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.
Even better, a Smith 53 in .22 Jet without the .22LR inserts. That's a real man's gun.
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.
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.
6.5 grendel is our do it all round for my local needs these days !
I have a Bull barrel bolt gun and a AR upper from alexander arms for that caliber and it is a very good stable long range tool !