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Ammo. Price?

Not real good these days

I was out in the underbrush with the dog the other day and my phone buzzed. A club member from some time ago wanted to know if we had any surplus .30-06 ammo available for purchase. Even though I was out of breath and the dog was working a bird right in front of me, I still found time go guffaw, laugh heartily, chuckle, outright simply laugh. Of course, this wasn't news to my friend and he took it in the vein in which it was meant, basically, "we're all in this boat together, and there's a lot of holes." The dog flushed the bird wild, but we eventually caught up with her, and it was a good day. For us, not the bird.

So, today when Widener's weekly bulletin hit my mail box I perused the prices. .223 ammo has "come down" to about 55-60 cents a round for 55 and 62 grain ammo--good enough for practice ammo or offhand shooting in a match, and you then have a good piece of brass to reload (IMI or PMC). On the other hand, if practice rounds go for over half a buck, I'm thinking another sport looks more attractive. Maybe pulling a handle in a casino.

I did a quick search on Widener's web site for .30-06 ammo. Hoo boy. This is all I found.

Yeah, that's not gonna work, is it?

As a serious thought, should we run more .22 rimfire matches in 2022?

I mean, I have a fair amount of .30-06 components, not great, but maybe enough to load 500-1000 rounds. If someone would pay me $2 a round, I think I'd be happy to sell it rather than shoot it.

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