Okay. So ammunition comes into Anchorage, via cargo ship from the States, on Sunday. On Monday, the goods move from the Port of Anchorage to the retailers in town, and is placed on their shelves for sale. Keeping this in mind, I went back to Sportsmans' Warehouse today after work, knowing that they'd have the supplies freshly re-stocked.
They had plenty of most common handgun calibers - but only two boxes of .45ACP, in the lightweight 185gr. FMJ which I decried yesterday.
Oh well, one takes what one can get. I purchased those two boxes and will use them at the range, saving the 230gr. rounds for our walks bear country*.
*That means pretty much any place that's outdoors. Have I mentioned I love Alaska?
Psalm 22:27-28: “All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he ruleth among the nations.”
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Look into reloading, perhaps.
I've got two Dillon 1050s (one set up for pistol and one for rifle), and have several sets of extra dies.
I bought it all used, and got pretty good prices.
Once you do that and buy a few tens of thousands of primers and pounds of powder, you feel a lot more prepared. ;-)
Load it. With 230gr. plated bullets at $120 per thousand, Primers under $20.00 per thousand, and powder costs insignificant at 5 gr. per round (7000gr. in a pound of powder), you can make your own so much cheaper, even with shipping and hazmat costs tacked onto your supplies. I haven't fired a round of "store bought" .45 in many years.
After discussing your posts with my hubby, he asked, "Doesn't he reload his own?"
Hubby does and not only enjoys the 'work' but the savings as well.
All - obviously I do not currently reload. Up until now, I haven't used enough ammo to make the initial outlay for equipment and supplies feasible.
That may be changing.
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