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Thursday, February 21, 2013

This Hobby of Mine


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)



11 comments:

  1. Don't give up. What you are experiencing is post ammo letdown. Everybody gets it.

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    1. Thank you for the encouragement :)

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    2. Neighbors have to stick together :)
      I will pop in every once and a while and check out your blog and comment, if that is alright with you.

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  2. 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.

    I see you are into construction equipment, I work for a company that rents construction equipment.

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  3. No blog, just a commentor. If your company is in Colorado then I probably rented some of it, if its on the east side
    of the Rockies

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    1. We rent all over Colorado so you probably have rented from us. It's a pleasure to meet your on line acquaintance.

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  4. These 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....

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    1. I 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.

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  5. Wilson 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

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    1. I'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.

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