Last night was my second time cleaning my guns unsupervised
by a novice, I successfully reassembled them, I’m feeling a lot more confident
about taking the 1911 apart and reassembling, the .380 is really easy so I took
to it pretty easy. I feel pretty proud
and certain that I did a more thorough job than I’ve done before.
I started feeling a bit defeatist and negative about this
hobby last night while talking with a friend via messenger. The costs of shooting is so expensive, range
time, ammo, the guns cost money but once they are bought it’s good and it’s
just a matter of restraining myself from buying more. I know if I learn to reload, I’ll save money
there but the initial cost is going to be high as well as classes so I can
properly do it. A lot of ranges near me
offer lady’s days so I can shoot for free and that will save some money there
so I do try to keep the expense down but I think last month I spent over $200
on ammo. I have just enough .380 left to
fill my magazine so there will be no more firing that one until I can find more
and I think I have maybe 250 rounds of .45 so until ammo becomes more
available, I won’t be shooting.
I’m certainly not ready to give up this hobby that I so love
but it is easy to feel frustrated about the expense. I had the thought about my sewing hobby, that’s
expensive too but at least I can make money by selling the stuff that I make on
eBay or something. I need to set up a
budget for my gun hobby or else I’ll end up going way over board. (12.1)
Don't give up. What you are experiencing is post ammo letdown. Everybody gets it.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the encouragement :)
DeleteNeighbors have to stick together :)
DeleteI will pop in every once and a while and check out your blog and comment, if that is alright with you.
I don't mind at all, it's nice to know that anyone even reads this. I'm fairly new to blogger, do you have one as well, I only see your profile information.
ReplyDeleteI see you are into construction equipment, I work for a company that rents construction equipment.
No blog, just a commentor. If your company is in Colorado then I probably rented some of it, if its on the east side
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We rent all over Colorado so you probably have rented from us. It's a pleasure to meet your on line acquaintance.
DeleteThese days you have to really be quick to pick up any ammo. If you have a the time and the ability, there are several online sites that I use - gunbot.net is a great tool for seeing who has what and I have been pretty happy with the deals I have found on palmettostatearmory.com I am not sure if Colorado put the brakes on ordering ammo online though....
ReplyDeleteI had not heard of palmettostatearmory, so I will check them out, thank you so much. I've yet to order on line, mainly because I love instant gratification but it's looking more like I'll have to go for on line so I'll have to check and see if Colorado allows that or not.
DeleteWilson armory sells ammo at decent price compared to some of what I've seen lately. I haven't tried any yet but am going to order some .45 acp when my next paycheck comes through. If it's like anything else they basalt then the quality will be there
ReplyDeleteI'll look into them as well, I'm desperately needing .45acp because after I go shooting tomorrow I'm sure my supplies will be depleted.
DeleteShould say sell, not basalt :/
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