I had a Marlin 30/30 and while the "cool" factor was there, I hardly ever shot it. So it went away.
I'm at the point where I'm really not interested in adding new calibers to my collection. Rifles in .308, .223/5.56, 7.62x39, and .22 LR. Handguns in 9mm, .22 LR and .45 ACP (excluding my MILSURPs). If a gun isn't in one of those calibers, there needs to be a darn good reason for me to add it.
Well, hmm, because it much more funner than any of those you list . Nothing like actually seeing in flight a 400 grain chunk of lead go along and follow it to the steel where upon impact it breaks the chains and knocks the target over. Or load it up and watch your eyes leave your head as you go backwards or as in the old fairy tales, pick some place in between where the porridge is just about right, not too hot, not too cold, still kills everything dead.
I reload but I also buy off the shelf ammo. The ammo is not any more expensive than most hunting calibers. And as to the expense of the rifles, I was at the store looking at row upon row of expensive bolt guns all of them over $2,000 or more. Does anyone here really not buy a rifle because it is $$$ to own and shoot?