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Originally posted by dave
I can't justify the expense of a Desert Eagle. You have a .45 or a .50? Aren't the .50 rounds ~$1?
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Like a lot of things, ammo prices are sharply dependent on the volume you're buying in.
Also on demand; there's a lot of people carrying/shooting .45 ACP ($15/box for 20 Cor-Bon +P 165 grain jacketed hollow points) whereas .50 AE is pretty much a round for movie stars and size queens. 20 rounds of that (325 Grains, Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point) will indeed run you $20 when it's not on sale.
(.454 Casull is up there too; a box of 20 rounds of Cor-Bon 320 grain Casull will cost you $30. And make your wrist and shoulder hurt too.)
My approach is: carry a 9mm auto with a 12-round magazine, and shoot double-taps. This way, you can either put 250 gr into the target (assuming a self-defense round, most of your ammo costs are for full-metal jacket practice amm o anyway, $10 or less for 50 rounds) or settle for a single 125 gr bullet but spreak them out across twice as many targets. That 9mm slug is probably moving at a higher MV too...
Flexibility is good.
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