Most Expensive Ammo You've Shot?
Not sure what forum to post this to but, what is the most expensive factory round you've ever shot?
I'm looking at a box of CorBon DPX 44 Mag loads. Marked 225 gr DPX 1350 fps, 911 ft lbs. (DPX44M225/20).
These are a serious deep HP, with the usual 6 petals. They are not supposed to stabilize in the slow twist of my Marlin 1894, but I have the TC Contender also.
20 rounds, $52.95 = $2.65 / ea.
I bought these since a high-school friend of mine that has worked in the firearms retail business for 30 years was recently fired, and re-hired at another shop that opened. I bought them to help out his "rep" with the new Boss.
I know the solid copper 12 ga slugs are pricy too, I'll have to do the math.
What made you have buyer's remorse?
Did it shoot?
Meat in the freezer = good investment. I figure gas is $3.25 - $4.00 now. A bullet at half that is a small part of the hunting investment. "One and down" has always been a mantra of mine.
Think me not unkind and rude,
That I walk alone through grove and glen.
I go to seek the God of the wood,
And fetch His word to men.
Can't remember the cost, but when non-lead ammo became mandatory in my area, a box of copper .270 shells was about that pricey. And since I needed to "sight them in", I bought 2 boxes.
Ran a few lead bullets through before I switched to copper; and my old Remington Gamemaster shot the copper a little better than the lead at 100 yards. Son's Winchester had about 6" difference from lead to copper.
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I am old enough to remember when this really was the land of the free. CS
12ga copper sabot slugs average about $3 a pop
Hic Ego Statio
.338 Lapua. Some Hornady stuff at a show and shoot display at the gun club, about $112/ 20, and visiting a friend in NV, some match grade .50 BMG stuff I think was around $10-15/rd. Only a couple shots of each since I wasn't buying though. Otherwise, probably shotgun sabots.
+1. Sighting in a slug gun with lead free can really make the cash register ring.Originally Posted by DirtyDave
Life's short . . . Hunt hard
Why tip-toe quietly through life, only to arrive safely at death ?
Shooting $10 bills
Rigby .416 goes for about $11.00 per round. I have to admit I have never used it but my "mate" from VA who has hunted all over the world does owns a rifle for it. I'll have to ask him to try it next time I'm there. Unfortunately, my work trip to VA in Nov got cancelled so I won't be able to sneak in some hunting there with him. I did look at one review of the ammo and loved where the reviewer did 3 groups of 3 shots to check out the ammo -that's about 100 down range. But I guess if you are going to hunt something this round is suitable for (Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Yetti), 11/round is not much compared to your other costs.
Incher48 - what is the new Avatar. I'm going put mine back to "lobster season".
Last edited by asaxon; 10-24-2011 at 01:58 AM.
asaxon, new avatar is a bachelor group of 3 Whitetail Bucks taken a couple years ago. They are about 350 yards behind my house in the picture. I've never seen the center one from my stand, just preseason. I nicknamed him "The Pope", since I first saw him on consecutive Sundays (and he has a tall "hat"). The year before this picture he was a 10 pointer with 12" tines. I suspect my 9 pointer was an offspring of his.
I figured since it is deer season here, (archery at least), I may as well post a deer avatar.
Think me not unkind and rude,
That I walk alone through grove and glen.
I go to seek the God of the wood,
And fetch His word to men.
Winchester Dual-bond 12 ga slugs.
2 3/4" 375 gr. sabot at 1800 fps.
$16.00 / 5
Think me not unkind and rude,
That I walk alone through grove and glen.
I go to seek the God of the wood,
And fetch His word to men.
Buffalo Bore's 45-70 Govt magnum & S&W 500 revolver ammo...both over $3.00/rd.
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.
The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.
Yeah, but I've grown to love those BB's. Blue and Yellow are a couple of my favorite colors.
I have a 44 Mag load from them called "Deer Grenade". I can't wait to test.............
Think me not unkind and rude,
That I walk alone through grove and glen.
I go to seek the God of the wood,
And fetch His word to men.
Anything copper. Thanks Barnes.
.577 Nitro--about $40 per. The gun was worth about $40,000. A little out of my league......
It's good to have a plan. That way you have something to change.......
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