Well the Biden admin finally killed ammo imports from Russia. Previously they restricted them now they're completely banned. Say goodbye to cheap 7.62 or ANY 5.45.
Surprised nobody on here is talking about this. YET ANOTHER serious and detrimental blow to our 2A rights.
I'm getting seriously pissed off. Ready for this movie to end.
Components are basically impossible to find. Especially primers
Things have gotten more expensive but you can find the components. Check the reloading drop down on ammoseek and select primers - you can find them with a good search engine such as ammo seek.
https://ammoseek.com/reloading/primers
Also, you can deprime rounds and reload the primers as well - although I have just coughed up the few extra cents and not done this yet.
https://rumble.com/PrimerReloading
Warning - this will turn into a great new hobby. You will no longer cringe your teeth when you go the range and instead look at the range as an opportunity to line your pockets with lots of new ammunition vs lighting money on fire. I go to the range now and its like I am a child on an easter egg hunt.
Also if you are looking for a good deal on a loader / press - find the sku for the reloader you want and then go to https://gun.deals and type it in.
The Lee Master Loaders can be found on that search engine at significant discounts (e.g. $280 vs retail of $500+)
That one in particular is marketed with dies for specific rounds but the die sets can be swapped out to the rounds you want to load.
Example for 223 https://gun.deals/search/apachesolr_search/734307909222