Getting great bang for your firearm buck

[bushmaster1313]

Economics is all about spending money when the return is equal to or more than what you would get back spending the same dollars on something else.

What firearm expenditures have given you great bang for your buck.

For me:

Annual fee for unlimited use by me and my guests at my local outdoor range - $60.

Tyler T Grips for my Smiths - about &35 each.

Vintage aperture sight for a 1927 rifle - $125 turned a club into a shooting machine.

 

[RJJ 1971]

$40/year private outdoor range fees
$300 M&P FS 9 (LNIB)
$335 Glock 22 (used)
$259 995 TS Carbine (new)
$215 SAR K2P (used)
$200 M&P 22LR FS (LNIB)
$200 SD9VE (LNIB)
Practice, Practice, Practice

All are my best investments.

 

[Brian41]

Well 15 years ago I was buying N frames for $200-300 and some nice ones as everyone else was buying concealable guns as our CCW bill had passed then. I was forced to sell them wholesale recently due to a divorce as the attorneys wanted a quick sale, I know stupid. I still made money on most but did also hate to see them go.
I've not got any super deals in recent years but did pick up some K frames at good prices and still have a couple anyhow.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Giving my husband CC classes and a 9mm Shield was my best investment.

It got me a shooting buddy, who has helped with all things firearms related.

 

[Bat Guano]

S&W 15-22(s). Sub caliber for AR drills, not to mention good clean fun. Have had mine for about 4 years, getting up to about 4500 rounds through it. It paid for itself in savings (.22LR vs. 5.56) long ago.

I could say the same thing about a couple other sub caliber practice pieces, too. To paraphrase Townsend Whelen, "A .22 is never a mistake."

 

[tops]

I get a great big bang with a 158 gr. bullet and 15 grs. of 2400 out of a 2 1/2 in. M19. Larry

 

[alwslate]

Too many to count. But one that stands out in my memory considering
some of today's high ammo prices. A 900 rd case of surplus 8mm
bought for $69 at a gun show about 15 yrs ago when lots of milsurps
and ammo were being imported.

 

[Farmer17]

I recently bought a CMMG .22 conversion kit for my AR-15. I thought it was kinda pricey at $175, but the way my stepson burns through ammo it will pay for itself in no time.

 

[ordy]

I have seven K frame revolvers in my small collection and didn't pay more than $300 for any one of them.
I had a Beretta CX4 that I traded in for twice what I paid for it to help finance my Colt AR-15.
Those are the one that stick in my mind.

 

[PatriotX]

Whether it was from shaved lead, a ricochet, or a .22wmr kaboom, my safety glasses have been a great investment.

I would suppose that a good set of 'ears' would also qualify here.

 

[sheepdawg]

How about firearm parts. I bought a stock at a garage sale for $5 last year. I threw it in the truck and five minutes later had to put it in the back, it smelled like manure. Guy said it came from one of them 1903s

It sure did, it was an original 1930s C stock complete with the correct knurled, trapdoor buttplate. Wiped it lightly with some turpentine, mostly to get rid of the smell and sold it on Ebay to a guy restoring a 1941 USMC sniper.

Profit sure ain't a dirty word, and when the buyer received it he was tickled too. It don't get better than that.

 

[okiegtrider]

Giving my husband CC classes and a 9mm Shield was my best investment.

It got me a shooting buddy, who has helped with all things firearms related.

Best post on this board.

 

[swsig]

FREE lifetime repairs (and shipping) for my S&W and Ruger firearms.

 

[cmore]

I'd say its the $30 a year I pitch in to use this forum!

 

[kamloops67]

Probably a shot timer , inexpensive but indispensable
Let's me know how slow I really am

 

[5-Shot]

Bullet casting and reloading equipment. Let's you shoot big bore handguns and rifles cheaper than 22's.

Ed

 

[Salty RI]

I got all excited when I saw this thread, I didn't see the word firearm.

 

[H Richard]

My one pistol club membership, which is $15 per year. My trap/skeet club membership which is $25 per year.

 

[carpriver]

My 35 dollar annual membership dues in the local sportsman club, The investment in reloading equipment. Not swimming it the gravel pit.