices assuming you can find them at all. I would look locally ASAP and buy as many as you can now if available. If not you are pretty much screwed until the panic is over.
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

macsak

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2020, 03:21:24 PM »
Heads are available but not at pre panic levels. Once fired brass is still available but some calibers are getting hard to find and prices are rising. Powder is available tho the powder made in Australia is basically non existent. There are a lot of good US and Canadian made alternatives available. You can even have them shipped to Hawaii if you can’t find them locally. The problem is primers. They are basically non existent here on the mainland. You can pay scalper prices assuming you can find them at all. I would look locally ASAP and buy as many as you can now if available. If not you are pretty much screwed until the panic is over.

shit
if only i owned reloading components...
oh, wait, i own no firearms either

drck1000

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2020, 03:24:19 PM »
Heads are available but not at pre panic levels. Once fired brass is still available but some calibers are getting hard to find and prices are rising. Powder is available tho the powder made in Australia is basically non existent. There are a lot of good US and Canadian made alternatives available. You can even have them shipped to Hawaii if you can’t find them locally. The problem is primers. They are basically non existent here on the mainland. You can pay scalper prices assuming you can find them at all. I would look locally ASAP and buy as many as you can now if available. If not you are pretty much screwed until the panic is over.
Gonna be shooting revolvers for a while. I don’t burn through ammo as fast.  :(

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2020, 04:59:09 PM »
shit
if only i owned reloading components...
oh, wait, i own no firearms either
With so many boating accidents I hope you know how to swim?  :rofl:
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2020, 05:17:31 PM »
Gonna be shooting revolvers for a while. I don’t burn through ammo as fast.  :(
It’s amazing how that works, right? And if you own a single action only revolver you shoot even less.  :rofl:   It takes forever to load and unload a SAO revolver.

I’m going to buy another case of .22. I’m burning through .22 pretty fast these days. If Biden does win I can’t see this panic slowing down anytime soon.

I bought some extra mags for my Glock 17/22 conversion because one 10 round mag is maddening to have to keep reloading and it is hard to practice mag reloads with only one mag.  :rofl:

It is starting to get cold around here. We are expecting some below freezing temps at night starting Sunday and to continue for 4 or 5 days. In anticipation of the cold weather I have saved up a bunch of indoor reloading projects I can do when it is too cold. I do case prep, powder coating and casting in the garage. And I do the actual loading in the house.
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

blastoff747

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2020, 01:10:03 AM »
Like these? I have some of both. I think the Benzomatic cans are like $3-4. The “Green Gas” that I’ve bought for my friends’ kids are like $15-20.





https://www.ebay.com/itm/Premier-Original-Tactical-Airsoft-Propane-Fill-Adapter-Save-on-Green-Gas/202771344317?hash=item2f361d2bbd:g:-zUAAOSw-ddaqI17

green gas is just propane with lube added.  I think it fits either one

robtmc

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2020, 07:53:56 PM »
It is starting to get cold around here. We are expecting some below freezing temps at night starting Sunday and to continue for 4 or 5 days.
But, you can get warm, and not have to constantly realize you are surrounded by liberals.

Keep telling my wife, I am trapped behind enemy lines here.   Cope with my anger for the meantime.

RSN172

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2020, 10:00:44 PM »
It’s amazing how that works, right? And if you own a single action only revolver you shoot even less.  :rofl:   It takes forever to load and unload a SAO revolver.

I’m going to buy another case of .22. I’m burning through .22 pretty fast these days.

SAO revolver shoots and loads at least 5 times faster than my falling block action Stevens rifle. 
Happily living in Puna

oldfart

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #31 on: November 08, 2020, 12:12:45 AM »
I feel sorry for newbies just trying to get  started.
I'll help folks trying to get into reloading if they ask.
What, Me Worry?

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #32 on: November 08, 2020, 01:49:30 AM »
But, you can get warm, and not have to constantly realize you are surrounded by liberals.

Keep telling my wife, I am trapped behind enemy lines here.   Cope with my anger for the meantime.
Yes I am staying warm. And there are trump signs and flags EVERYWHERE around here. People get out on street corners and wave signs and flags and drive around with flags on their cars/trucks. We have Trump train car rallies out here every weekend. We even had one claim of a 96 mile long rally with 41,000 cars outside of Phoenix. However, the news is reporting it was only 7,000 cars. ONLY 7,000 CARS! That is still a lot of cars!

You may be trapped behind enemy lines but you are looking in the right place to move to if you ever decide to make that leap.



SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2020, 01:56:03 AM »
SAO revolver shoots and loads at least 5 times faster than my falling block action Stevens rifle.
And your Stevens Falling Block is about as fast as my Remington Rolling Blocks!  :rofl:

I have a Stevens Model 25 (made in 1925 with a low serial number) pump action takedown .22 rifle. With an octagon barrel. It is one of my favorite guns.  :shaka:
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

Glasser

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #34 on: November 08, 2020, 09:12:59 AM »
I feel sorry for newbies just trying to get  started.
I'll help folks trying to get into reloading if they ask.

I have been reading a bunch, trying to get up to speed on it. I bought Zediker's Top Grade Ammo and McPherson's Metallic Cartridge Handloading. They are both very dense texts,  I feel like I am taking a college course again. I am hoping Black Friday has some great deals on equipment so I can start to invest. Also watching a lot of The Ultimate Reloading channel on Youtube.

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #35 on: November 08, 2020, 09:24:04 AM »
I have been reading a bunch, trying to get up to speed on it. I bought Zediker's Top Grade Ammo and McPherson's Metallic Cartridge Handloading. They are both very dense texts,  I feel like I am taking a college course again. I am hoping Black Friday has some great deals on equipment so I can start to invest. Also watching a lot of The Ultimate Reloading channel on Youtube.
Good luck finding primers. They are pretty much non existent here on the mainland.

If you have any questions you can’t find anyone better than Oldfart to get help from.
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

Inspector

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #36 on: November 08, 2020, 09:35:09 AM »
I decided to buy another case of .22 LR ammunition. Doesn’t matter if Biden becomes president or not. I think people are losing or have lost confidence in the system. I can see the panic will continue longer than I expected it to originally. I think I am in an okay position ammo wise now that I have another case coming. I can make everything else.

Now that I am practicing more I find myself getting more competent with a pistol like I used to be many years ago. But it also means I am using up a lot more ammo now.
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

RSN172

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #37 on: November 08, 2020, 06:52:02 PM »
Get a BB gun clone of your CC gun.  That is what I use to practice drawing and firing, mostly between  3 to 7 yards, which is where 90% of SD gun use will occur.
Happily living in Puna

robtmc

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #38 on: November 08, 2020, 07:24:37 PM »
AFAIK, nobody makes a Glock widebody  (.45ACP and 10mm )  clone.

Might consider a 1911 type, assuming they are dimensionally close enough for a Safariland retention holster to function.

RSN172

Re: Back to airguns, ammo price and availability are about to implode
« Reply #39 on: November 08, 2020, 10:00:08 PM »
My Umarex G19 clone is identical on the outside as the real thing.
Happily living in Puna