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Clark · June 15, 2013, 03:37 PM

Meatsaw,
I have been a gun nut since I was 5 years old with cap guns in the 1950s.
In 1994 I started reading the gun forum on the old part of the internet, the usenet.
I had always looked for the cheapest gun and the cheapest ammo.
12 years ago I was still shooting surplus 7.62x54 ammo, and using cheap scopes.
Now If I shoot a Mosin Nagant, I use Lapua brass, extreme Hodgdon powder, and Sierra bullets. I put a $1500 scope on it.
I have got to the point now where I do not shoot cheap:
brass
bullets
scopes
barrels
scope rings
bipods
stocks
slings
binoculars
rangefinders
shoes
tires
Tools

The list just goes on and on.
Don't waste your time, like I did, being a cheap skate.
Can't stop being a cheap skate?
Ok, factor in your plans that your time is worth $100/hour.
Now the Lapua brass is dirt cheap.

June 15, 2013, 03:37 PM	#10
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	Meatsaw, I have been a gun nut since I was 5 years old with cap guns in the 1950s. In 1994 I started reading the gun forum on the old part of the internet, the usenet. I had always looked for the cheapest gun and the cheapest ammo. 12 years ago I was still shooting surplus 7.62x54 ammo, and using cheap scopes. Now If I shoot a Mosin Nagant, I use Lapua brass, extreme Hodgdon powder, and Sierra bullets. I put a $1500 scope on it. I have got to the point now where I do not shoot cheap: brass bullets scopes barrels scope rings bipods stocks slings binoculars rangefinders shoes tires Tools The list just goes on and on. Don't waste your time, like I did, being a cheap skate. Can't stop being a cheap skate? Ok, factor in your plans that your time is worth $100/hour. Now the Lapua brass is dirt cheap. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?