Calling all poors, what is the most poorish shooting sports thing you've ever done?

#201
As family, professional, and life requirements start to place a burden, I'm beginning to realize that TIME may be the largest factor in contributing to my continued poor status.

I used to sort CCI SV and lower tier $5-$7 Eley and SK ammo with the hopes that it would shoot as well as the $12-$14 dollar Lapua or Eley offerings. Instead of trying to save $5 per box 22 LR ammo by weighting and rim thickness sorting, buying a good barrel and a case of lot tested ammo would have saved me inordinate amount of time, effort, and ultimately money.

Such is the way of the poor... because you have more time than money, you waste time, but in reality, wasting time results in wasted time, which you can never get back, and money, because if you are spending that much time on something, you'll eventually upgrade.

Simple in concept, but difficult in execution.
 
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#202
Take a look at this poor-coholic mess… a tac-tableau, because it makes it sound French and fancy.

Why buy a $100 gizmo that sits on top of an Amazon special tripod when you can buy a $8 plastic cutting board from Walmart, cut it in half, drill 2 holes for a spare picatinny rail section, then duct tape it like you are repairing a leak on the Titan Submersible and make it into a craptastic flex and wobble inducing mess? I’ve had jello that supported a more stable position. But alas, I’ll end up dropping more shots and burning more $ and time.

Sucks being poor because what I cook for dinner (ketchup + butter + noodles = sketti) is how I build shooting gear. Wait until I get a 3D printer to the unleash the full power of my poornado.

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The "poorest" thing I did was early on in the component shortage years, I bought a bunch of really ... shall we say ... "questionable" reloading powders, before I figured out I was pretty good at finding the Retumbo and H1000 that I love for my long range recipes. Now I have "gallons and gallons" of Shooters World, Accurate Magpro, and several other brands that are just sitting on my shelf and getting "old". I should have trusted my abilities to get what I actually preferred, and not settled for hoarding-up on what I could find. At the time, I thought it was the end of availability. It wasn't.
 
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rustyinbend said:
The "poorest" thing I did was early on in the component shortage years, I bought a bunch of really ... shall we say ... "questionable" reloading powders, before I figured out I was pretty good at finding the Retumbo and H1000 that I love for my long range recipes. Now I have "gallons and gallons" of Shooters World, Accurate Magpro, and several other brands that are just sitting on my shelf and getting "old". I should have trusted my abilities to get what I actually preferred, and not settled for hoarding-up on what I could find. At the time, I thought it was the end of availability. It wasn't.
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A lot of guys say sw powder shoots. Maybe try it in something.
 
#213
Gunpowder makes for good, though expensive, fertilizer. If you don’t want it, and it’s just taking up space, spread it on the lawn or in the garden.
 
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