Posted on 09/27/2005 5:35:15 AM PDT by beaureguard
When he runs out of .454 he could always use .45 LC, oops! I mean .45 Colt.
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I once read a test of .45 ammo out of a Thompson carbine and it was only slightly more powerful than from a pistol.
If you know the exact number you have, you don't have enough.
Mike's principles and advice are good, but one would do better to read Boston's Gun Bible for far more detailed and useful advice.
For starters, the recommended collection omits the one thing that is the most essential for securing liberty: a 30 caliber assault rifle. (M14/M1A, FAL, HK 91, etc.)
Clearly a thinking man....hope he has recipes for yote ......:o)
Kinda off topic, but why would one wish to make loud noises with a .357 mag while hunting deer? You might as well pack your accordion, just in case.
Yes, he'll have a tasty coyote dinner to savor, while he wonders why he shot it, and frightened all the deer away...or why he wounded a deer with his coyote load!
I will not count on finding "spare" .45 Colt rounds these days either. The .44 is much more common, and if you do find them, they are likely to be cowboy loads, which leave a bit to be desired...but .44 Specials are currently loaded to wild pressures and velocities, and with 180gr. JHPs, they reach out almost as well as magnums. I can hardly even find any 210 grain LHP Special rounds, which was a great self defense load.
Actually T_S, I was thinking of the .219 Donaldson Wasp...but then again...I always do...or was it the .221 Fireball...?! Anyway, Squantos and I intend to be carrying weapons in obscure cartridges, so the dirtbag who kills us can't find ammo for it!
Yes, he'll have a tasty coyote dinner to savor, while he wonders why he shot it, and frightened all the deer away...or why he wounded a deer with his coyote load!
I will not count on finding "spare" .45 Colt rounds these days either. The .44 is much more common, and if you do find them, they are likely to be cowboy loads, which leave a bit to be desired...but .44 Specials are currently loaded to wild pressures and velocities, and with 180gr. JHPs, they reach out almost as well as magnums. I can hardly even find any 210 grain LHP Special rounds, which was a great self defense load.
Actually T_S, I was thinking of the .219 Donaldson Wasp...but then again...I always do...or was it the .221 Fireball...?! Anyway, Squantos and I intend to be carrying weapons in obscure cartridges, so the dirtbag who kills us can't find ammo for it!
figured.
sorry.
Hmmmmmmmmm. Accordion.......
Mine is RealTree camo.
Even better, a Smith 53 in .22 Jet without the .22LR inserts. That's a real man's gun.
True.
Exactly... As has been stated here, .22 Mag can be a problem to find, although in bolt action, I believe that you can shoot .22LR just fine, although the accuracy might not be quite as good.
On the other hand, the .454 Casull is a fine hunting round, especially when using the Freedom Arms revolver. The best part is, that if you're out hunting dangerous game, once you've lit off the five rounds, if it's not dead yet, you can bludgeon it to death with this massive, heavy revolver!
Mark
I'm glad they're making CAS loads in .44 special. I've got a 1927 vintage 3rd Model HE Smith that I'd hate to beat up with hot laods.
It looks like it's hotter than most 45 ACP ammo.
http://www.handgunsmag.com/ammunition/winchester_ranger/
When I lived in Western Kansas, the TG&Y store was going out of business. They kept cutting prices until it got to something like 60% off everything.
I stopped in and all the guns were gone as was all the ammo. I think someone had put a lot of .22 ammo in a hiding place because they had a bunch of Remington Green bullet hp, and a bunch of CCI .22 mag hp.
I ended up spending several hundred dollars on .22 ammo and doubt I will ever need to buy any more although I have purchased odds and ends since.
In fact I doubt I will ever have to purchase any kind of ammo again, and my Son-in-law and Grandchildren will end up with most of it.
I do very little plinking with anything other than .22 or 9mm, both of which are cheap.
Everyone should have enough ammo to last a lifetime in a pinch.
Everyone should have enough ammo to EXTEND his/her lifetime in a pinch.
Oh absolutely. They's just specialty loads now, since things have advanced. They aren't readily available in LHP as far as I know, or even FLAT point, which is always VERY useful, perhaps even more useful than the hot stuff, at the lower velocities, for defense.
It would appear that things these days are polarized between purely recreational target shooting, and overboard screaming high velocity rounds, many with light for caliber JHPs, which may tend to fragment, and/or penetrate shallowly...not good in a real "using" utility load. As an example, if .38 Spec. 200gr. SWC +P were around, a lot of those heavy old 4" PD .38s would retake their place as useful, even formidable farm/ranch/rural home tools. Even bump up snubnose performance to something rather more effective as a defense cartridge. Even 180 grains would be an improvement.
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