I personally think too many people get their panties in a wad over something that we most likely can't change. I'm not rich, I busted my butt for a long time and made enough money to retire at 62 I live on my SS and a returns from investments that bring my income up to what I would have gotten if I worked to 65.
Over the years I bought some nice guns and hunt a lot now. I can afford to load Bismuth and ITX shot($35./bx) for all my upland and waterfowl hunting out of my hammer guns and old sxs's. If I fire a box of shells a day I am having a very bad day in the field and still that was nearly the least expensive part of the hunt. If I have to shoot a high volume of steel for some reason I also have an inexpensive Turkish sxs that will do the job with steel.
I'm not about to let something like a change in shot requirements keep me out of the field.
