If there's another panic, I'll do what I did last time, mellow out with the shooting. I almost completely stopped shooting 22LR for over 2 years after 2012. Factory 9mm was the issue back in 2009...couldn't find it anywhere, so I stopped shooting it.
You do realize this is the "Handloading & Reloading" category of THR?
For many of us, reloading and shooting is not just a hobby but a passion and if you hunt, necessity for food. And if you shoot matches, you cannot stop shooting.
Many of us got into reloading to save money (ummm, I mean shoot more for same cost
) and many of us that lived through ammunition/component shortages stocked up so enjoyment of our hobby was independent from retail supply cycles of ammunition.
During the last "Great Shortage", I was dismayed to not be able to find 22LR to shoot in Ruger 10/22 Take Down my wife bought as a gift. When price of 22LR ammo matched what I could reload 9mm for (around $5-$6/50), our family switched to 9mm ARs/PCCs as I had plenty of 9mm components and our family shooting enjoyment did not suffer.
When the price of 22LR dropped to $40/500 then below $30/500, I started a new thread -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...ammo-for-sale-under-30-for-500-rounds.825048/
When the price of 22LR dropped below $20/500 (Oh Happy Days!!!), I started another new thread $15-$20/500 shipped which I currently maintain -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...15-20-500-shipped.853059/page-2#post-11226086
And when 22LR dropped below $15/500 shipped, I stocked up BIG and bought CMMG 22LR conversion kits to shoot 22LR in my ARs -
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.p...30-for-500-rounds.825048/page-7#post-11113623
You know, life is short and we are all going to die anyways ... and stuff.
I'm not keeping 100 lbs of gunpowder in my home.
You don't have to. You can spread it around among family, friends and neighbors to comply with local/state/federal fire ordinances.
Just make sure you keep powder out of direct sun light and away from heat to optimize storage life -
https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/reloading-education/safety/gunpowder-stability
NFPA 495 -
https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Info-Doc-Smokeless-Powder.pdf
"11-3.7 Smokeless propellants intended for personal use in quantities not exceeding 20 lb. (9.1 kg) shall be permitted to be stored in original containers in residences. Quantities exceeding 20 lb. (9.1 kg), but not exceeding 50 lb. (22.7 kg), shall be permitted to be stored in residences where kept in a wooden box or cabinet having walls of at least 1 in. (25.4 mm) nominal thickness."