A question about panics and components

[Some Guy]

I wasnt reloading through the last few panics but I recall people posting about issues finding primers and powder. Was projectile availability an issue during those times?

[Mayor McRifle]

Yes, but bullets were always easier to get than primers and popular powder.

[smoothy8500]

Getting bulk .223 and .308 FMJ projectiles were nearly impossible, almost as hard to find as primers.

[G38xOC]

I remember that time , searching on net day n note for deals . Not deal actually . Bit over paid for everything . are we due for another panic ?

[AGGRO]

Components last forever, well, a really long time. You should never be in a place that you can't find what you need. Like the sandwich meat commercial, compromise elsewhere.

[randomBytes]

I started reloading during one of those panics, primers, powder, bullets all hard to get. Eg. I ended up using WSF for my 9mm load because that's all I could get (of the powders on my list), and Precision Delta for bullets - been happy with both and stuck with them (over 30,000 rounds so far). Similarly I use HP38 for 38spl because W231 was unobtainable, have stuck with it because it's much the same thing.

[bruce381]

stock primers they go first then powder

[rm1911]

Components last forever, well, a really long time. You should never be in a place that you can't find what you need. Like the sandwich meat commercial, compromise elsewhere.

This. This. This.

[desertrider]

Serious question.

Is there a "legal limit" on how much powder someone can have at their residence?

I mean as it applies to insurance companies and homeowner policies.

If there was a fire at a residence that resulted in a post fire inspection by an estimator, is there a legal amount by which the insurance company could claim the amount of powder present exceeded the legal amount thereby they would deny the claim?

[AGGRO]

Serious question.

Is there a "legal limit" on how much powder someone can have at their residence?

I mean as it applies to insurance companies and homeowner policies.

If there was a fire at a residence that resulted in a post fire inspection by an estimator, is there a legal amount by which the insurance company could claim the amount of powder present exceeded the legal amount thereby they would deny the claim?

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index.php?title=Ammunition_and_Black_Powder

California does place limits on storage of smokeless propellant - 20 pounds - and black powder - 1 pound.

[edgerly779]

^^ Yes 20 lbs. Been a few posts on this.Black powder lesser amounts.I just checked 1` lb of black powder.

[sigstroker]

I shot 9mm more than anything else, and I got the best price by buying them a "case" at a time. Which is about 3660 115 grainers. So I had a good supply anyway, but primers were the biggest problem by far. Not any more, for me, because when supply loosened up I got about 25k of them.

But yeah, when you see something on sale, snag a bunch of whatever you use. Even when not on sale accumulate a little every month. How much is a brick of primers these days, 15 or 20 bucks?

[Divernhunter]

Primers about $40/1000.

[wild_weasel]

I recall after the double punch of former President Obama being re-elected and Sandy Hook in 2012, ammo & components dried up for two years. Kind of where we find ourselves today with back to back.. to back mass shootings.

[rm1911]

http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/in...d_Black_Powder

California does place limits on storage of smokeless propellant - 20 pounds - and black powder - 1 pound.