I’ve been slowly shopping around for the last year for another handgun, I think I mentioned it before that the 9 I have will tickle a bear and the places we’ve been hiking have been a little more serious and getting exposure to a small extent to bear country. I need a .45 but the trouble is convincing my wife to let me spend the money on it hahaha. Telling her that the hiking we do has the potential to bring us in vicinity to bears won’t go over well as it is, never mind telling her I need another gun to carry with us in case something goes awry lol.
The .22LR though seems like a nice option for inexpensive shooting and especially if in your situation, where the parts are getting difficult to acquire. I’ll have to look into one of those, because it’s always good to get something cheap and fun to shoot as a way to keep up the repetition of it.
What’s the reasoning this time of the asinine logic of the challenge in getting munitions supplies?
The .22LR won't do much more than bounce off a bear I guess, but if you're looking for something fun it's a good way to go due to low buy-in and cost of ammunition. the .45 would be better for the bears for sure, but you'll have to get clearance from the minister of finance.
There's a lot of reasons, none of which are clear. Lack of production is one, they still cite Covid-19 manufacturing issues, import issues (compounds and chemicals) and overseas conflicts also. It's a bit of a dogs breakfast really, meaning a shambles. I have a fuck load of ammunition, and some stock of powder and primers so I should be ok, but I don't like my stock depleting past a certain point, you know...for when China turn up.