Riverboys;141075031 I'm thinking of buying a 20 ga shotgun - and getting back into archery.[/QUOTE said:I would think a bow and some arrows would work better.Larry
$500 Ammo buying spree
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Good investment. Mid Way had theirs on sale a coupla years ago and free weekend shipping. I stocked up then. It will work in .45 Colt, too..........
Bumpus13
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Edit: Nevermind. LOL @ self ... I just noticed this thread was from 2016.
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I enjoy shooting reduced recoil 12 gauge 00 Buckshot from my riot guns, but my favorite brand is often hard to find. Just got a Mossberg 500 with an 18.5" barrel, so with $500 burning a hole in my pocket I would get Fiocchi 12LE00BK.
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With a $500 ammunition budget to spend today I would stock up on 12 and 20 ga shotgun shells in any available variety and .22LR even tho the OP stated not being interested in that round. Those are things I can't handload for myself and have to rely on being able to buy. Expand the parameters to include reloading components and I would spend the whole $500 on small pistol primers if there were any to be had at some kind of reasonable price. I just balked at paying 20 cents a round for .22LR I used to pay 3-4 cents a round for and feel pretty much the same about primers, so...bring on the birdshot if it's all that we can find!
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So one round of 9mm or two rounds of 40?
scoobysnacker
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I'll play 
If I'm already set (as I feel I am), and I have $500 that I must spend on ammo...
I'm going boutique, non-standard caliber for lower-priced surplus pistols.
I've found 2 places that load for 9x23 Largo (new Starline brass, good quality components), and their prices haven't skyrocketed compared to the rest of the market. One sells 50 rds FMJ for $30, the other sells 50 rds JHP for $36. I've shot some of the FMJ already and it ran great. We have a pair of Star Modelo Supers, each has a 9x19 and a 9x23 barrel. Mags etc work with both, just swap barrels and you're good.
Right now, it's cheaper to shoot new Largo than new 9mm Parabellum, so we've been playing with them.
Another I'm highly interested in, 7.65 French Long (Longue). I remember seeing the French pistols a number of years back, at the time ammo was non-existent. Which was a shame, because the guns seemed to be very well made, basically precursor to the Sig P210. One of those ammo makers now rolls that stuff for $27 a box of 50, and I'd really love to pick one of those guns up if I could.
If I'm already set (as I feel I am), and I have $500 that I must spend on ammo...
I'm going boutique, non-standard caliber for lower-priced surplus pistols.
I've found 2 places that load for 9x23 Largo (new Starline brass, good quality components), and their prices haven't skyrocketed compared to the rest of the market. One sells 50 rds FMJ for $30, the other sells 50 rds JHP for $36. I've shot some of the FMJ already and it ran great. We have a pair of Star Modelo Supers, each has a 9x19 and a 9x23 barrel. Mags etc work with both, just swap barrels and you're good.
Right now, it's cheaper to shoot new Largo than new 9mm Parabellum, so we've been playing with them.
Another I'm highly interested in, 7.65 French Long (Longue). I remember seeing the French pistols a number of years back, at the time ammo was non-existent. Which was a shame, because the guns seemed to be very well made, basically precursor to the Sig P210. One of those ammo makers now rolls that stuff for $27 a box of 50, and I'd really love to pick one of those guns up if I could.
For me it would be split 70/30 for 223 and 380. I am in clover on most others that I shoot.
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