The "ammo scare"...I'm feeling old

[MacFromOK]

When I get down to 10,000, It's time for a trip to Powder Valley in Kansas. 10K is my minimum restocking level.

Argh... so a 35 round stockpile (of all calibers) isn't adequate...?

Darn you steelfingers for that boat wreck... :/

 

[dennishoddy]

Argh... so a 35 round stockpile (of all calibers) isn't adequate...?

Darn you steelfingers for that boat wreck... :/

Reloading components run deep in my crib.

 

[MacFromOK]

Reloading components run deep in my crib.

I gotta feeling that's not all that runs deep...

 

[Dumpstick]

When I get down to 10,000, It's time for a trip to Powder Valley in Kansas. 10K is my minimum restocking level.
I remember the $60 a hundred days and I'll never have that experience again.
I've posted pics of my reloading cabinet, and there are two more just as loaded with components.

Is the trip worthwhile ?

I have made several orders from PV, shipped to my door. Even with Hazmat and shipping, I don't know if it would be worth it to drive up there.
Instead of shipping and HazMat, there is fuel, time, and sales tax.

I don't know....

 

[dennishoddy]

Is the trip worthwhile ?

I have made several orders from PV, shipped to my door. Even with Hazmat and shipping, I don't know if it would be worth it to drive up there.
Instead of shipping and HazMat, there is fuel, time, and sales tax.

I don't know....

I live close and my Nissan gets 35 mpg. it’s a multi-task trip, stopping in Arkansas City at the butcher shop to buy fresh sausages, and the liquor store for high point beer. Then on to Winfield stopping in the gun shop “home on the range”. Danged nice gun-shop for a small town.
We don’t go there to pick up a hundred primers and a pound of powder. Usually have orders for several reloaders to pick up with a hefty price tag.
Coming back we hit the backroads around Kaw lake to look for wildlife.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

 

[Dumpstick]

I can assure you, when I order, it's not a hundred primers and a pound of powder. I generally max out the 48-pound HazMat limit..... and it's usually $800-1000.

 

[Annie]

Is the trip worthwhile ?

I have made several orders from PV, shipped to my door. Even with Hazmat and shipping, I don't know if it would be worth it to drive up there.
Instead of shipping and HazMat, there is fuel, time, and sales tax.

I don't know....

I've made the trip a few times. And yes. It is worth the trip.

 

[Penywisexx]

I live close and my Nissan gets 35 mpg. it’s a multi-task trip, stopping in Arkansas City at the butcher shop to buy fresh sausages, and the liquor store for high point beer. Then on to Winfield stopping in the gun shop “home on the range”. Danged nice gun-shop for a small town.
We don’t go there to pick up a hundred primers and a pound of powder. Usually have orders for several reloaders to pick up with a hefty price tag.
Coming back we hit the backroads around Kaw lake to look for wildlife.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

Now you have me wonderings, whats the butcher shop up there? I haven't noticed one when I visit family in that area.

 

[rockchalk06]

I live close and my Nissan gets 35 mpg. it’s a multi-task trip, stopping in Arkansas City at the butcher shop to buy fresh sausages, and the liquor store for high point beer. Then on to Winfield stopping in the gun shop “home on the range”. Danged nice gun-shop for a small town.
We don’t go there to pick up a hundred primers and a pound of powder. Usually have orders for several reloaders to pick up with a hefty price tag.
Coming back we hit the backroads around Kaw lake to look for wildlife.
Not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

Indeed!

I blew 1/2 a paycheck every month at Power Valley when I reloaded. I lived in Pratt, so it wasn't too far away. I've made a few detours off I35 now that I live here. You can't beat the prices and the yellow lab. It's been a few years, hope he's still around.

 

[dennishoddy]

Now you have me wonderings, whats the butcher shop up there? I haven't noticed one when I visit family in that area.

WB meats. 423 south summit. Just past the second stoplight when coming into town from the south. West side of the road. Make all their sausage from pork butt. The German and jalapeño/cheese are the favorite.