Carry Ammo

[VERT]

One of my instructors who goes by the name of a “athlete type teacher” told me not too pick up free range ammo?

Definitely not advised. Especially with the possibility of 9mm major laying around. However a friend of mine gave me a fairly large box of stuff he picked up off the range. It was yucky so I ran it through the case cleaner. Then I fed some of it into a brand new never fired Glock 45. Some shot good, some didn’t, some was loud, it all made noise.

 

[KokomoDave]

I've seen free range ammo but few free fire zones.

 

[fjw2]

Federal Premium HST's for all of my carry guns personally

I’ll second that!

 

[JettaKnight]

Federal Premium HST's and Hornady Critical Duty.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

Critical Duty. I just wipe down before magging them.

 

[9mmfan]

Strictly Underwood for 10 mm. For 9 mm, Gold Dot, Cor Bon or Underwood.

 

[sharpetop]

I'm not too worried about having nickel brass, you can find HST or Winchester T-Series, government over runs and really good prices at time.

My concern is how much good self defense/duty ammo went up recently! The last time I picked up HST 9mm 124gr or 147gr is was about $23 a box. Now it's about $40 a box! WTF!!!

 

[thelefthand]

Barnes and CorBon DPX here.

 

[ar15_dude]

Nothing but Tula steel case for the Hi Point.

 

[Cameramonkey]

All ammo is tumbled for 12 minutes. Then rubbed down with a cloth. I then fill each hollow point half full with mercury, and the cover the mercury with wax to seal it in. Try to stop just short of violating the Geneva Convention.

Same, except I fill with silver. Never know when you're gonna run into werewolves.

 

[bwframe]

What about rifle carry ammo?

I picked up a few dozen boxes of this a few years back when PSA had it on sale. It groups to point of aim similarly to PMC bronze, but a lot smaller groups.


Looks like it is not as readily available as it once was.

What carry ammo are you guys using for your carbines?

 

[nonobaddog]

M33 works great - just grind off the tip a little.

 

[jek]

I see a number of comments on Hornaday, I use their critical defense line, and was talking with the American Arms gunshop owner a few months ago and he mentioned that the wound channel that round created wasn't on par with some of the other rounds available. Unfortunately for the life of me, I cannot remember what he said he was now selling to replace Critical Defense. He had some blocks of gel there with the two wound channels of the two different rounds in them and there was a visible difference.
Now I know that ballistic gel isn't the most accurate representation of actual wound characteristics in people (bones for instance), but has anyone heard of similar effects/concerns?

 

[Vigilant]

What about rifle carry ammo?

I picked up a few dozen boxes of this a few years back when PSA had it on sale. It groups to point of aim similarly to PMC bronze, but a lot smaller groups.


Looks like it is not as readily available as it once was.

What carry ammo are you guys using for your carbines?

My “social load” used to be 8126N Hornady TAP 75gr. It got too expensive and hard to find so I switched to MK318 SOST. It’s producing .75 @100 boringly, but has the added feature of being barrier blind. This coming from a BCM CHF 16 ELW barrel. If your Gold Dot is the 62 grain I may have a decent source of affordable cases.

 

[AlienRayGun]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jun/03/fingerprints.bullets

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/fingerprints-recovered-from-wiped-metal/3001631.article

https://findbiometrics.com/new-forensic-tech-makes-easier-pull-fingerprints-metal-surfaces/

 

[stormryder]

Plead the 5th.

 

[Vigilant]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jun/03/fingerprints.bullets

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/fingerprints-recovered-from-wiped-metal/3001631.article

https://findbiometrics.com/new-forensic-tech-makes-easier-pull-fingerprints-metal-surfaces/

So what you’re saying is brass catchers are back?

 

[Cameramonkey]

So what you’re saying is brass catchers are back?

No, gloves never fell out of style.

 

[Ndavid45]

Hornady American Gunner 357 Magnum Ammo 125 Grain XTP JHP or PPU defense line 158 gr jhp.

 

[soupergenius]

Golden SABRE nickel. but i carry it so long.....i think i need to shoot it and buy some new soon.