unread sayeth “Walmart has .45’s at 38 cents a round.. 9mm. cost about half that... Maybe you should use what you can afford to practice with..?”
And the key is practice with. I belong to a private gun club that has 4500 dues paying members. Of those 4500 I would say that about 10% get out and shoot on a regular basis and that is probably a high estimate. I’m talking about 10% rifle/shotgun/handgun combined.
I got a range in my backyard, out to 150 yds. I built the first one on the mountain and 4 neighbors followed suit. Around here we hear shootin' almost daily, from my range or a mile away at one of the neighbors. We practice a lot ... and we're getting to be pretty good shots.
I tell the spousal unit it's the sound of freedom ... and it doesn't bother me at all. Firearms are a way of life here, and I feel blessed to be able to do as much shootin' as I please.
It wasn't always that way. When I lived on pavement I had to drive miles to a range or out to the sticks where I could practice. Now I live in the sticks and couldn't be happier.