The rising cost of shooting

[techguy]

My approach is to spend money on cheap fun stuff first (s1 shotgun, .22 semi auto - cheap ammo and the guns themselves) and save up for the big stuff while still having a giggle. The full bore club gun I use is certainly good enough to compete with so there's no hurry there and I can spend 2 years saving up the £3k or so to get a new one of my own. For prone small bore I'm on the look out for a cheap BSA Martini lefty which I can stick some modern sights on.
ETA: I'll have more to spend on shooting when I stop running stupid cars with 5+ litre engines.

This is exactly what I did...minus the smallbore prone stuff..not my cup of tea!

[saddler]

I have done group buys in the past for Viht powder. ..hit the 12kg total (12 tubs of rifle powder) and the savings are there...free shipping and powder at £65 per kg tub.
The free shipping can also allow primers to be sent free at the same time...

Lots of ways to save money on component costs.

I think the only factory ammo I've bought lately is 22 rimfire...and about 40 6.5x55

I used to buy milsurp 30-06 but not seen any for decades.

[Alpha1]

£65 a kilo for powder is not cheap if you don't have a spare £65 to spend.
I reckon I will need 2 Kg of N140 2 Kg of N160 and 1Kg of 110 this year and maybe some 2400 or unique just for starters. I run my .308 and 6.55 on Hornady A max bullets god knows how much they are now. I need to aquire new brass for both of these rifles I would like to use Lapau not cheap.
I run my Millitary rifles on PPU brass and bullets.
It all adds up.

[dromia]

So you are packing in and selling up then Dave, probably best as you don't look as though your can afford to use all those rifles and kit you have. Tell you what, I'll come over and see that you get a good deal on all your stuff.

What are you like tomorrow?

[snayperskaya]

My Dragunov,Mosin and the AKs are all fed on cheap Russian/Combloc milsurp.Accuracy is good enough for me as not bothered about sticking round after round through the same hole and considering what they would ultimately be designed for I can't see the justification in spending a fortune on commercial ammo or messing about reloading.I can get nearly 300 54r milsurp for the price of 100 Prvi.

[rox]

I hate to say this, as a TR shooter, but Dromia's right.

Nope. He said "if you want to compete at the top in <snip> TR etc then you will need to join the arms race". This is simply not true. You may see some shiny kit if you look for it, and there may be people who try to buy their way to the top, but perhaps you don't recognise those who are actually there. Take a look at the winter journal covers - Swings, Paramounts, the odd Quadlock, most in basic wooden stocks (apart from the one or two colonials). Most of the winners' rifles couldn't have been bought new in the last 15 or 20 years! How is this an arms race?

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[dromia]

For me the arms race is expensive kit and as we a have established TR is expensive, I'm sure also that those 15-20 year old rifles don't have 15-20 year old barrels or gunsmithing.

[Alpha1]

So you are packing in and selling up then Dave, probably best as you don't look as though your can afford to use all those rifles and kit you have. Tell you what, I'll come over and see that you get a good deal on all your stuff.

What are you like tomorrow?

Unfortunately Adam to morrow I will be at Ruforth just outside of York buying tooling for the lathe and eying up workshop machinery. Another hobby that's fast becoming a money pit. :55:

[dromia]

Even more reason to pack in shooting, when is good for you then?

Good luck with the shopping tomorrow BTW.

[Demonic69]

Unfortunately Adam to morrow I will be at Ruforth just outside of York buying tooling for the lathe and eying up workshop machinery. Another hobby that's fast becoming a money pit. :55:

Ooh, what you buying?