Roy Witt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 RW> 05 Feb 09 17:02, Ed Hulett wrote to Roy Witt:

 EH>>>> A few years back I read an article that outlined just that plan -
 EH>>>> that if they couldn't go after the guns directly, they would make
 EH>>>> it more difficult to obtain the ammunition rendering the guns
 EH>>>> useless.

 RW>>> Which caused me to get the reloading equipment out of storage and
 RW>>> load up a few thousand more rounds for the time being.

 EH>> Virtually all serious gun owners load their own. Not only for the
 EH>> reason stated, but because it is much less expensive to reload in
 EH>> large numbers than to buy factory loaded ammo. You can also be sure
 EH>> of the quality and consistency of your loads.

 RW> I own a Ruger Mini-14 and a Remington 700 Varmint Special chambered for
 RW> the .223 or 5.56mm round...Living close to a military base has it's perks:
 RW> I bought 600 rounds of fired .223 from a Marine based on Camp Pendleton.
 RW> I've accumulated about 1200 rounds total since.

The brass is still fairly easy to come by, but factory loads and lead are
what is scarce.

A friend of mine used to buy the fired blank brass and machine it down to
load as live rounds.

Ed

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