SAnewb85 wrote:Hi all, while looking at .22lr options and as with all hobby related purchases I started at 1 price point, then found something else for "just a few more bucks" and so the cycle continues until I'm at double the original budget and then I slap myself with reality and end up back where I started.
So the question is- even though it may have hurt your pocket at the time, have you ever really regretted spending "just a few more bucks" on your guns.
(Been looking at the cz455 carbon mdt/457 mdt, tikka tx1 and then sort of going ridiculous looking at a vudoo barreled action in a chassis. 99% target use, all suggestions/info/links are greatly appreciated)
Cheers
Maybe if you ever decided to sell it, you might regret how much you paid for it, but if you plan to keep it the price doesn't much matter.
If spending more will in some way add to the value you get out of it over time then it's probably worth it. If paying more means you're likely to get out shooting more often than you might have with a budget firearm then it's definitely worth it.
I try to shoot a lot, as much as possible, so I recoup the value of the purchase pretty quickly in enjoyment just over the first few weeks or months of owning a firearm. Many of my firearms I would've spent more on shooting them within the first year than I spent buying them originally. My .22's I would spend several times their purchase price on ammo per year, .22's are tons of fun
I just checked my logs and even my air-rifles will only take about two years at the rate I shoot them to shoot their own purchase prices worth of ammo. The cheaper .177" pellets are only about $10/500rds (2c apiece), but some of the exotic stuff is $33/225rds (14.7c apiece) or more. One rifle uses CO2 cartridges, which adds to the cost of shooting it - about 40rds per cartridge, and I think I paid $80 for 50 cartridges ($1.60 apiece adds 4c per shot). Even shooting cheap stuff, my $318 Ruger 10/22 CO2 air-rifle will have fired its own value of ammo within about 5000rds. I mainly feed it H&N Field Target Trophy at around $20/500rds though.