Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Ever buy a gun because you have lots of ammo ?

Good excuse as any.

No kidding, DAMN!

I'm in the market for a rifle to make several North American big-game hunts and I have about 1k rounds of 30-06 on hand, so I bought a 30-06 a couple of weeks ago. I keep telling myself that I'm not going to buy a rifle chambered for another cartridge until I shoot up that ammo, but I'm not at all convinced that I'll actually be able to do that.

On the other hand, a buddy of mine bought a Marlin 336 because someone gave him a rear sight for one.


Okie John

What 06 did you get?

About 5 years ago I almost bought a 1943, Nazi marked Walther P-38 just because I have a 1943 dated, Nazi marked P-38 Holster with nothing to put in it. It was at a gun show and the price was pretty steep so I passed. Now I kind of regret it. Not looking for one but if I ever come across another decent 1943 P-38 I may not be able to control myself.

Guilty as charged! Save $75 on an ammo purchase, then spend $1,200 to buy a gun to shoot it in :-(

I found a stainless Ruger M-77 with a Leupold 3-9 that had been bedded into a B&C stock. It was in a pawn shop for $600, so I grabbed it before the guy behind the counter changed his mind.

I haven't had a chance to work up a load for it yet, but it shoots about 1.5 MOA with Federal factory ammo, so I may not bother.


Okie John

I owned & carried a K40 for quite a number of years, finally sold it and replaced it with a CW9. Got to looking at those hundreds of .40 S&W reloads lying around and had to buy something to shoot them in.

My M&P40 isn't nearly as sweet as that little snake though. Good choice.

Nice pistol jbmi. I've got it's little brother with the 2.5" barrel. But, I can't quite bring myself to shoot it yet as it's still new in it's box in the back of the safe.

I was given several hundred rounds of .380. I didn't have one, so I bought a Sig 238 that a friend decided to sell. I fired a couple of mags through it then traded it to another friend as partial payment in trade for my oldest boy's first truck. Still have the rest of the ammo, but nothing to fire it in.

Yep.

Though, I do have a lot of .30-30 ammo and the right one would come home because of it.

I had a friend ask me if I wanted some .308 ammo and brass and I said sure. Whatever it was I could trade or sell. I didn't really want it because I was going to buy a 7mm-08. Next thing I know he shows up at the house with 500 rounds of Fed. match and 500 rounds of once fired Fed. match brass.

So yeah I dropped the 7mm-08 idea. I've had at least one .308 for the last 25 years.

I almost bought 6Creedmoor brass last week for a rifle I don't have. Then I remembered a Redding 3 die set for .243AI that I bought under similar compulsion that still needs a rifle to feed.

back in Miami, the local KMart was going out of the guns and ammo biz. I just happened to be in there, and bought literally a shopping cart full of stuff.
One bargain was 900 rounds of CCI .44Mag, 240 grain LSWC. Fifty round boxes at $1 a box. Did not have a revolver for that in Miami at the time, so I stopped by Jet's Sporting goods, and picked up a S&W 629 Mountain gun.
The cartridges are long gone, but I still have the Mountain Gun.

Take a good look at the Tikka -T-3 lite 30-06. I have one for big game and you could not buy it from me.

That's a great story right there. I'd have bought all the 44 mag too at that price. Lovely revolver, by the way.

I have bought a few because I had dies for that caliber.

I've got a Milt Sparks summer special IWB that I bought for my last 5" 1911, and KNOW someday I'll buy another Pistol to fit it! (GRIN!)

Virgil B.

Awesome gun
I have some what a dark history with Diamond backs
But I still think they are awesome

Hank

Twice. I bought a .223 because I had a bunch of 55 grain .224 bullets and I swapped for a Ruger 243 because I had an old set of Pacific Durachrome dies for it.