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Barnacle Bill
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 Posted - October 21 2009 : 7:06:56 PM
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I thought of this while reading the "9mm DPX" thread, but decided to start a new one rather than post the question there.
I try to shoot 100-200 rounds of a premium load first as a reliability test. Assuming it is a gun I plan to keep loaded, I save as many boxes as it takes to load however many mags I plan to keep loaded. I try to replace those boxes with new annually (but the years have been flying lately ), shooting up the old once the new is in hand. The rest of the time, for practice I shoot bulk FMJ of whatever is going cheap (except I avoid steel or aluminum case). The point being that once you get past that initial cost to "qualify" the load, ongoing the cost of premium ammo doesn't seem that big of a deal - one to three boxes a year depending on mag & box capacity.
Are folks shooting a steady diet of premium loads? |
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mojo
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 7:18:12 PM
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| Er, uh, I shoot the heck out of a new gun with cheap ammo (range or reloads) to be sure it will run. Then and only then if the gun proves reliable I shoot enough (usually 50 rounds) of my choice of carry ammo to be sure there are no problem with the ammo/gun combination. I have found a gun will tell you usually in the first magazine full if it likes or dislikes a particular load. I shoot a full box (50) to assure myself the combination is reliable. YMMV |
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-Achille Marozzo, 1536
"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.
To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
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Barnacle Bill
Average Member
USA
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 7:32:49 PM
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Originally posted by mojo
Er, uh, I shoot the heck out of a new gun with cheap ammo (range or reloads) to be sure it will run.
I do that, too. Usually 200 rounds of FMJ, 300 for Kahrs. Then I clean it before shooting the premium stuff. One might argue that I should not clean it in between. However, in real life I'm not likely to shoot that many rounds and then load up my "duty" ammo in the dirty gun and use in in self-defense, so I think testing the premium load in a dirty gun is not a realistic test (in my non-LEO civilian circumstances). |
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Evan
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Posted - October 21 2009 : 8:09:06 PM
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| I shoot my carry ammo thru all the mags and from then on it's probably 99% range ammo or reloads |
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Chuck
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USA
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 03:36:24 AM
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Same here. I reliability test the gun first with whatever range ammo I happen to have or can get, I then shoot enough carry ammo to be happy the gun won't choke on it, how much depends on the gun.
From then on I shoot practice ammo except when I am shooting up my old carry ammo. I swap ammo yearly, or more if something has happened like me getting really rained on alot or whatever. |
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M_E_
Starting Member
USA
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 2:29:21 PM
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| I purchase a box or two of what I want to carry. Then I shoot several mags & chronograph them. On to the reloading bench to duplicate those results. Load up exact copies & shoot the heck out of them. I am not concerned about low flash powder or anything like that. All I want to do is get the same velocities out of them at exactly the same OAL as the factory rounds. All I am doing is cutting the costs by 2/3rds! |
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Edited by - M_E_ on October 22 2009 2:30:34 PM |
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GLV
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USA
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 7:41:57 PM
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Usually 6 rounds to check accuracy--then lots of reloads, but in a revolver function usually is not a problem. I can check bullet pull using reloads,and keeping the same factory shell in the cylinder for a number of rounds.
In semi auto carry guns, I shoot just three, a Glock 19, a BHP, and a P7M8. All feed just about anything, but get Federal 9BPLE+P+ or CorBon.
I guess it is one of those things I do not worry about a lot, as you will usually find several cylinder guns on my person :)) |
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revjen45
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 8:52:23 PM
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Given our current budget anything better than ball is "Premium."  |
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Matthew Courtney
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USA
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Posted - October 22 2009 : 8:55:32 PM
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| I shoot about 100 rounds per year of my carry ammo when I reload with fresh ammo. |
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Adj1
Average Member
USA
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Posted - October 29 2009 : 10:07:58 PM
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What GLV said!
Just enough to make sure it is reliable and get an idea of what the recoil feels like.
Then I reload ammo with about the same recoil impulse and like weight bullets, and practice with them.
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Dov
Average Member
USA
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Posted - October 29 2009 : 10:57:58 PM
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I normally shoot the premium ammo in my carry gun for the first round for whatever type of practice or drill I am doing.
Figure I am not warmed up and neither is the gun so that group is closer to what I would shoot for real than after I get "warmed up".
Then at end of shooting practice I reload with one of my carry reloads (spare mag or speedloader) and refill it. That way I rotate carry ammo on regular basis.
Now that is if I am only shooting once or twice a month. If I am getting to shoot more than that I only run one gunfull of premium thru each carry gun per month. I am not rich :)
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Barnacle Bill
Average Member
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Posted - October 30 2009 : 12:11:37 AM
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Originally posted by Dov
I normally shoot the premium ammo in my carry gun for the first round for whatever type of practice or drill I am doing.
Interesting solution to the setback problem - just shoot the one up the spout for practice without de-chambering it! I like it  You win a cookie! |
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How much premium ammo do you shoot?
