How long does it take to shoot the cost of your gun in ammo?

[jdkelly]

1050 dollars/4.23 dollars/box=248 boxes
248boxes*50 rounds/box= 12400 rounds
12400rounds/100rounds/days shooting=124days shooting
124days shooting/2 days shooting/week(this gun only)=62 weeks

It would take me 62 weeks to shoot the cost of my gun in my reloaded ammunition, if I shoot this gun two times a week. I shoot others more often.


jdkelly

 

[OEF_VET]

Cosmoline's record:

Was a $50 Arisaka sporter that took just twenty five rounds of Norma to equal the cost of the rifle

I'm feeling ya man. I paid $69 for my Arisaka, and I can get Norma ammo for about $1.60 a round. That works out to just over 43 rounds. Of course, at that cost, the Arisaka doesn't get fired often.

Frank

 

[10-Ring]

I never really thought of it in those terms. Usually, my purchase is justified if afer the first 1000 rounds (which I do in the first couple of weeks) I still have a grin on my face Not a very imperical method, but one I've found that works

 

[firestar]

This makes me think of another question, do you have any guns that you have not shot the cost in ammo? Do you have any guns that you HAVE shot it's cost in ammo?

Since I have gun that tend to shoot cheaper ammo, I have to shoot a lot through one gun to shoot it's cost in ammo. I have done it on several guns but I have more guns now than I used to and multiple guns in the same caliber. Most of my guns have not shot their value in ammo when I think about it. I don't know how that makes me feel. It is a good thing because I have guns that are cheap to feed is or that a bad thing because I don't shoot enough?

Even with 8mm ammo being as cheap as it is, I have easily shot more ammo than my Turk Mauser cost me. $70 for Mauser, 1000 rounds = at least $70.

All this has led me to one conclusion: guns are cheap compared to ammo.

 

[Edward429451]

Lessee, I got 400 in my Colt and load 45's for 1.50 a box of 50 (free brass, cast bullets) so 400 / 1.50 = 266.6 boxes X 50 per box = 13, 333 rounds. OMG, my 19 yr old Colt aint quite paid for yet!

Actually it paid for itself long ago with out a shot fired, but thats another thread altogether.

 

[Hawk]

$100.00 Swiss K-31

105.00 for 3 boxes of 20 rounds - Norma 7.5.

 

[Sven]

the precision and accuracy of the results you get are a matter of how much you're willing to pay

Read this today:

Pay for quality: it will only hurt once.

 

[Kenneth Lew]

Exactly 5 minutes....
with my Cobray M11/9.

You bought the gun cheap didn't you?

 

[Hkmp5sd]

Well, I did forget the NFA transfer tax in my calculation. 5.4 minutes is closer.

 

[Tamara]

A box of Norma for my Type 99 Arisaka costs almost 30% more than I paid for the actual gun itself.