Funny. When I was in college my cousin and I'd go buy a brick of Federal Lightning ammo apiece and head out into the chat piles on our motorcycles and burn it up through our Ruger Mk II's. We both had the 6 7/8" (IIRC) tapered target barreled pistols and would compete at shooting tiny targets. Somewhere I may still have the half of a penny that stayed in the crack of the rock where he put it and bet me two rounds of ammo I couldn't hit it on the first shot from how ever far back we were. The two rounds of ammo went down range soon after they came into my possession. It wasn't until much later that the bulk packs came into play. A brick of ammo was a sizable investment for a college kid with only part time employment. BUT the enjoyment we'd get from those excursions is remembered to this day.