So I'll have to order (and pay for!) some powder, and wait patiently until it comes in....
While small pistol and rifle primers have come back into existence here in the states at probably 300% what they used to cost,
large pistol and rifle primers are perpetually out of stock. You can ask to "be notified" when they come in but then it is FCFS so you have to act quick. I'm only looking for a tray of 100 to develop some 8mm Mauser loads for a 1939 K98 sporter I have (with Waffenampts
), but would gladly buy 1000 if need be. Haven't settled on a powder yet but I have everything else, dies, press, cases and bullets.
The "military" they speak of doesn't sit well with me and many others over here. It is Bidet and the Dumpocraps awarding that grifter Zelensky for his favorable treatment of them. I give zero f*cks about Ukraine's border when ours is wide open.
Let them join NATO, I say... Same goes for the Middle East... (insert middle finger here)
I'm trying to buy AT LEAST 1000rds (complete cartridges) a month. This month it was 9mm, next month might have to settle for .22LR. A couple of those babies to a cretin's neck will put them down...
Aim small, miss small. I'm not necessarily hoarding, which as you surmised, will decrease availability and increase price (ie: LoSaD). I'm stocking up so I can continue to compete in informal steel plate matches 2-3 times a month.
Each match will burn around 200rds.