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I have a friend who has a glock 17 and 18 rounds of Winchester black talon 9mm ammo he has had it for years and will not change it for anything. My question to you guys is how often do you change your carry ammo.
Once or twice per year when I go to the range I will switch to new batch. Being conservative fellaw in semi-auto I limit # of feeds to ten per any round.I have a friend who has a glock 17 and 18 rounds of Winchester black talon 9mm ammo he has had it for years and will not change it for anything. My question to you guys is how often do you change your carry ammo.
I found shooting handgun is like riding a bicycle. The improvement in marksmanship is not proportional to amount of time and expense spent in practice. While in long range rifle marksmanship more practice pays off when it comes to handguns at defensive ranges it's worth two farts.At least once a month for me. I try to get to the range at least once a week during about 10 months of the year. I also make sure I practice with my carry gun at least once a month so I shoot off the current carry ammo in practice during that practice session.
No, i do not shoot a lot of the carry ammo because it's very expensive so the "old" carry ammo is shot just before I leave the range so that the last thing I shoot is my carry ammo. (positive mussel memory you know)
I have to disagree. First off, I shoot often because I like to shoot, not only for defensive practice. Secondly, I like to shoot long distances because it's fun. Third, trying to shoot long distances with a handgun will expose weaknesses in your shooting form. Holding steady on the target and trigger control must be at it's best to hit targets @50 yards with a J frame. I would hardly call that "worth two farts" but you can think what you want even if you are wrong. (and a little condescending)I found shooting handgun is like riding a bicycle. The improvement in marksmanship is not proportional to amount of time and expense spent in practice. While in long range rifle marksmanship more practice pays off when it comes to handguns at defensive ranges it's worth two farts.
I would have to agree to this as well. While most of what my practice recently is on draw and aim with no shot (only due to an ammunition scarcity) I do find that shooting at extended ranges makes closer targets much easier to acquire and hit.I have to disagree. First off, I shoot often because I like to shoot, not only for defensive practice. Secondly, I like to shoot long distances because it's fun. Third, trying to shoot long distances with a handgun will expose weaknesses in your shooting form. Holding steady on the target and trigger control must be at it's best to hit targets @50 yards with a J frame. I would hardly call that "worth two farts" but you can think what you want even if you are wrong. (and a little condescending)
Fifty paces is absurd range for a J-frame. Good candidate would be something from Cabot Smith of Pennsylvania. The one I seen was above $5000, but it looked bench made with hand-fitted components. The gun is far above Colt, Remington, Ruger, Sig,...... where they just pick parts out of the bin to assemble components together.I have to disagree. First off, I shoot often because I like to shoot, not only for defensive practice. Secondly, I like to shoot long distances because it's fun. Third, trying to shoot long distances with a handgun will expose weaknesses in your shooting form. Holding steady on the target and trigger control must be at it's best to hit targets @50 yards with a J frame. I would hardly call that "worth two farts" but you can think what you want even if you are wrong. (and a little condescending)
Well, you could always paint the rounds silver! A hobby shop ought to have small bottles of glossy metallic silver paint.I shoot up my Carry rounds whenever I find a fresh box of the ones I like. Not so much of an issue in my .40 as I can find Ranger-Ts (or could before the panic buying)
I feel physical pain when I shoot my "dress" rounds for the Blackhawk. Silvertip .45 colt was already hard to find at times, Not a chance now.
I could carry my heavier hard cast loads (Handload vs Factory argument aside) but when I'm wearing my shoulder rig semi-publically, I prefer to have those Shiny rounds to hand to the inquisitive from the loops, rather than the dull, hard-edged "working" loads.
Gotta appeal to the short attention spans and folks who watch too much TV....
"Look... Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny... Shiny good... Gun good...Man with gun and shiny bullets not scary... See? "