For me? no, but thats a conscious decision. I reload, and gauge if im going to load for that particular gun, that particular range trip, based on whats available and how much i want to shoot. Ill usually load 100 or so .44 specials before every range trip, but ill buy 4-500 rounds of 9mm since even with current pricing its STILL cheaper for me to pay someone else to make ammo. I simply dont shoot stuff I dont have ammo for, or dont feel like making ammo for.
One SHOULD consider the implications of ammo availability tho. A coworker bought my 6.5-284 from me, and theres zero ammo available on the shelf. I tried to convince him to buy the .243 instead, but hes on a milsurp kick, and liked the Arisaka......I gave him the dies and stuff to load for it, but if i hadnt he would have to order it, as he cant get ammo or reloading equipment/components for it locally. Ive been giving him boxes of .223 rounds also, as those have been hard to come by.....he cant have my 9mms tho.
One SHOULD consider the implications of ammo availability tho. A coworker bought my 6.5-284 from me, and theres zero ammo available on the shelf. I tried to convince him to buy the .243 instead, but hes on a milsurp kick, and liked the Arisaka......I gave him the dies and stuff to load for it, but if i hadnt he would have to order it, as he cant get ammo or reloading equipment/components for it locally. Ive been giving him boxes of .223 rounds also, as those have been hard to come by.....he cant have my 9mms tho.