Do you ever choose your guns by what caliber you can get easiest or cheapest?

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I tend to choose guns by caliber that I can easily get.
Well its also the case that most of the guns made come in these calibers.

My only non-mainstream caliber is 300 Ultra Mag Everything else I can find just about anywhere
 
Yes. It sucks when you shoot something you can't pick up ammo for locally. (Shortages or a different story, I'm will to wait them out.)
 
Heck, back in the '70s my gun club had a deal (through the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, I believe) for milsurp .30/06 at a penny a round. I bought all they could sell me, and THEN went out and bought a .30/06 to shoot it in. (Yes, it was corrosive. But boiling water to clean the bore was cheap. No, it wasn't match grade accurate...but it was "good enough for government work" and made me a better practical offhand shooter.)

Today, penny a round .30/06 ammo is long gone, but I still have that excellent rifle. And while I shoot all five gun categories of IDPA, I have to admit that I'm more likely to shoot Stock Service Revolver with .38 Special or one of the 9mm auto categories in large part because of the ready availability of cheap ammo.
 
I do consider what dies I already have when considering a new handgun.

I load .38 Spl/.357 Mag, .40 S&W, .41 Mag, 44 Mag, .45 ACP/Auto Rim and .45 LC. I also own a couple of .22's and a .32. I can always find a pistol that "talks to me" in the calibers that I load.

Don't own a nine, never will...YMMV.

My reloading/gun situation is the same for rifles...load for everything I own.

I can afford to buy my ammo at WallyWorld, AND I have the time to reload. I prefer to reload. Personal satisfaction...again, YMMV. Wife and I also bake all of our own bread...it's just our nature.

BTW, I average 200-300 rds a week mostly in .40 S&W.
 
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