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Bullets are easily cast from lead (many reloaders do this). Gun powder is easily obtained and has a shelf life of years (if not decades) when stored properly. E
by neverartful 11y ago
Bullets are easily cast from lead (many reloaders do this). Gun powder is easily obtained and has a shelf life of years (if not decades) when stored properly. Empty cartridges (to reload) are very plentiful and easy to come by. Primers can be purchased by the thousands for very little money.
If gunpowder and primers become overly restricted, some would likely switch to blackpowder (which reloaders can make themselves).
It's very difficult, if not impossible, to put the genie back in the bottle.
There's also the 2nd Amendment to deal with.
- hga 11y agoFor smokeless powder, decades, my father is still reloading shotgun shells with paper casks of Hercules (now Alliant) gunpowder that were bought before WWII he thinks (if not, right after, the trade dress looks maybe too modern for pre-WWII, unfortunately the codes they are stamped with aren't easily decoded). And ammo made during WWII is still good, albeit normally made with corrosive primers.
- mrbill 11y agoWhen I bought my M1 Garand (a lend-lease giveback from Greece, made in February of '45) the case of ammo I bought with it is older than I am. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/72157616506699264 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/72157616506699264