rburg
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I used to kind of get set off by these threads. They're very interesting, but you probably have the wrong focus. Hope you're good at math.
Ammo is expensive, guns are cheap. I know you don't think that now, but you only pay $600 or so for a gun. Its a tool. It won't last forever, and it will wear out. So buy a spare or two or three.
Figure the cost of 357 ammo. Maybe $25 a box, $50 per hundred? And be conservative and estimate the gun might need a minor repair or two beween 50k and 75k rounds. Take the $500 per thousand rounds and multiply by 50 or 75. You'll have between $25,000 and maybe $37,500 in ammo. And you used it wearing out a $600 gun. And you're upset about it. Go figure.
So here's your new battle plan. At the first hint of a problem, you take it to the gun show and give someone a deal he can't refuse. Sell it off for $300, then find another $300 in your pocket and buy another one to flush $25,000 away in ammo.
The gun is the least of your expenses. You'll spend more on fuel going to the range than on the depreciation of the gun. And more on lunches at the shooting sessions.
Don't lose perspective on the costs.
Remember the old 35mm camera's? I always figured break even was when you spent as much on film and developing as you blew on the camera and lenses. By then, there was a newer, must have model on the market.
Ammo is expensive, guns are cheap. I know you don't think that now, but you only pay $600 or so for a gun. Its a tool. It won't last forever, and it will wear out. So buy a spare or two or three.
Figure the cost of 357 ammo. Maybe $25 a box, $50 per hundred? And be conservative and estimate the gun might need a minor repair or two beween 50k and 75k rounds. Take the $500 per thousand rounds and multiply by 50 or 75. You'll have between $25,000 and maybe $37,500 in ammo. And you used it wearing out a $600 gun. And you're upset about it. Go figure.
So here's your new battle plan. At the first hint of a problem, you take it to the gun show and give someone a deal he can't refuse. Sell it off for $300, then find another $300 in your pocket and buy another one to flush $25,000 away in ammo.
The gun is the least of your expenses. You'll spend more on fuel going to the range than on the depreciation of the gun. And more on lunches at the shooting sessions.
Don't lose perspective on the costs.
Remember the old 35mm camera's? I always figured break even was when you spent as much on film and developing as you blew on the camera and lenses. By then, there was a newer, must have model on the market.
but still, it's a second hand gun, and I wonder what can I expect in terms of "mileage"...Shall I stick only or preferably to .38s or can I play full diet of magnums...?
