Recent content by Podmonkey

Simply seek to penetrate 12-18 inches through 4 layers of denim with reliable expansion of roughly twice the initial diameter. Whatever numbers and bullets get me to that is fine. A good .38 + P load can JUST about do that. A .357 can do it easily and explosively. I did purchase a moderate...

To be honest I don't quite get people having trouble shooting. 38s out of these things. Hard to hit with, okay sure I get that but recoil wise? I can't even tell the difference between +p and standard .38s in my gun and I'll go through 200 or even 500 rounds in a session and it's no big deal at...

Ah once the mainstay for CCW for decades the J Frame just refuses to die. I myself am still rather fond of my little 340PD Yes, an 11.8 oz .357. I like to describe it as entertainingly ridiculous. I carry .38 +p in it anyway. .357s are amusing though......for maybe 2 cylinders worth. For...

I benchmarked SG Ammo which typically has good prices tgat even if they aren't the cheapest they are close and their shipping is always cheap and very fast. Anyway for 9mm standard FMJ I saw prices around the very low to mid .20s For .45 on similar types I saw low .30s to mid 40s. I do...

You can get .45 online for the mid to upper 30 cent range, 9mm typically runs in the very low 30 cent range That Atlanta Arms ammo, which is very good stuff, ran about .45 cents...........for the .45 ACP. Imagine that!

That makes me wonder if it's cheaper to shoot factory .45 ACP now, what with it being just a couple cents per round more than 9mm. Might see a revival of the Fudd Cannon caliber should this keep up.

I've been shooting all my adult life, so 25 years now and I've never been into reloading. I just do not have the spare time for it and frankly stuff like that what requires fiddling with, attention to fine detail and so forth I derive no pleasure from. I just want to grab a case of ammo and...

I am not a reloaded, I haven't tge time for it. What ever powder the manufacturers use is what I shoot. Carbon deposition on the slide wipes off with a dry rag anyway. I actually like the appearance of a gun thusly dirtied. Says "why yes I do ACTUALLY shoot my guns."

I don't think I've ever shot a pistol that didn't get dirty snoot after a few dozen rounds

Yes but no. Its a totally factory 10/22 Target Lite, the stock with all extras was around $300 and the scope was also around $300 so total cost is around $900 which isn't too bad.

10 shot groups @ 50 yards

I have always said we need to bring back the concept of "Outlaw" in the historical sense. Back in the day particularly troublesome people were declared outlawd meaning that the protection of law no longer extended to such people. Such people could be robbed, raped or killed with impunity as...

That's easy enough, obtain permission. If not forthcoming find a different church

The Atlanta Arms seems like legitimately good stuff. The "select" line is thier bulk budget stuff but has done well for me. The .45 especially, if I'm blowing the center bull out at 15yds how much more accuracy can you use?

Given the recent incidents lately I'd say absolutely yes. And given that one incident "the Boomer with the Big Iron on his hip, the guy that was an firearms instructor and dommed that shotgun welding lunatic with a P229 in 357 Sig. I'd say armed parishioners are quite effective as well.