Ammo prices have already put a dent in the recreational shooting around here.
It was common to hear somebody out mag dumping and plinking away .... now ... even with deer season wide open ..
barley hear any shots at all.
It only takes a moment to throw 20 or 30 bucks down range.
I know I’v taken to popping off more 22s then I used to.
And that’s not cheap.
Learned to reload. My costs went significantly down.
Just wait until the war stops in stalemate and both sides decide to sell the stacks of ammo in Ukraine. I have alreay seen some US contract 5.56 that looks like it went via the taliban back through 3 other nations to land in the midwest for sale. They are kind enough to put it in new boxes.
That was the joy of the late 1980s, every thing that was not nailed down was back on the market to be sold for cash. 308, 556, 303BR, 9mm and dare I say 50cal that has more travel miles than I do will be back in the US to be sold soon enough. Since I still have piles from back then, I provably will only by the thousands of 5.56 at less than a quarter each.
Same here. I mostly hear 22’s.