How cheap are you?

[hornady308]

Ok, I admit it. I am a cheapskate. I'm so cheap that....

1. If I see a bunch of wheelweights lying on the road at an intersection, I will pull over and pick them up. I keep an old coffee can in the trunk of my car to hold the weights. I have learned that the best place to look is along highway exit ramps. It seems that loose weights are frequently thrown from vehicles as they decelerate after leaving a highway.

2. I have gotten boxes of lead from my dentist (used for x-rays).

3. When I am buying a new tire I will slip an extra $5 or $10 to the mechanic in exchange for a bucket full of old weights.

4. I collect brass at the range...even those cases I cannot use (because you never know when you might get a good deal on a gun that can use the brass). Be prepared!

5. I purchased one of those gas check makers for $100 for .30 cal. I only need to make 2000 more before I will break even

6. When I walk downrange to get a target, I check the berm for bullets I can melt down. I have to admit that it is a bit of a hassle to melt the lead out of copper jacketed bullets, though.

7. I have purchased really old but full cans of gun powder that were used as displays in gun shops. The powder might be old, but it still works fine and I have gotten some great deals. I got a pound of Reloader 21 for less than $4.

[PatMarlin]

Works for me,.

[b money]

Im getting there and I havent even started casting. I will pick up ANY brass take it home and throw the rimfires in a "scrap brass" bucket and I will tumble the rest for hours on end if I even think it may someday clean up. yeah I'm cheap!!!!

[geargnasher]

Wow. I do all seven of those things. Regularly. And that's not all. Do I need an intervention?

Gear

[Gelandangan]

If all those is cheap, then "CHEAP" my friend, is my second name.
I do all those, plus I am willing to pick up small pieces of tin/lead droppings off the floor on an electronics assembly line..
So there..

[Lead Fred]

Im so cheap my friends who walk for exercise pick up wheel weights for me

[JeffinNZ]

All seven PLUS I reuse shotgun wads.

[Shooter6br]

I am so tight i squek when I walk. My favorite replied to wife at the store is" Cost is no object as long as it's cheap"

[rhbrink]

All seven PLUS I reuse shotgun wads.

I was at the range yesterday shooting my 38-55 and I use a poly wad seated under the boolit. Walking out to change targets I saw one of those wads laying in the grass so I picked it up looks great gonna reuse it. Looked around for some more only found one, them little suckers are hard to spot. Yep I'm cheap

[garym1a2]

I shoot into my dirt hill and dig the boolits out of the hill afterwards to melt them down and reuse the lead over and over.
Ibug all my friends to help me find free lead so I do not have to buy it.

[Bret4207]

So whats the cheap part? All looks like common sense to me!

[Hickory]

So whats the cheap part? All looks like common sense to me!

Bret, you're a class act. I like it.

[*Paladin*]

So whats the cheap part? All looks like common sense to me!

Absolutely!

[GrumpyFinn]

Yup all those, but then I just shelled out 130 bucks to build a few PID's, not to mention the midget oxy/acetylene setup, so I can save more money while casting???? it's all in a perspective, you can't save money if you don't have the gadgets, right?

[wiljen]

I've actually thought about prowling the wallyworld parking lot with a set of lineman's pliers and a 5 gallon bucket. The only one of your 7 points I don't agree with is $10 a bucket is way too much for wheel weights - I'm still not going over a 12 pack of dew and a box of donuts for mine.

[frkelly74]

All of that , yep, plus if I see a 45 FMJ bullet on the ground that has only been shot once and looks almost new I will pick it up and load it up again. I am looking forward to the harvest when the snow melts. this time I am going to pick the 30 cal fmj that I have seen hints of.

I plan to adopt the line about " cost doesn't matter as long as it's cheap " If thats ok. It sounds just like something I would say. Thank You

[WILCO]

I'm guilty of 1, 4 & 6. I like having brass to keep and share with friends.

[selmerfan]

I do all except the last, but that's because I don't frequent many old gun shops. And I'm only 31 - I'm learning fast!

[HollowPoint]

Cheap is my middle name.

Examples:

All of the above plus; now I've been systematically selling off some of my
rifles to buy Savage rifles.

Why? It allows me to do my own barrel swaps, head spacing, etc., without having to pay a
gunsmith to do it.

HollowPoint

[1Shirt]

T'aint cheap! Tis frugal!
1Shirt!