Honey_and_Vinegar
Sharpshooter
I did this once with a Japanese rifle. It was chambered in 6.5x50mm and there was no new manufactured ammo at the time.I tried a search for this and came up with nothing. I'm wondering if anyone has sold of a firearm lately (or in the past) due to a lack of ammo available? I'm pondering parting ways with one for this reason. I have found ammo for it but because of the current market I can't justify paying what people/businesses are wanting for it. Pre-pandemic it was sub $1.50 a round (hunting grade); now it's more than double if not triple and in some cases it is quadruple. I'm finding it difficult to spend the coin for this ammo for what it is. The best I've seen was a business in Texas had 200 rounds for $700. I don't know if I can bring myself to it. I really don't have a connection to this gun but at the same time I don't want to sell it. It boils down to it continues to take up space in the safe while I (we all) wait for a possible drop in ammo price (which will more than likely never happen) or I part ways with it and use that money to buy more ammo for a different one?
There also was very scarce amounts of surplus. At the time, Norma was making reloads, but the price was outrageous for a little amount. Obviously, it's a little different for a historical piece, but I couldn't shoot. No ammo available. Traded it for something that I could shoot.