Where do most of your shooting $$$ go?

[oldgold]

Since the crunch eased up this year I've bought 55 pounds of powder, 10,000 primers, 2500 rifle bullets, not counting what I've cast for pistols and rifles. Mostly just to replenish what I used while stuff wasn't available.

I don't get to shoot as much as I'd like.

I voted ammo !

 

[HOWARD J]

I would say that 80% of my spare money goes to send a grandkid to college.
The rest goes to reloading components....................................

 

[jeepguy]

most of it has been buying firearms & the stuff that go with them, mags,slings,case,& proper cleaning supplys. i went with the firearms first becuse of possible bans from the obama administration. im almost finished about 3 items left semi auto .22lr pistol,.22lr rifle, & maybe shotgun. i have slowly started stocking up on ammo. it would be going better if i wouldn't keep shooting it. i still need about about 20 more of various types of mags. when i bought my first firearms a mini 14 & xd .40 it was 2003 during the ban. so after it ended, i said i wouldn't get stuck agin not being able to buy what i wanted. this is why i have spent more on purchasing firearms & less on shooting,ammo, & training.

 

[Opoche]

Ammo. Even reloading the many different (not to mention obscure) calibers I use suck up quite a bit of money.

 

[JWF III]

I voted "buying guns", but I really go through cycles. I mat add 8-10 guns over a couple years. Then the next few years, I'll buy ammo/reloading stuff.

Right now I'm in the ammo part of the cycle, waiting for the eco. to turn around (I have my list ready and waiting). But over the past 10 years, guns have tripled ammo (easily).

Wyman

 

[wishin]

I started to vote "Buying guns", but realized that's only true at the point when I buy the gun. Periodic ammo buys of $100 plus adds up real quick and exceeds the initial outlay.

 

[Ala Dan]

Most certainly, buying guns~!

 

[heron]

Ammo, for certain.

Before I got into this hobby, I was thinking along the lines of, "guns are expensive; ammo is cheap." That only holds true if you don't shoot much, and I like to take 200 rounds for a shooting session; any less than that just doesn't feel like I've done enough. I also like to keep a supply in reserve. It adds up.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Most certainly, buying guns~!

Ammo, for certain.

Love it!

 

[Mike OTDP]

I cheat. One of the biggest advantages of black powder, air guns, and rimfire is that ammunition is inexpensive. A Steyr LP-10 is $2,500. A tin of 500 match-grade pellets is $10.

 

[kamagong]

Guns are the cheapest component of shooting. Even though it hurt at first when I bought my Baer, at least it was a one time purchase. On the other hand, ammo costs are a recurring expense, subject to the market forces of supply and demand. And the worst part is, not only do I have to make continual purchases of ammo, but the price of ammo itself continues to go up.

 

[oldbear]

Ammo

With the ammo shortage and the corresponding price increases ammo has been by far my largest expense in the last year. Now that I am starting my hunt for a S&W M-27 -2 with a 3 ½” barrel that should change some time in the next year or so.

 

[ScratchnDent]

Ammo and reloading components.

 

[MinnMooney]

All of those choices. I couldn't rightfully vote for just one.

 

[bushmaster1313]

Guns are the cheapest component of shooting.

How true!

A good safe costs more than a good gun.

 

[paintballdude902]

the truck i drive to go shoot LOL 1989 bronco i love that truck to death but sometimes i want to light it on fire

 

[Buzzard]

Most of my shooting money goes right out the muzzle. Whatever isn't spent on speedy things to throw downrange, is spent on stuff for the speedy things to hit.

 

[wally]

I voted buy guns because I'm a collector as much as a shooter, but I've plenty of guns that have had 2-3X+ the cost of the gun in ammo run through them.

 

[armoredman]

100% Reloading components. I can't buy any guns right now, and the range is free.

 

[22-rimfire]

Over time and if you shoot regularly, you will spend the most money on ammunition beyond the cost of a gun. This is especially true of handguns.

 

[buck460XVR]

Ten years ago, #1 would have been hunting expenses. Nowadays at my age, the only real hunting expense I have is license fees as I tend to use old hunting equipment and do not feel the need to buy all the latest and newest stuff out there. Years ago most of my shooting was done in the field....nowadays, it's done at the range. That and now I have two sons to reload for also.

 

[NoAlibi]

If you start selling guns is that a negative expense?

In another post I said I was surprised to find that I had accumulated 14 shotguns over 40 years. Actually, I forgot to count a truck-gun so the count is really 15.

I see no reason why I would need more than a dozen shotguns, so I'll be selling off three at the next gun show.

I inherited 11 guns in the last 10 years and only bought one and that was because it was a phenomenal deal.

I send a lot of lead down-range, so my vote went to ammo in the form of mostly components. Because of a terrific deal on target shotshells before Obamarama, I bought 20 cases of them even though I have 300# of magnum #9 pellets.

 

[bannockburn]

Nowadays most of my money goes towards ammo and reloading components. Mainly shop online or when Walmart gets something in that I need; like 100 rounds of WWB .45ACP for $33.97.

 

[jon86]

Most of my gun money is spent on ammo. But I cannot seem to stock up ammo. Whenever any of my buddies says "hey let's go shoot stuff" I cannot say no.