MatthewVanitas
Member
Real quick guesstimate question for those born prior to Reagan's presidency:
Around what year did 9mm become cheaper than .38Spl?
Everyone on this board talks about how you should "buy a good .357, and use .38 Spl for cheap practice loads".
Where I am, .38 Spl costs 21c per round of WWB (same as .45ACP), and 9mm costs 12c (sometime 10c) per round of WWB.
I'm sure that at for many years .38Spl was more common and cheaper. When did the situation reverse?
(On a minor sidenote, I have the same issue with folks going on about how incredibly affordable the 30-30 is as a do-everything rifle and fun range plinker. 15c for 7.62Comm or 5.56, vs 50c for cheapest 30-30?)
-MV
Around what year did 9mm become cheaper than .38Spl?
Everyone on this board talks about how you should "buy a good .357, and use .38 Spl for cheap practice loads".
Where I am, .38 Spl costs 21c per round of WWB (same as .45ACP), and 9mm costs 12c (sometime 10c) per round of WWB.
I'm sure that at for many years .38Spl was more common and cheaper. When did the situation reverse?
(On a minor sidenote, I have the same issue with folks going on about how incredibly affordable the 30-30 is as a do-everything rifle and fun range plinker. 15c for 7.62Comm or 5.56, vs 50c for cheapest 30-30?)
-MV