silverstang23
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Sure, that's the only reason I have a ruger 22/45
Ever bought a handgun just because you had a lot of ammo in that caliber?
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That's the exact reason I settled on a Glock 23 for a carry gun. I was debating between the 23 and the 19, but I happened to have several hundred rounds of .40 at the house. This was also during the ammo shortage, so I wasn't really in a position to stock up on a new caliber.
I found 8 rounds of 32 acp last year. I don;t have any more 32s, so I joked to my wife I'd need tro come up with another 32 so I could shoot those rounds.
In a stroke of luck, a week later someone offered me a Beretta Tomcat to trade for an AR receiver. I snapped it up and brought it home to show my wife.
In a stroke of luck, a week later someone offered me a Beretta Tomcat to trade for an AR receiver. I snapped it up and brought it home to show my wife.
No, but I regret giving one up. Hadda 629 Mountain Gun that I sold on account of magnums being a bit too brutal. Specials weren't too much cheaper, when they could be found. Still have the better part of a box of magnums...
Reload now. DARN! Wish I still had that piece.
At the very least I might'a could'a traded for a 625 in .45 Colt...
Reload now. DARN! Wish I still had that piece.
At the very least I might'a could'a traded for a 625 in .45 Colt...
SHUCKS, I had a custom S&W 32LONG sixgun built specifically because I found one[1] 32WC in a box of 500 38WC bullets. This was 40 years ago and now I have a dozen +- 32 revolvers in different makes, barrel lengths and specific calibers. ONE [ 1 ] thiry two caliber bullet started it all.
And so it goes..
And so it goes..
I've never bought a gun just because I had a lot of ammo in that caliber but that would be a excellent reason to buy it. I have pretty much rounded it off to buy calibers that I'm set up to reload. 38/357,45 ACP, 45 Colt, 9MM. I got rid of the .40 gun and dies etc, but I would buy a 44Special if the right deal comes along, I have some brass for it.
MOshooter65202
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Guilty 
I had accumulated a bunch of 6mm bullets,so naturally I had to buy a Remington 700 chambered in a 6mm Rem.
Lately I just had to buy that Glock 23 conversion barrel because I had so much 9mm brass and bullets laying around
I had accumulated a bunch of 6mm bullets,so naturally I had to buy a Remington 700 chambered in a 6mm Rem.
Lately I just had to buy that Glock 23 conversion barrel because I had so much 9mm brass and bullets laying around
S&W-Keeper
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Yes I have, I bought a Glock 19, 9mm several years ago to share time with my Sig.226. I was buying 9mm for $6.99 a box and I have a ton of it.I even bought another Sig 220 because I had a lot of extra 220 magazines. I know call me foolish.I am old.
El Paso Joe
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Well, yeah, I've done that. More than once. One of the reasons I am careful of what ammo I come to have in my cave. I do have some .380 that didn't go when I sold the gun some years back. Looking for a PPKS. Just sorta makes sense...