Test Fitting Some Weapons

And you don't hear.

Got a couple friends that are retired Law enforcement. They all said.
DO NOT carry yer most expensive pistol. If you ever shoot anybody, the Police are going to take yer weapon and you may never git it back. If you have a 1000 pistol or more expensive that is too much to loose.
And if you do git it back it may take years.

If you got that much money to throw away , What they said. Go for it.

Why do I need a pistol that says it will shoot a 1/2" group at 50 yrs.
Am I shooting competition.
If I hit a man most anywhere in the center of the body with a 45, its gonna leave a home big enough he will definitely not be attacking me, and he will probably bleed to death.

Another reason I carry the Springfield XDm 3.8 compact.
When you pull it. You have no safety to take off to make it fire.
When you put your hand around the pistol, the 1911 style grip safety of off.
When you put yer finger on the trigger , the other safety is off, the pistol is ready to fire.
I don't like exposed hammers ona pistol.
If a person grabs yer pistol and puts his hand between the hammer and the pistol you weapon will not fire.

Find something wrong with a polymer pistol
They have been around for over 20 years
And have fired flawlessly
I have carried polymer pistols for over 20 yrs
Myself
Don't want anything but polymer

I guess when it comes to ammo and like with guns I have no idea. I will try this box of 100 and then I have a good starting point as to what it likes and doesn't.

What are some of the better ammo manufacturers out there? What should I be looking at as far as grains and how hot it is loaded? Of course for now I am not going to popping off defensive rounds, I want to squeeze off like a 1000 rounds of crap (Non defensive) ammo starting with reloads through some better ammo. What should I be looking for from the ammo as far as performance goes?

If you want to save $$ re-load your own. Plenty of handbooks on the topic. It's really easy to do once you've done some reading on it. I started out doing just that. 'Re-loaded Thousands of rounds for my shotguns(12&20 ga.),my 30-06 rifle & my .44mag..Actually enjoyed it,Quiet time alone in my basement shop. I would NEVER trust anyone else's re-loads. Especially commercial re-loads. Another tip don't buy ammo stricktly on price. Lots of sheetz ammo on the market. If the price is so low it could cost you in safety and/or damage your firearms. JMO

Other than knowing what has been done to the reload, why is it better to use your own reload rather than one that has been done by someone else? The guy that I am talking about actually makes his own bullet too. I have known this guy for a long time. Just curious.

Man I went into a well know gun store shooting range. They had PMC bronze 45 ammo

I get the PMC JHP 185gr, for 34.59 per 50 at Lucky Gunner .com and Cheaper than Dirt.com . Once(if) you ever decide to get into making your own ammo you will learn what mistakes can be made and their results. FLT is right FMJ bullets are cheaper in all brands compared to like weight JHPs and are great for range work. Also where heavier clothing is worn make great deffence loads.

luckygunner.com has 45 fmj last time I checked, couple days ago...about $100 dollars more per 1000 round than I paid last September though.

Man is that ammo expensive. I think that I will stick to my buddies reloads for awhile and just put up with it if it isn't the greatest. $565 for a 1000 rounds!!?? :gah::rant:

Yesterday I went to my LGS and I was shopping for some accessories for my newly acquired Bersa Thunder .45 Ultra Compact Po. Hot Rider has expressed some interest in using a laser so I thought I thought I would see if I could find one that is fairly inexpensive to buy so she can try it. I was able to find one. the one that I bought is a BSA. It is nice and small. I also found a good little carrying case that I can stack some ammo in to make it easier for transport. The case will hold 200 rounds. I also picked up a box of defensive rounds and in this case I bout some MagTech 185 grain 45+p hollow points. Should be all that I need for defensive ammo...

I know the triger pull on my SR9 is short, light and real sweet. Very accurate and fun to shoot

Finally I was able to go a pick up my gun today!! Here are some pictures of the new arrival.









Now it is time to have some fun once this snow shiit goes away and the weather starts getting warmer..

Sweeet!