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Take your pick of ammo....

ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
What ammo do you like to use the most? Which caliber? I love 9mm. Cheap and I am pin point with it. Cheaper is not always better but in the case of the 9mm it is.

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  • 10millybilly10millybilly Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    10MM,10MM,10MM.I like the concept of the new expanding full metal jacket bullets to but i dont think it is made in 10MM yet if anyone knows otherwise please tell me and where i can find some.To answer the question though the one i shoot the most for protection and at the range is 155 grain federal high shocks in 10MM,10MM,10MM.



    Edited by - 10millybilly on 09/06/2002 10:28:46
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I guess I actually use more .223 in Rifle,and .357 sig or .40 in hand gun.Good question though,I had to think for a minute.

    Best!!!

    Rugster


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  • charlieccharliec Member Posts: 269 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I only have a S&w 586 4" right now and it really likes Win 145 gr silvertips. Dosen't do to bad with 38+p 125 gr's either. I keep some of each on hand and in the speedloaders. Also I have noticed the .357 silvertips don't seem to recoil as much as the other .357 rounds I've tried.

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  • The firearms consultantThe firearms consultant Member Posts: 716 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like to shoot 45acp 230gr round nose lead. Thats what I use when I shoot in our combat matches. The steel slams down and it puts nice big holes in the paper too. I have got about 3000 of those rounds through my P-14 Limited with not even a hint of a malf.
    John

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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    .22 is the most fired and cheapest. Of centerfire, since I often shoot cast bullets and reload, most any pistol caliber is the same. Of the centerfire rifle, 8mm Mauser is cheapest right now, though again, handloaded most any costs me the same.

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  • thesoundguy1thesoundguy1 Member Posts: 680 ✭
    edited November -1
    charliec,
    I shoot .44 Magnum, and I noticed the same for the .44 Magnum Silvertips!

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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I shoot more 7mm remington magnum than anything else. Federal premium if it comes from the store or handloaded by me. Either way, 150gr nosler balitic tips are the projectile, and when loaded 7828 is the powder.

    Pistols, probably 9mm. It is good for practice and you can pick up one of your more expensive calibers and start shooting well right away due to practice with the cheaper caliber.

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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,499 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I mainly shoot .223 and .45

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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    I am right thwere with Rugster. .223, 357sig and .40.
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    223,45acp,40S+W

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  • HighNoonHighNoon Member Posts: 444 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    10MM, 357 Sig, 45-70 (540gr) for "kicks"


    I use a Sharps 1874 Long Range Express for the 45-70. Painted a 55 gallon drum orange and set it out between 800-1000 yds. Pull the trigger, go in and have lunch, then come back out just in time to see it hit.



    Edited by - HighNoon on 09/06/2002 15:31:32
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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    My own handloads. 338 and 358 calibers are my favorite for rifle and 45 Colt and 41 mag are my favotite handgun cartridges.

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  • mkirklandmkirkland Member Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .223 and .40 I'm on a budget so I shoot what I can get for cheapest. I guess I should start to re-load but I just quit my job to go back to school so I don't think now would be a good time to start.
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  • mkirklandmkirkland Member Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh yeah I shoot a lot of SKS ammo, cheap and fun!
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  • HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    I had some .30-30Win cartridges made at a reloader-shop in Denmark and sent to me in Greenland.

    He took off the 150grain original PPSP (Powerpoint - SoftPoint) bullet off, and put on a Speer TNT-BT 125Grain instead.
    He said it'd give a slight increase in velocity and increased effect on the animal.
    I ordered them for fox-hunting, because I sometimes see foxes here - and the newspaper say that some have Rabies and are to be shot on sight.

    Maybe the TNT-BT was too much, I don't know - but they were great in my Winchester lever-action I had at that time.
    One fox went totally S-P-L-A-T inside, as I hit it in the chest.
    They were also great for shooting juice-cartons and those plastic-juice-flask/jugs. They completely explode and the water doesn't quite splat like you'd expect - there's water-spray all over the place and only a small puddle there the carton was.

    But I couldn't have more than one in the chamber and one in the bag, as the tip of the new cartridge would possibly set the next one off.

    I bought 600 cartridges in Denmark, had it sent to the reloader and had 300 cartridges converted - spent every last cartridge before I sold the gun.
    And it was still cheaper to buy in Denmark, then buy them locally here in Greenland.
    Here they're about 80-100cents, in Denmark they were about half that price. (It was older cartridges, but stored as any other cartridges - just being sold off.)


    Other than that - I love .22LR's, fun, cheap and even a brick of ammo can soon be fired.

    But the best for me right now, would be .308Win, for use in my Steyr Scout. =o)
    Anything high quality - Hornady, Federal, Norma.. I'd take whatever is around 165-168grains non-coated, that would be used as hunting ammo as well as practise rounds.

    Regards
    Peter E Jeppesen.


    I love my silenced .22 Anshutz rifle =o) Now also my Steyr Scout in .308W. ;o_ (Got a Schmidt&Bender 1.5-6*42 on it..)
    Those guns are YUMMMYYYY !
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Yer all pi$$in` me off again!

    .218
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  • trukrtrukr Member Posts: 104 ✭
    edited November -1
    22,22,22 and maybe some 22's. Oh yeah I mite
    try the renowned 17 hrf since I have herd (here)
    that it is sure kill on a whitetail at 1000yds.
    With open sites. ibtrukn---TFF

    trukr
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  • mcneely77mcneely77 Member Posts: 411 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .223,.38,.357 Magnum, and of course 12 guage. I really like the pmc eldorado starfire .38's.

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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    I like shooting .57 holemaker in FMJ, a bit pricey however.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I love my S&W 686 in .357. I love the caliber and the gun is a joy to shoot. I also LOVE shooting 9mm but I prefer .40 S&W or .45 ACP for defense. I bought a Ruger P-series pistol just to plink. However, nothing beats the .22 LR in a rifle or a pistol just for the pure joy and fun of shooting IMHO.
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  • ddhotbotddhotbot Member Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    357 MAXIMUM!!!!!!
    KEEP ON BANGIN BOYS,DON
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .223 and .308 mostly, I just buy milsurp for blasting and winchester for hunting -Ralph

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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I shoot alot of ......22 and alot of 115 gr 9mm..and alot of 155gr .40 since i reload but as far as i can tell my favorite is the 135gr jhp that cor-bon has in .40 s&w

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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    22 lr
    38 special reloads are lots of fun for plinking too
    I love shooting my Marlin in 32/40 or my krag.
    My American Wester Arms SAA clone in 32/20 is fun too.
    Speaking of the 32/20 it's children the 25/20 and 218 bee are plenty fun too.


    Happy now .218??

    Woods
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I`ll be ok now,woodsy,
    glad sombody cares.

    .218
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