Wow a lot of people here don't seem to be as dedicated to shooting as others. I can't imagine only having 3000 rounds of ammo. Sorry but that's just true. I own a lot of ammo but it is sitting at the bottom of a lake too. There's just something about deep lakes and ammo on boats that just doesn't mix. Before my boating accident I had probably more than 15,000 rounds just in .22 ammo. And I have a lot of other guns to feed. I had about 3000 rounds just of 7.62 x 39. There's some well armed fish around my neck of the woods I guess. I suppose I should throw them in a rifle to go with all that ammo. Then there's .45, .44, .40, .380, 12 ga., 30.06, .223, .25, and .20 ga. to keep up with. I can't just let them all go hungry. What good is a gun without ammo? I have my fish hook ready in case I need to start looking for my ammo.
Seriously there are times I shoot more than 3000 rounds in a month. I've been out and shot up maybe $3000 worth of ammo in a day (I wasn't paying for that). A full auto can run through the stuff like water from a fire hose.
But 99% of my shooting is for practice. Practice is essential if you want to be good at something like shooting. I guess maybe everyone didn't grow up with shooting being a major source of entertainment like we did. I'm not trying to one up anyone here. I'm just suggesting that if you want to shoot really well it takes a lot of practice. I guess maybe that's why I've won my share of shooting competitions. I am NOT the best shooter around but I can generally hold my own with the good shooters. Maybe you don't care if you can shoot tiny little groups at 500 yards or small (nuisance) birds flying through the air or bats or running rats (tree or otherwise). But maybe you do. If you do want to be able to do those things it begins with practice.
