There really is no good answer. Being in Alaska, you have it even harder. Back in 2013 after Sandy Hook, we started buying ammo whenever we could, and we resold it at minimal profit to our students (basically making enough to reimburse us for the effort). The reality is that there’s not a lot you can do in some cases.
We ditched our 3+ day non-LE courses and dialed them back to 2-day course. 2-day courses were compressed to 1-day courses in some cases. We cut round counts dramatically and started putting in lower round count drills that required more movement and thinking, target ID, target prioritization and shoot/no-shoot scenarios.
For carbine courses, we got some S&W M&P15 rifles and located 500rd bricks of .22LR, and we would rent the combo for a day course for $100 (you get to keep the leftover ammo).
We encouraged students to use .22LR rifles in lieu of .223 or 7.62x39/5.45x39 rifles.
We also started teaching more shotgun courses, because shotgun ammo wasn’t hit as hard and we didn’t have any problems sourcing trap loads or slugs.
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Under the circumstances, I’d use reloads in factory boxes and say fuck the range... that’s just me.
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THIS.
As often as I’ve been to ranges or classes that prohibit reloads, I’ve never once seen anyone inspect ammo for that purpose.