[Tim Hancock]

I have always had a couple boxes on hand for all my firearms and was fine with that, but last spring I got a .22 target pistol and was going thru several 550 packs of once easily found cheap plinking .22 a month. I NEVER thought the day would come that I cannot buy a cheap box of plinking .22 at any gun store.

Now after purchasing a Glock 34 9mm for IDPA competition, I find myself needing/wanting at least a few hundred rounds a week to practice with. I thought I was fine and was able to "limit out" (6 boxes) at Walmart several days in a row when I got my new gun, but now I can't find it cheap (about $10/box 50) anywhere again. The on-line places do not have the cheap stuff either.

Just this week, I almost ordered reloading equipment until I found out that Federal primers (best primers for my newly modded competition gun) are backordered for over 6 months... same goes for Winchester and CCI.

I sure hope I can continue to occasionally luck out get some more $9.99 Federal or $12.00 WWB over the next month or two at Walmart. If not, my new hobby, IDPA competition, is not going to happen. Ideally, primers will become available again and I can buy 10,000 or so to allow me to reload and practice this winter so I can compete this spring and next summer, but it is not looking good.