wacki said:
How cheap was the ammo? And how long ago was it that you last saw it that price?
It used to be around 10-12 cents per round, shipped, in the past couple of years. It's now around 25 cents per round shipped if you're buying 880 rounds (a full case) at a time, probably a few cents more if you're buying per 440rd tin due to proportionally more shipping costs. This is for steel-cased, Berdan-primed, non-reloadable, corrosive surplus ammo. I haven't priced commercial brass lately but it's probably somewhere in the $1/rd range.
I used to want a Makarov, too, back when they were plentiful and cheap, as was the ammo, and the prospect of turning 21 and being able to send off for my C&R kept me quivering in anticipation. I'd probably have given a kidney for a Mak back then, seriously. They were the coolest little things in the world to me.
Now, my 21st is in three days, Maks are long-gone, ammo's no cheaper than 9mm Para and I don't see much point overall in spending $300 on a heavy steel Euro-.380 when I could buy an LCP or a CZ 75B for not much more.
Depressing to think about all the stuff I had to watch slip away before my eyes...
