and they shoot Remington/UMC around here.
I'm curious.
I live in the Pacific Northwest and over the last couple of years... since the election of Obama the lesser, I've been shooting a lot of handgun ammunition.
We have a lot of public land here so I shoot with everybody else at a few common locations around Portland Oregon.
To mitigate cost I've taken up handloading and I pick up a lot of empty brass... so I've got my own unscientific survey of what everybody else is shooting.
Here in these parts average Joe, if you look in his gun, odds are about 1 in 3 that you'll find R-P (Remington/UMC) headstamps on the ammo.
After that, there's about a 1 in 5 chance of finding either Winchester or Federal... with Blazer being a distant fourth at about 1 in 10.
My sample is based upon about 11,500 rounds of 9mm, 380, 38 Special, 357 and 45 acp brass collected.
Locally, Walmart generally has the best prices, often lower than others sale prices... Remington/UMC in the 250 round yellow box runs a little more per round, and a lot more at the register than the Winchester white box of 100... which runs a little more more per round and a lot more at the register than the Federal champion in a box of 50.
I find the most expensive plinking ammo most followed by the middle of the road (best brass) with the least expensive stuff bringing up the rear.
If I were guessing, I'd be way off.
Is it a geographic thing?... Raised on rain and Remington?
Are the locals just no good at math?
Is the UMC way better ammo?... I've never noticed substantial difference between the three.
Is your ammo can stocked about the same?
Myself, when I buy my plinking ammo, I shoot a lot of Federals and WWB... I do buy a little UMC when it's on sale, generally the cheap hollowpoints, but I've never sprung for the big yellow box.
I'm curious.
I live in the Pacific Northwest and over the last couple of years... since the election of Obama the lesser, I've been shooting a lot of handgun ammunition.
We have a lot of public land here so I shoot with everybody else at a few common locations around Portland Oregon.
To mitigate cost I've taken up handloading and I pick up a lot of empty brass... so I've got my own unscientific survey of what everybody else is shooting.
Here in these parts average Joe, if you look in his gun, odds are about 1 in 3 that you'll find R-P (Remington/UMC) headstamps on the ammo.
After that, there's about a 1 in 5 chance of finding either Winchester or Federal... with Blazer being a distant fourth at about 1 in 10.
My sample is based upon about 11,500 rounds of 9mm, 380, 38 Special, 357 and 45 acp brass collected.
Locally, Walmart generally has the best prices, often lower than others sale prices... Remington/UMC in the 250 round yellow box runs a little more per round, and a lot more at the register than the Winchester white box of 100... which runs a little more more per round and a lot more at the register than the Federal champion in a box of 50.
I find the most expensive plinking ammo most followed by the middle of the road (best brass) with the least expensive stuff bringing up the rear.
If I were guessing, I'd be way off.
Is it a geographic thing?... Raised on rain and Remington?
Are the locals just no good at math?
Is the UMC way better ammo?... I've never noticed substantial difference between the three.
Is your ammo can stocked about the same?
Myself, when I buy my plinking ammo, I shoot a lot of Federals and WWB... I do buy a little UMC when it's on sale, generally the cheap hollowpoints, but I've never sprung for the big yellow box.
