Anyway, I attended an open house last week for Y2K's MCJROTC program at his high school. Y2K really likes JROTC, and loves the Marine Corp, so decided to continue on in the program. He'll only be able to do it one semester this year, due to his honors class load, but he's going to try to continue on through all of high school.
One of the things he likes best is that the program fields an air rifle team - a very successful one to boot.
However, due to budget constraints with the school district, the entire program stopped receiving funding a couple years ago (after having it cut each year since it started). Then this year, due to federal funding cuts, the Marine Corp itself had to stop all support.
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So, the air rifle team now depends on donations of pellets to practice. The don't need match ammunition for practice - just any old .177-caliber target pellet. They have been trying to scrounge up donations from local sporting goods stores and such, with limited success.
So, I'd like to buy several thousand pellets to donate, and hopefully do it with some frequency. I want to make the most of what I can afford to do. Who has the rock-bottom best deals on pellets these days? I figured many of you probably augment your leveraction shooting with air rifle practice, so hopefully someone knows where the best deals can be found (now slipping into a "WTB" type post for the "classifieds" section).
Thanks!
YK