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GuyMcBeerdrinker

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so what do you shoot at the range and what do you stuff in your magazines when you are carrying?

range:

winchester white box

carry:

first 2 magsafe
rest hydra-shok
 

Moglman

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Range:

Whatever FMJ I happen to pick up

Defense:

1. Cor-Bon JHP 150gr or 2. Win. SilverTip 155gr. Still have some HydraShocks, but prefer the other two. If I have the .357 SIG Barrel in, just carry Federal JHPs.
 

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I have Gold Dots loaded for defense. Need to take them out blast through them and pick up some new though.

Range: whatever I can find that's inexpensive yet still quality.
 
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Handguns: 9mm and 45acp
Range: Winchester White Box or Sellier & Bellot (plus a few mags of defense ammo)
Self Defense: Speer Gold Dot +P (known as "the flying ashtray" in 45acp)

AK-47: Wolf at home and the range.

Rem 870 Express: Alternating rounds of 0000 Buck and slugs
 
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Jason ... we've had some pretty agressive Jehovah's Witnesses around here lately and I just want to be prepared.
 

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Jason ... we've had some pretty agressive Jehovah's Witnesses around here lately and I just want to be prepared.
They were in my neighborhood a couple weeks ago. Last fall I was running a chain saw and they walked up to me. Boy did that take will power. I just yelled I"M KINDA BUSY!!!!! and revved the engine. They left. :stretchgr
 

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Pistol: Kimber Classic Stainless, .45ACP
Magazine: Wilson Combat, 8rd
PD Ammo: Winchester Super-X® Silvertip® Hollow Point, 185 gr
Range Ammo: Good old 230 gr ball ammo: white box, PMC, or handloads
 

ATCDub

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Range: Winchester target white box

Carry: Federal 180 hydra-shok hollow point

Sometimes for carry I'll alternate with FMJ for penetration.
 
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Range -- Cheapest 45 Ball and the Win 12G Low Recoil Buck.....I like to shoot
Non-Range -- Hornady TAP 230gn - Fed LE Buckshot OO
Practice a LOT - Miss a little....
 

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Jason ... we've had some pretty agressive Jehovah's Witnesses around here lately and I just want to be prepared.
Just answer the door in your unerwear and shave cream......they tend not want come back............oh...and don't forget the straight razor.:yes:
 
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At the range and for IDPA matches, where I shoot a Glock-21, for the most part I shoot Winchester "White Box" 230gr ball from Wally's World [chronos about 825fps, it's cheap and shoots fairly well]. I'm stockpiling MagTech 230 ball when I can find it and working towards reloading, but it takes time to gather all the tools.

For carry, I'm partial to Speer 230gr GoldDot... there's just SOMETHING about a flying ashtray... heheheh! For the Smith 638 Airweight it's, again, the GoldDot, Shortbarrel +P. I also have a good supply of Federal 230gr Hydra-Shok that I got from an LEO friend when his department switched their duty ammo to the Federal HST. I've carried the Corbon PowRBall, but personal testing [bound water-soaked phone books] showed inconsistent expansion. That's when I made the GoldDot change.

Check six. ~(*_*)~


When all else fails, align the sights on the target and press the trigger.
-J. Michael Plaxco
 
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When I shot at the range, I would shoot up whatever I had in my mags (gold dot, JHP or whatever; in other words the good stuff).

After that was done, I shot whatever I had on hand, usually FMJ, sometimes reloads.

When I left the range, more of the good stuff went in the mags.

Jeff
 

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Range= reloads of whatever is cheapest at Wally World, usually UMC or WWB
Carry= Kimber Pro Carry II loaded with 231gr Hydrashoks in 8rn Wilson mags, Kimber Ultra Carry loaded with CorBon 185gr, NAA .22 revolver .22 Mags. Remember, 1 is none, 2 is 1, 3 is better



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