ok, point by point,
This is not an attack, its a "humorous observation" (note the
)
Sorry if you didn't understand my humor.
This is what you said. Since steel cased ammo is only made in a few calibers (military or former military ones, of various nations), then every semi auto handgun and rifle you own must be in one, or more, of those calibers. That, to me, is NOT a wide variety of semis.
the reasoning goes like this, you could own every variant of AK 47 by arsenal, maker, country of origin, what ever your criteria are, but they are all AKs. A large range of variation, but not a large variety.
I put "my OWN money" that way to distinguish it from institutional (taxpayer) money. Department issued guns, military issue guns are not personal property, are not treated like they were. A lot of people with the "its just a tool" mindset got it from that kind of background.
I had a firearms background before serving Uncle Sam, and while I understand, and actually agree with that attitude about their guns, in military use, I have a different one, about MINE, in my personal use. And, as I have been a high drag, low speed operator for several decades now, I've got no reason to change now.
OK, maybe I am an ammo snob, I've got very little use for factory ammo, other than as a source for reloadable brass, (and of course, .22LR) so steel does nothing for me there. Neither does Berdan primed ammo.
Nor do I shoot the Blazer aluminum stuff.
The upside to steel cased ammo is lower cost. The downsides are numerous, and varied, and apply more to some situations than others.
You don't run a high performance car on the cheapest crap gas (because if you do, you don't get the same high performance), but you do save a couple bucks when you fill your tank.
Other side of the coin, if you've got an old truck that gets at best 12mpg (and gets the same mileage with the bed empty or full of rocks), then spending money for premium gas is a waste.
If it makes sense in your situation, go ahead. In mine, it doesn't.
Which tells us little, other than that you haven't owned a wide variety of semis.
This is not an attack, its a "humorous observation" (note the
)Sorry if you didn't understand my humor.
This is what you said. Since steel cased ammo is only made in a few calibers (military or former military ones, of various nations), then every semi auto handgun and rifle you own must be in one, or more, of those calibers. That, to me, is NOT a wide variety of semis.
the reasoning goes like this, you could own every variant of AK 47 by arsenal, maker, country of origin, what ever your criteria are, but they are all AKs. A large range of variation, but not a large variety.
I put "my OWN money" that way to distinguish it from institutional (taxpayer) money. Department issued guns, military issue guns are not personal property, are not treated like they were. A lot of people with the "its just a tool" mindset got it from that kind of background.
I had a firearms background before serving Uncle Sam, and while I understand, and actually agree with that attitude about their guns, in military use, I have a different one, about MINE, in my personal use. And, as I have been a high drag, low speed operator for several decades now, I've got no reason to change now.
OK, maybe I am an ammo snob, I've got very little use for factory ammo, other than as a source for reloadable brass, (and of course, .22LR) so steel does nothing for me there. Neither does Berdan primed ammo.
Nor do I shoot the Blazer aluminum stuff.
The upside to steel cased ammo is lower cost. The downsides are numerous, and varied, and apply more to some situations than others.
You don't run a high performance car on the cheapest crap gas (because if you do, you don't get the same high performance), but you do save a couple bucks when you fill your tank.
Other side of the coin, if you've got an old truck that gets at best 12mpg (and gets the same mileage with the bed empty or full of rocks), then spending money for premium gas is a waste.
If it makes sense in your situation, go ahead. In mine, it doesn't.