Quote Originally Posted by clovishound View Post
I am hoping the pistol powder follows suit soon. I enjoy shooting my new Savage, but I like shooting my handguns as well, so does my daughter. The good news is that a pound or two will last me quite a while in the calibers I shoot.

As to brass, one of the reasons I got my Savage in .223 was that I noticed that there was always 5.56 brass on the floor at the range. It's the 9mm of the rifle world. I don't see any problem staying in brass for this rifle. After a few months, I have several hundred cases, and it keeps growing every time I go to the range.
Now that you mention it, I don't recall seeing any pistol powder. Plenty of pistol caliber brass and bullets but no powder on the shelf.

And, you're a smart man for policing up that brass. These guys that leave it behind will be the first to whine at the next shortage. I'm still working on 30.06 brass I initially shot 4 - 5 years ago. Some of it has 10 firings and still in use.

I'm headed to the new BassPro this morning to grab a few odds and ends (I need more ends, actually). I'll look a little closer for pistol powder. As long as powder, brass and bullets are available locally, I'm grabbing some.