peacemaker45
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For a long time, I kept meaning to buy enough fancy superbullets to make a proper test in my gun. You know, make sure they work, make sure they hit where they're supposed to, that sort of thing. Really, I did.
Then I started to think, on several levels. I've got 4 1911s that I rotate through for carry. The 1911 platform isn't exactly known for being the best in the world at digesting hollowpoints. That indicates to me, that if I'm gonna carry the things, that I had better make damn sure that they work. It's usually recommended to test any given gun/ammo combo for between 200 and 500 rounds. Extend that to 4 pistols, and you've got 800 to two thousand rounds of "premium self defense," ammo. Last time I looked at the stuff, it was about a buck a round. Two grand for test ammo? When hardball's been doing the job for 96 years? When soft lead's been doing it for 500 years? I think I've got better things to worry about with my two grand.
On another level, I've started rebelling against all the money the gun industry seems to want me to give them. I mean, crikey, I spend a fair amount on guns and ammo, to begin with. But now, they're not content with selling me guns and ammo, and reloading gear, and components. They want to sell me overpriced, useless junk, too. Super ammo, that might not even work as well as ball. Collapsible stocks, that even fully extended are too damn short. What good does that do? Ultra compact new fangled "carry," guns, that are harder to shoot than anything, and not that much easier to carry. Safety devices that foul up the trigger pull.
Oh heck, the list is far too long. Suffice to say, I'll keep my money for as much of the cheapest ammo I can create, so that I can afford to shoot, a lot. That's your best bet, anyhow. You can't buy skill, as much as the gun rags try to tell you otherwise.
~~~Mat
Then I started to think, on several levels. I've got 4 1911s that I rotate through for carry. The 1911 platform isn't exactly known for being the best in the world at digesting hollowpoints. That indicates to me, that if I'm gonna carry the things, that I had better make damn sure that they work. It's usually recommended to test any given gun/ammo combo for between 200 and 500 rounds. Extend that to 4 pistols, and you've got 800 to two thousand rounds of "premium self defense," ammo. Last time I looked at the stuff, it was about a buck a round. Two grand for test ammo? When hardball's been doing the job for 96 years? When soft lead's been doing it for 500 years? I think I've got better things to worry about with my two grand.
On another level, I've started rebelling against all the money the gun industry seems to want me to give them. I mean, crikey, I spend a fair amount on guns and ammo, to begin with. But now, they're not content with selling me guns and ammo, and reloading gear, and components. They want to sell me overpriced, useless junk, too. Super ammo, that might not even work as well as ball. Collapsible stocks, that even fully extended are too damn short. What good does that do? Ultra compact new fangled "carry," guns, that are harder to shoot than anything, and not that much easier to carry. Safety devices that foul up the trigger pull.
Oh heck, the list is far too long. Suffice to say, I'll keep my money for as much of the cheapest ammo I can create, so that I can afford to shoot, a lot. That's your best bet, anyhow. You can't buy skill, as much as the gun rags try to tell you otherwise.
~~~Mat
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