I just saw Russian made shotgun shells for sale locally. So obviously, all components are not going to either of the wars . . . Ukraine or Israel.
I'd be leery about putting anything "Russian" in a shotgun of mine Larry. The thought of the Russians making ammunition and sending it our way is a bit scary to me. I think I'll stick with the high American prices. LOL.................. Wonko mentioned that he would like to know why the high prices of ammo. When primers were really in short supply and I was calling around the country asking why primers were so hard to get, almost everyone told me the same thing-- that they were making primers for where the money was going. And that was to the handgun and rifle crowd who were reloading. Because more people were reloading rifle and handgun ammo than those who were reloading shotguns. I don't know if that was true or not, but that is the answer I got from just about everyone around the country. I mentioned in another thread, that supposedly, Winchester is increasing 209 production, now and guys were paying in the neighborhood of $70.00 per 1000. I read it on the trapshooting board. So, we'll have to see about that.
Don't worry. I'm not buying. And the club where I shoot most of the time, the cost is still $3.50/round of skeet, trap, or 5 stand. We have no employees. Volunteer labor. And we survey club members, then send in orders for components. Helps hold prices down.
Something I've done for a long time to hold down costs: I shoot 3/4 oz loads at skeet. Maybe I wouldn't if I were shooting registered, but I don't think shooting 28ga loads in a 20 hurts my scores much. Claybuster's 3/4 oz wad makes it very easy to reload 3/4 oz 20ga target shells. When it's not hunting season, I usually shoot skeet twice a week. 3 rounds each time. I shoot 7/8 oz in the 16, and I shoot those fairly often. Components there are more problematic. Mainly hulls and wads. Also shoot 7/8 oz in the 12ga. Having found 8# of Green Dot lately saves reloading costs because I'm only dropping 12.4 grains in my 20ga loads. That helps me save my other powders (mostly Unique and 20/28) for 16s and 12s.
