I should recuse myself from these things, really.
I reload, and shoot a lot. A lot, for free, because I have a life membership at our range. My wife is a Certified Instructor.
We don't miss. Especially at powder burn range. So maybe our situation is not normal...
I have low caliber weapons for the range that I love to shoot a lot and it definitely is cheaper.
I was referring to being in a situation where you need to use it outside a range...my view is that a larger caliber is better than smaller in that situation.