Hey guys, do you ever buy ammo, or single rounds, for guns you don't have? say for inspiration, to give you something to fantasize about?

I have a project that's going to take me through next year to finish up, but every morning getting up and dragging myself to work, gotta have a future to work towards right? Hard to see in a picture if a round "grabs me", so am thinking about grabbing a round if I find one, 500 jeffery. Do they look very cool?

you guys ever do that? I have a buddy that will buy a few hundred rounds of handgun ammo and then say to himself "man, I don't have a gun for this, better buy one".

Red

Yes it is. At least that is what I tell myself when I have done it in the past.

Friend,

I have 4 Bore, 600 NE, 475 #2 Jeffery and so

on, with no rifle to fire them from in sight. IF

you're crazy, take solace in the fact you have

at least a few companions here. JOIN THE FUN !

I don't see ammo prices going down anytime soon (ever). If anything else, it is an investment.

To each his own.

I have a tendency to buy the rifle, then find the ammo.

I got some loaded jeffery for sale.

How bout $10 plus shipping.

Ed

no, and don't tell my wife!

Bought my first box of Federal .416 Rigby a year before I bought the rifle.

YES

I tend to buy the dies, buy the parent brass, form a few cartridges, measure them and spec a reamer, have the reamer ground, look for an action, find a suitable one, buy 3 postition safety, trigger, etc for it, send a barrel blank off to be custom contoured or order one to spec, order a stock blank cut, and then start work on the rifle. Sometimes 5 years in the process before I get there, and the order of the work sometimes gets mixed up.

Case in point is my .500 ultra mag fantasy gun. I've got the dies, bought the reamer, have the brass, formed a few cartridges, have the barrel. Had the action, sold it to someone in need thinking another would come along before I got to the project. One hasn't, so it's on hold. In the mean time, I found a beautiful action and put together a .458 lott. The final stock has been on order for about 4 months, but I can adapt/inlet a temporary stock that I have and use it if I can find a few hours time. Meanwhile, got sidetracked into a 458 win mag mauser. Got it barrelled and test fired in a takeoff stock. Got the action, barrel and mag box/trigger guard inletted into the final stock and now shaping it and sanding it so that I can install the cross bolts, which will have engraved heads instead of ebony plugs. Then, have to finish the stock and be waiting on the Lott stock to start the proces again.

it's a progressive disease, and it recurs......

dave

I bought a rifle once just because someone gave me a bunch of once-fired cartridge cases.

Ya. . . . No, that's just nut's!

Hell yes!!! Buy a few cartridges, it gives you a great excuse to buy the rifle later.

Not if you consider buying new tires, that fit a car you don't own, good practice.

I've got a half box of factory 220/06 rounds. Thinking about buying an 06 to torch em off in. Does that count?

Yes, but only if you need one. Heh, heh.

(It works.)

Yes. Send me all your ammo. It's your only hope.

Anytime I get into a Cabelas, I look to see if they have 500NE Hornady in stock. I plan to buy a buy a box just to have it. If I find that, I migth go ahead and collect one box of each DG ctg Hornady loads. I dont want to do any special order or mail order (not in my state), but to answer your question:

Nothing wrong with buying ammo. IMHO.

Buying ammo isnt nothing wrong but only of price.... One ammo Totally cost usually is several thousand euros...

Ed, PM Sent!

thanks guys, good to know I'm not crazy.

When I look at a 505 Gibbs cartridge, I do think about buying a rifle so chambered. Unfortunately, I have also fired a rifle chambered in 505 Gibbs.

I usually buy the rifle, buy several boxes of ammo, then sell the rifle.