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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1514352" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>The first part of your post I can relate to.</p><p>Now your last statement about ammo prices being very negligible I don't necessarily agree with as it is subjective to the rifle/caliber and intended performance level. My big gun can cost close to $5 per shot when loaded with the higher cost bullets I use. Over the course of the barrel's life that is currently sitting on it the cost of ammo could be as much as the rifle itself (several thousand dollars)...or a guided elk hunt! Where as the 30-06 Ruger American I have sitting next to it the ammo cost is more along the lines of what you speak, however if high volume shooting can add up quick. The cost of preparing for a hunt can cost as much (or more) than the hunt itself. If you are looking at it as that one (or two, or three) bullets you fire to get that animal on the ground as being the cheap part of the hunt, then yeah that's true. I don't, I look at it like the hundreds or thousands I sent that got me to that point.</p><p>Like the cost of fuel in my truck; I've spent more on fuel for that thing in the past three years than what the truck cost. Or I may spend $30 in fuel once I reach my hunting destination, but the $600 I spend to and fro needs to be factored in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1514352, member: 8873"] The first part of your post I can relate to. Now your last statement about ammo prices being very negligible I don’t necessarily agree with as it is subjective to the rifle/caliber and intended performance level. My big gun can cost close to $5 per shot when loaded with the higher cost bullets I use. Over the course of the barrel’s life that is currently sitting on it the cost of ammo could be as much as the rifle itself (several thousand dollars)...or a guided elk hunt! Where as the 30-06 Ruger American I have sitting next to it the ammo cost is more along the lines of what you speak, however if high volume shooting can add up quick. The cost of preparing for a hunt can cost as much (or more) than the hunt itself. If you are looking at it as that one (or two, or three) bullets you fire to get that animal on the ground as being the cheap part of the hunt, then yeah that’s true. I don’t, I look at it like the hundreds or thousands I sent that got me to that point. Like the cost of fuel in my truck; I’ve spent more on fuel for that thing in the past three years than what the truck cost. Or I may spend $30 in fuel once I reach my hunting destination, but the $600 I spend to and fro needs to be factored in. [/QUOTE]
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