RE: Passion, effort and the right attitude
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Do you have an annual budget for ammo?
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Requesting pic of you in a ghillie suit.
Do you have an annual budget for ammo?
I don't really have a budget for ammo Matt, not one I set myself at the start of the year anyway. Occasionally I have to decide not to shoot due to cost, but that's mainly around the travel costs than the ammo. Because I make my own ammunition it's a little cheaper...9mm at around 0.23c per round and rifle rounds at about $2.20 or so for example, but it's a difficult figure to determine as I reuse the spent cases, the brass, over and over so don't have to repurchase that each time. It's a lot though, the money I spend, a little scary to add up and look at the total figure to be honest.
Were you looking for a figure, a rough amount? If not ignore this, but it's about $2,700-$3,600/ year in ammo depending on how many competitions I shoot. Sometimes a little more, this year will be much less due to the virus.
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We have it so good in the states, 23c for 9mm is like really good mid-level factory loads, the cheap stuff is well under 20c and people here can reload for lots less. Then again I don't know if you are using premium bullets, but some casters can make a sweet lead bullet and powder coat it for next to nothing. We're very blessed with the 2A and I admire your dedication to the sport!
You are very lucky yes. It's difficult here, costly and sometimes really difficult to get what we want. We do what we can though and have some fun. There's only 26 million of us here, some 326 million in the states so it's always going to be different. There's only about 850,000 registered gun owners here!
I'm not just a gun guy, I have other hobbies and am able to talk about other things, but I am pretty dedicated to it. I don't know everything about guns, but enough to do what I do with the guns I have.
That's my hangup right there, I have more guns than I could possibly wear out in my whole lifetime, let alone the time I have left. Plus the fact that most are of reasonably good quality.
I appreciate the well-rounded GalenKP, we have had some interactions in the precious metals arena, if you recall. I was largely distracted by my good friend (and gorgeous gurley) @silversaver888 but I remember you are also into PMs and crypto. PLUS a lot of other really cool stuffs like wilderness patrol 👍 I really need to get out more myself, I used to be boy scout...
Yes, I recall some interaction with you on one of SS888's posts.
I do a lot of stuff, I'm never in danger of being called one-dimensional that's for sure. I'm not all about guns, or off-roading, or silver, or my work, travel, Lego etc....I do it all and when I do I do so with passion and personality...It's the only way. They say boy scouts are always prepared so provided you have that ethos you'll be good. :)
Great insight. The annual spend was plenty, but the extra rate per round really puts it into perspective. The best part of when I was a paintball sniper was not spending so much on paint. In this case, $2.20 per shot is intense, especially since that's discounted with your own production.
Yeah, a little more per round than paintballs huh? It get's a bit expensive and that's why I make sure that every shot I take has the greatest chance to meeting its intended target. It's all the peripheral stuff that get's it there. I don't like to waste rounds so I work hard on all those things that are going to help me send it with more accuracy.
Now I want to go paint balling...Been a while. So much fun.