The days of handloading may be numbered.

[Bang]

I think about the wheelwrights seeing the new cars with pressed-steel rims and wonder how many of them realized they better find another occupation, quickly, as they shaved the spokes on the wheels they were producing.

This month's Guns & Ammo has an article on Sierra Bullets composite-cased cartridges, TM'd TRUE VELOCITY.

Intended for military use leaving nothing reusable (brass) for the enemy to re-process and lightening (and increasing) the ammo carrying load, it is now nearing or arrived at commercially available.

They are recyclable as a plastic and as steel (which forms the primer pocket and rim), but are not reloadable.

Sierra has a patent. They can be the sole source for the allowed time, allow other manufacturers to produce the shells contingent on use of Sierra bullets, I imagine all manner of business arrangements are possible...all combining to the potential of reloadable ammo disappearing or becoming much more expensive.