A friend and her child had been confronted on their property by a lone, aggressive pitbull. She has a .22LR Revolver at home and would like some advice on what would be a suitable replacement for protection in this case.
A friend has moved on to another caliber. He wants to sell me all of his boxes of 9mm premium JHP for a great deal. My concern is that this is self defense ammo which I would use for protection and it has been sitting in the harsh summer heat of his garage for atleast seven years.
Can this...
Lets say one has a loaded pistol magazine that has been untouched for a year. Are there any reliability concerns? Why do some shuffle the rounds in their defense magazines at certain intervals?
What in your opinion is the most versatile "do it all" rifle? One that could be scoped for deer, but can also be used without a scope for purposes of household defense.
My hope with this poll is to get a picture of how many rounds must be cycled through the gun before someone adopts X-brand of defensive ammo.
This applies to semi-autos only. No revolver comments please.
I like to drop Glock magazines on the hard ground when I practice drills. Would this practice affect reliability of the mags? I am not sure if this is a good thing to do.
These are new Winchester rounds. I am concerned about some dents on a couple rounds and a deep scratch on another. All three are capable of catching my finger nail. Do you think they are safe to shoot?
Here are the three rounds I am concerned about:
Picked up several boxes of Federal Champion 115gr Ball from Walmart. Product: WM5199. It was cheap ammo at $9.50 per box, but I noticed a warning on half of my boxes. The warning said not to use in pistols with ported barrels or recoil compensators.
The muzzle numbers on the box say: 1125 FPS...
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