FN Five Seven - Worth the price

I've been watching the availability of 5.7 ammo for the last half year, and unless I buy on the Internet, I cannot get any more than the 5 boxes I got in late December. Here's what I can find right now, and for me, it's too expensive to shoot (as much as I'd like to shoot one).

American Eagle 5.7x28mm 40 Gr. FMJ 50rds (AE5728A) 41 mins ago $0.80/rd [$39.99] [in stock] [LAX Ammo]
FNH-USA 5.7 x 28 mm SS197SR 40 Grain V-Max - a - 50 Rounds per Box 8 hours ago $0.80/rd [$39.97] [in stock] [Ammunition Depot]
500 Rounds Federal Fiocchi 5.7x28 40gr TMJ - Made in USA, AE5728A $0.75/rd [$375.00] [in stock] [Eagle Eye Guns]
5.7x28mm FNH SS197 V-Max 40 Grain 50 Round Box 2034 fps Blue Polymer Tipped Projectile $1.02/rd [$51.19] [in stock] [CheaperThanDirt]
FN 5.7 40 Grain Sporting Round (200 Rounds) $0.95/rd [$189.95] [in stock] [US Armorment]
5.7x28mm 27 Grain JHP Lead Free FNH SS195LF - 50 Rounds $1.80/rd [$89.99] [in stock] [Surplus Ammo]
Federal AE 5.7X28mm 40gr FMJ 50 rounds $0.98/rd [$48.99] [in stock] [Goose Island]

For example, I got my CZ75 earlier this year, and I've shot it thousands of times to date. Lately ball ammo has become available in the low twenty cent per round range. I believe that the lowest price that I've heard of for 5.7 the last six months is $0.44/round, but that's what I've heard - I haven't seen it. I have seen upper fifty cent range, but it was gone before I could have obtained any. Basically, available ammo for the 5.7 is roughly three times as expensive as 9mm, and for me that is too much.

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