[captainoats]

Always been fascinating to me as an American to see how hunting and shooting gear is marketed and sold in Europe. It’s closer to luxury goods retail than the American experience where it’s all generally treated as sporting equipment no matter if it’s at a “luxury” price point.

[aliqot]

You can buy rifles and ammo in the same stores as milk and eggs here.

[wil421]

The same country stores will also process your deer for you. Unless you mean Walmart.

[dncornholio]

Same country where you can also hunt on anyone's private land, except if they placed a no-hunting sign every few meter, which they also have to update each year..

[bitwize]

Some things should be priced out of everybody getting to have one. Like cars.

[chayesfss]

according to you, I like cheap ammo, mostly .22 so I can practice. I do not have time (haven't) to even get into reloading. And who cares about the price or how hard it is. You know how easy it is to get a crossbow and spikes? Do you think you need a special license for that? More deadly, way more quiet, untraceable, I mean you can go on yet we talk about climate change now? Stay on point please

[otikik]

> Do you think you need a special license for that?

Crossbows and bows do need a license where I live. You can use them only on a special target practice place. The law also regulates how you should transport the bows to your home (you have to unhook its string). The license for a bow requires a training course and everyone can take those. Guns are obviously much more restricted.

I believe that is fine. I understand that this might sound crazy to someone who has grown up being able to buy guns at the grocery store. To me that sounds crazy.

[chayesfss]

Got it, interesting...well we agree, there are dangerous things out there if someone wants u...broken bottle getting out if the car..come on. Univ of Fairbanks had a gun room fornus to keep our rifles locked up while at college. Different strokes but notbody saying safety isn't paramount. I want firearms safety courses in public school. avaiable anytime anywhere

[MikeTheGreat]

> I do not have time (haven't) to even get into reloading.

Can I ask what 'reloading' is? I'm guessing it's making your own ammo yourself, yes? I'm curious to know more, if you (or anyone else) wouldn't mind sharing.

"I don't have time to reload" sounds like you're just throwing the entire gun away instead of putting more bullets into it but that can't be right (although I could see someone doing this in an action movie :) )

[topspin]

> I'm guessing it's making your own ammo yourself, yes?

Yes. It's mainly done for two reasons: cost and performance.

If you use a lot of ammo you can reduce your net costs. Depending on what you shoot the cost savings can be substantial, especially if your firearm is not a common type.

You can achieve higher performance (accuracy, power, etc.) as well. Refining the 'load' (primer, powder and bullet are the main variables) to a particular firearm, as well as precisely controlling materials and assembly, can improve accuracy.

Lately, availability has also become a motivator. Ammo scarcity can sometimes be worked around by acquiring components and assembling them yourself.

Anyhow, it's a common pursuit and a continuation of historical practice; at one time everyone made all of their own ammo. The downsides are the time and equipment necessary, including space to accommodate it all, which needs to be dry and clear of unrelated traffic, and the possibility of injuring or killing yourself or others if you do it wrong.

I've done it and it suits geek type mentalities; a multidimensional optimization problem involving obscure knowledge and refinement. It's quite a thrill to touch off a round you designed and assembled.

[chayesfss]

.50 sabot is a great 'amything' avaiable setup I think. really lkke the cva .50 for value

[quickthrower2]

Maybe he doesn’t have time now to write words on HN on the topic of reloading a gun, but if he did there would be more ammo for his point.

[chayesfss]

I value rest more than ammo or the internet my friend

[chayesfss]

yea, just google reloading kit. People want to reuse the expensive part of a bullet for whatever reason. Brass is $$ and having a company like federal fill to your specific requrements can get expensive!

[MikeTheGreat]

Thanks for the reply!

The phrase "reloading kit" is extremely helpful for learning more about this

[NullPrefix]

Would you say the same about houses instead of pods?