Not commercially loaded 147 gr. ammo. And what "overall design"?
.40 S&W falling out of favor?
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Not commercially loaded 147 gr. ammo. And what "overall design"?
Uh yes they have been. Well since early 90's that I know of.
I am talking about design of the bullet, not just the weight/grain that made it more effective.
easyrider604
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If you reload, Berry’s Hybrid Hollow Point 147 grain plated heads are available from CustomAmmo and Budget Shooter.
They are reputed to be as effective as Gold Dots.
I load them over 4.5 grains LongShot.
Cardboard targets don’t stand a chance.
They are reputed to be as effective as Gold Dots.
I load them over 4.5 grains LongShot.
Cardboard targets don’t stand a chance.
mudgunner49
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Yes, commercially loaded 147. The W-W 147 gr OSM was brought out for the Navy to use in MP5SD and still stay sub-sonic, I believe that it came out in 88-90 some time. I recall shooting it before I got married and that was 92...
easyrider604
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Yup.
Only the 9mm remains as the mainstream pistol caliber.
.40cal, 38spl/357mag and .45acp have declined into niche calibers, IMO.
Very dedicated niches. These 3/4 calibers will survive the test of time, I hope.
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Wow, maybe a little grammar and spell checking before clicking post.
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He is dyslexic. Try worrying about something that matters instead of someone's grammar... BTW you spelt grammar wrong and "post" should not be capitalized
Ah touche. Thanks for that. Also here is a link from another thread incase anyone is interested, pretty good watch https://youtu.be/LTTDgZZZFa0
easyrider604
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Considering the button says "Post Quick Reply" I would say having post capitalized is entirely acceptable...
But do they? Got any hard stats to back that up? Sure, the IPSC guys are going to reload because they shoot hundreds if not thousands of rounds a month, and here on CGN it seems most people reload but I'm the only one of my friends who reloads and most people I see at the range are shooting factory ammo or reusing the boxes.
It's correct in that case because it is a title and post is also the first word. How he used it is not correct. Besides all that I was just sticking up for BBB.
Yes, actually; Only one of the .45 shooters at my club does not reload (He picks up his brass for me).. About 1/2 of the .40 shooters reload. Almost none of the 9mm shooters reload. Look at the cost of ammo.
BTW, try not to keep discussion civil even when you don't agree. What does "reusing" ammo boxes have to do with the discussion? I gave mine away a long time ago.
Well my range has a few reloaders, but I haven't met someone yet reloading 9mm, and I've met only a handful reloading .45acp, and less than that loading .40s&w. Am I missing something, how was suther not keeping it civil? If I understand correctly, he was just saying people who may or may not have been reloading were using factory ammo boxes, making it hard to tell if they were shooting factory or reloaded ammo! Correct me if I'm wrong.
easyrider604
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I cast and reload 9mm. At my range, DVC in PoCo, Kelly, the owner, one late night just got tired of waiting for me to pick up 9mm brass, he just gives me boxes of them.
I didn't think anything I said was being uncivil? At any rate, the ammo box comment was to imply that I can't be sure it's factory ammo people are shooting, but it's coming out of factory ammo boxes so if it's reloads they're reusing their boxes.
Also one persons experience at one club is hardly a big enough sample size to make sweeping claims like most 40/45 shooters reload. Anecdotally there seems to be plenty who don't at my club, seems Gmoney47's club is the same...
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