Posted on 08/10/2012 10:44:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Short, fast, penetrates first layer (perp or wall) but not second layer of sheetrock, minimal worry of running out. Works for us!
Okay, making a list and mentally trying to figure out where I’m going to set all this equipment up.
I’m going to ask my wife if I can use the top of the dresser in the master bedroom and its top two drawers since I can’t possibly be the only one who’s sick of that damn vase... No, on second thought, maybe not. ;-)
I love all the tips and urls I’m getting. Thanks.
I have a Lee Load-All and do 20 and 12 gage reloads for ‘special’ home defense rounds. I mounted the loader to a piece of plywood (3/4 inch 30 inch long strip) and use C-clamps to mount it on the diningroom table when I want to use it. Calipers, scale, powder, shot, and primers can be tucked into a storage tub with lid ... and put a couple of dessicants in when you close the lid.
I have read the goo dr.’s report, as it exists, on mousegun.com, when I was doing all my ‘informational research’, prior to buying a handgun.
You may check the numbers, but, the velocities given for the .36 Colt 1851 Navy, the .45LC Single Action Army, the 1911, and the .38 Special, are very near the same, respective to their caliber and bullet grainage.
I chose the .38 Special, chambered in a nice S&W Model 15-3 four-inch barreled Combat Masterpiece. Now, after watching countless Youtube videos of hollowpoint ammunition failing as tested with gelatin and denim, as per present FBI tests, I’ve decided to stay with simple semi-wadcutter ammunition, in the grainage that the revolver was designed to shoot, best.
I refer you to YouTube channel “millerusaf”. There are some instructional videos there, concerning the .38 Special, and semiwadcutter ammunition.
Good point. Now that you mention it, that's absolutely true; I've never seen a thing about it. I guess I'm just taken with the fact that I could quickly let loose with 10 handgun rounds that have the velocity of a rifle bullet but cause hardly any recoil, yet STILL have 20 rounds left in the magazine in case the BG wants to threaten me further. But at a thousand dollars a pop... I'll do what I always do -- wait. And dream. :-)
Very nice! Luck was riding with you for that deal! Things like that never come my way.
“Very nice! Luck was riding with you for that deal! Things like that never come my way.”
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Its the first time I ever got that lucky in about 55 years. Thing was made in 1988 so my research tells me. Last year of production, Colt won’t tell anyone the serial of the last one to prevent it from becoming an instant high value collectors item but the serial on it is very high for that year. So who knows, I don’t care, I just shoot it. 12 gr of 2400 behind a 170gr cast lead gas checked SWC will just about cut overlapping holes a 25 yds, even with my old eyes.
If you were saving your luck for the just the right moment, I think you did well.
Mounting the press is a good way to do it. I mounted mine on the shelf above the washer and dryer and it worked like a charm.
But did run across that Coonan Auto and I gotta, gotta, have one.
I like it better than the desert eagle .357
Having a revolver and a semi using the same cartridge would be very cool. Anybody got a couple grand laying around and want to get rid of? ;)
“When I was 12, my dad told me that in lieu of my chores I could prep cases for him a couple nights a week.”
Lucky boy. Very lucky. My dad taught me to shoot when I was 8 and my mother wouldn’t speak to him for a week. I had to wait until I was much older to start shooting.
“Mounting the press is a good way to do it.”
Shoud read: Mounting the press to a board is a good way to do it.
I have a S&W 19. It was the one my Dad carried when he was a Deputy.
A Coonan is next on my list for a pistol. Unless my wife changes her mind a wants a pistol for herself. Then I’ll probably have to get her one first. Was thinking a Sig P220 for her.
I was indeed very lucky.
With good reason. It's a proprietary resin that will not bend. If it's good to go, it's in one piece. If it's not, it's broken into many pieces.
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