If brass were available would you buy "just in case"?

[gnappi]

One thing I really like about reloading (of many other reasons) is that for the most part there's not a firearm in the world I can't buy. The main limitation is brass, and bullets. I can cast most any caliber if needed, dies can eventually be  found, but the big bugaboo is brass.  

Even though I do not own a .327 Fed mag launching platform I'd scoop up a couple of thou just in case when they become available... Then look for a revolver :-)

So do you / would you folks buy brass for a rifle or pistol you didn't have, just in case? Hmmm, Justin Case is a good name for a PI or PO! 

[nicholst55]

On occasion, I have purchased reloading dies and/or brass for guns that I didn't currently own. Mysteriously, that always led me to purchase a gun, just to utilize that which I had already bought.

[contender]

Many is the person who has purchased a holster, brass, dies, or other accessories without first owning the firearm.

Lately,, the limiting factor for many is the availability of primers for handloading. Brass is about par with some powders.

[AxeHandle]

Die sets have proven to be my most significant weakness... I've got some really strange stuff sitting on the shelf waiting on a gun.. Brass? I've got LOTS of brass.

[kings6]

I have done that very thing in the pass but at this stage of my journey I do not see any other calibers or rounds I want to dive in to so I doubt if I buy another piece of brass. Probably same thing on powder, bullets and primers to be honest.

[Fowler]

I know I look through old brass at resale and pawn shops when I am in there. They are either giving them away or think they are made of gold generally but I stumbled on to 200 new 348 cases for $20 one day and passed on them thinking I don’t own one. Went back a couple days later when it dawned on me more what I was seeing and they were gone. Never know.

[x101airborne]

I buy dies and brass when cheap just because if I dont wind up using it I can always trade or sell it to someone in need. It is a good way to spread Karma if nothing else.

[45MAN]

BRASS, HELL, I GOT SEVERAL BOXES OF 218 BEE AMMO AND I HAVE NEVER OWNED A BEE.

[jeffh]

Normally, many decades preceding the current not-normal, I would not buy brass for something I didn't HAVE, unless I planned on HAVING one eventually.

Maybe.

Brass, pre-2020 was easier to come by. Brass, pre-2008 was almost like an expendable component and very easy to get for anything you could imagine.

TODAY, if someone offered me a bunch of brass at a great deal for something I don't shoot now, but think I might want to (38/55 or 375W), I think I'd buy it.

MAYBE.

Otherwise, I've pulled in my arms and legs, my tail and my head and am just peeping out of my shell once in a while to see if there's any kind of a deal on stuff I really, really NEED. If I DON'T, I don't buy it. I'm sitting on my money until things get more reasonable, or sitting on my money in case I HAVE to eventually pay Caesar's tribute for primers.

[edk]

Interesting question:

Ten years ago I failed to buy 375 Win on sale @ $15/50. Sometimes think about it but so far haven’t needed it.

Today there are those calling the 35 Remington dead/obsolete. Meanwhile with a Contender barrel, a Marlin 336 and 800 pieces of brass there is not much concern here.

Today there are many who whined throughout the 201x years about no 357 max brass. A couple of years ago Starline began producing and it is still generally available (off and on). How many of those whiners actually stocked up?

In the future what should be purchased to preempt imminent obsolete status? Really I believe most all on the forum have had their day in the sun as far as ammo/component shortages over the past 30 years to get their affairs in order. I feel a bit of empathy for the younger guys.

Bottom line: unlike two years ago primers are widely available for 8 cents. Brass is out there. Powder is as well. The ammo I create would cost $1,$2,$3 per round to buy. Anyone motivated can build it with what is available now for a fraction of that. Don’t wait.

[bigbore5]

I have brass for many cartridges that I don't own a gun for...yet.

[harold89]

I would and I’ve also sold guns and later regretted selling the equipment and components when I picked up another gun in the same caliber years later.

[bamagreg]

I’m considering some 358 Winchester ammo that a local guy is selling. Just in case I ever get one. Also some 25-35 ammo 😊

[gnappi]

Sept 24, 2023 20:15:09 GMT -5 harold89 said:

I would and I’ve also sold guns and later regretted selling the equipment and components when I picked up another gun in the same caliber years later.

 I never sold dies or brass when I sold / traded a firearm... I did though give most of my .44 mag brass to a friend in need and had to scramble to get more when I needed it. 

[jeffh]

Sept 24, 2023 20:05:24 GMT -5 edk said:

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In the future what should be purchased to preempt imminent obsolete status?
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Sound logic, in my opinion. 

I'm on a different track myself right now, reducing the number of mouths to feed, so that I can concentrate my resources on a small number of cartridges I intend to be able to use from this point forward.  I've focused my time and funds on a relatively few in recent years.

So many once common cases have become ridiculously difficult to find.  The marketing geniuses, working their magic, are selling tons of cool, new stuff to the masses, but what's left for posterity concerning quite a few really useful, effective, efficient and once prolific cartridges?