Posted on Jul 23, 2021
Expensive vs. Budget Ammo: What's the Difference?
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With the shortages and cost, this topic has been on a lot of minds for the past year+. In just the past week I've seen 9mm for as low as 15 cents a round and over $1 per.
TSgt David L., SPC Randy Zimmerman,
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs,
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TSgt David L., SPC Randy Zimmerman,
SGT James Murphy, CPT Jack Durish,
COL Mikel J. Burroughs,
SPC Gary Welch, SGT Mark Anderson,
CPL Douglas Chrysler, Maj Marty Hogan,
1SG Steven Imerman, SMSgt David A Asbury,
MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi, MSgt David Hoffman,
SSG Michael Noll, MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SGM Erik Marquez, CW3 Harvey K.
MSgt James Clark-Rosa, Lt Col Mark Avery
Expensive vs. Budget Ammo: What's the Difference?
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2nd Amendment
Ammo
Self Defense
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My personal belief is it doesn't matter what ammo you use. If you train on accuracy, you can hit the target as well with cheap ammo as expensive (home or self defense, not competitive shooting). If you keep your weapon clean, you lessen the chance of malfunction. If you train to clear jams and malfunctions, you will not be out of the fight.
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Cheap ammo means lower quality control. Sometimes they aren’t seated the same. Sometimes you have variances in charges. Sometimes you have grain differences in projectile weights. Sometimes you have poorly seated primers. All of these can lead to issues. Yes, you can have those issues with quality ammunition but it’s not as frequent. Ammunition is just like anything else, you get what you pay for. You still train for malfunctions but you should do so because it might happen on occasion. You should train for it because the crappy ammo almost guarantees it. I’ll plink with cheap ammo in my revolvers, lever actions, and bolt guns. I don’t shoot cheap crap through the semis. I also don’t hunt with cheap ammo or EDC cheap ammo.
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You buy what you can afford. Shot placement is what counts. I use a full size soft air gun to practice with. The gun cost me $15. and the pellets cost me $4.50 for a bottle of 2000 pellets so for less then $20 dollars I can practice when I want for as long as I want. A cheap way to keep your practice up and you can use it indoors or outside in your yard with no noise to disturb your nosy neighbors.
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