“...It ain’t a cheap sport to begin with.......”
Tabasco, consider that it wasn’t always this expensive, and considering that we didn’t have an asswipe administration intentionally driving up the ammo prices.
I remember days at the range where I’d go through 200 rounds of surplus .30-06 on the Garand, another hundred or so on the M14, and another hundred of 9mm and .45 in the handguns. Scads of Russian 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R as well.
Right now, yeah, it’s not feasible to blow through your stash when there’s a distinct probability of needing it.
.22 is definitely cheaper to practice with. But again, you’re probably a shooter, so you know it wasn’t always this bad.
And even .22 is up there now as well.
I'm fully aware of that so you're preaching to the choir.........