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I did find these articles but they're several months old. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/01/covid-19-antibodies-transmit-moms-babies-during-pregnancy https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2021/04/pregnant-women-who-receive-covid-19-mrna-vaccines-pass-antibodies-to-their-babies

Glad to see you\re doing better, that's a scary experience!!

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Dang, wish you were closer!

I tried various positions but anywhere from 12 to 2 means finding two big fellas and a wheelbarrow to move my gut out of the way before I can draw!* *I exaggerate** **Slightly

You'll probably accumulate a bucketful before you settle on one you like! Even getting recommendations is challenging because what suits me may not suit you.

Yes, I neglected to cover that. A good belt as well as a good holster are non negotiable!

I'm well on the chubby side and carry a P365 in an Alien Gear IWB holster at 4 o'clock. It's so comfortable that I never really feel it there. IMHO if you're going to carry, then carry. The reality is that you won't get to choose when (hopefully and likely never) you need to have it. Better to be looking at it than looking for it. The other obvious piece is regular training and drills with your setup so you can draw from different positions and engage targets in different directions.

I reckon it's the spring break effect. Lots of people travelling.

I carry the P365 and my buddy has the Hellcat. Both are excellent guns and very reliable. My main reason for choosing the Sig was the availability of a manual safety. I won't carry a gun without one which is purely a personal choice and not a comment on the pros and cons.

One thing is for sure, if Biden pushes gun control now it makes a mockery of his healing and unity messaging.

I guess it would depend on the circumstances. An attorney is duty bond to give you the best legal advice. How good that advice is does depend on the particular attorney for sure. It's important to ensure your insurance allows you to choose your own attorney.

This is a good example of why carry insurance is important. You would have immediate access to a lawyer experienced in such instances for advice (and representation should it be needed).

I reckon it will take longer as people continue to hoard way beyond their needs. At a USPSA match earlier this month one of the guys was telling us that his friend had close to a million SP primers stocked up in his garage. That sort of hoarding is what's causing most of the problems today.

Sounds like a MEC is the way to go. Finding one at the moment is the challenge!

Yet!

indeed!

Yep, even second hand ones have gone up in price. Last time I was in Walmart they had plenty of 20ga birdshot. I hadn't heard about Dems wanting to ban shells, what on God's green earth would this achieve???

Yeah, that works well but I've had jams with lower powered rounds.

It's 12 guage for trap/skeet I want to load, 7 1/2 - 9 shot. Shotgun cartridges have not been as badly affected by the current shortage as the likes of 9mm or .223 but there is less on the shelves. I shoot an autoloader so higher fps is better and that can be hard to find currently. I am well stocked right now but I'm looking at the future. I'm not expecting to save money reloading shotshell but I can see a day when if I don't reload, I won't be shooting. If you ever decide to move that 12ga Mec Jr onwards, let me know!

I have a couple of bags of shot. I'm also reasonably well stocked on factory cartridges, this is more about planning for the next shortage (if this one ever ends!).

I'm looking at getting into shotshell reloading as I have all of the components. I don't shoot huge amounts of it, maybe a couple of hundred rounds a month, so not keen on investing large amounts of money into it. The ones I've researched so far are Lee Loadall (cheap but seems to do the job) and MEC 600jr (big step up in quality but starts to get expensive with chargebars etc. I'd likely use my existing auto trickler for powder so cost of powder bushings shouldn't be an issue. Anyone willing to share experiences (good and bad) with shotshell presses for low volumes?.

Absolutely! I would say only use used sheets. New ones can leave a gicky coating on cases.

Lizard bedding works fine. I have a similar workflow to @DeepSouth, use the bedding (with a capful of nufinish added every couple of months) for initial cleaning, deprime and resize, and then into corn cob (with a capful of brass polish added every couple of months).

I have the FA one with the bucket and sifter. Does the job fine for about $70 IIRC.