Texasgrillchef
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EVER SINGLE TIME I weigh in on a thread where the .22Mag gets compared to the .223, I have found the comments about ammo cost or utility to be completely unfounded, bordering on absurd. Right now, you can order a 500rd case of CCI .22Mag from Midway for $9.49/box. I don't know how people come up with statements like "...223 ammo was cheaper and did a lot more". $9.49/50rds translates to $0.19/rd and that equates to $3.80/50rds. Maybe people don't realize they're comparing 50rd boxes to 20rd boxes, I don't know but I've never seen .223 that cheap. The cheap stuff is usually twice that but then you're comparing the cheapest crap that goes "bang" to what is premium domestic rimfire ammo. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to handload .223 as cheap as .22Mag.
I’m personally not to concerned about cost of ammo within reason. I fire off 500 rounds a week of a combination of 380, 9mm, 45acp, 45 colt, 454, 45-70 rounds a week (Target Practice). So unless we are talking a cost of $1 a round or more like the 45-70 rounds cost. I’m not to worried. Any of the 22 rounds are going to cost less then a 45-70 round.