I have a .357 magnum and where I live there is one gun shop who is way over priced and wally world. I buy whatever I can at wally world when and if they have it. I have been buying several boxes of winchester .38 +p personal defense from the walmart in the next town, only thing is that they have put a limit to one box per caliber per day per person. I guess I will be buying as much as possible as long as I can afford it.
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Chuck Jones
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A very widely held misconception.
I think I first read the answer in Hatcher's Notebook, but it confirmed my childhood experience of throwing a few .22s in the campfire on many occasions.
The maximum pressure a cartridge can generate outside a barrel is equal to the force holding the bullet in the neck. Once the bullet leaves the neck, the pressure is zero, and any velocity decays from there. If a cartridge went off in your shirt pocket, being burned by the powder and gasses is way more likely than any possible harm from the projectile.
Primers and black powder are a different thing since they're explosive. Smokeless powder and the ammunition loaded with it are no big deal.
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ajpelz
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This is true. The bullet stays in place because it is heavier, and it is actually the case that will move upon the ignition. When nothing is holding the cartridge still, IE a chamber of a gun, the case, the lightest part, will be what is displaced.
michael thornton
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i been stickin it back for years, you dont have any? well thats your proublum! if you have guns you need ammo
I don't hoard, but I do buy a box or two once in awhile for future use.
ajpelz
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It burns, with the energy being dissipated to the path of least resistance. In other words, if it does not HAVE to make an object move, it won't. Pressure needs to build to shoot a bullet, and this cannot be done in an open air environment.
Same concept as to why bullets shot out of longer barrels travel faster than those shot out of shorter barrels. When the amount of pressure, and the time exposed to that pressure is reduced or eliminated, velocity declines to eventually nothing. The law of inertia at work
bmcgilvray
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I was hoarding...
...when hoarding wasn't cool.
...when hoarding wasn't cool.
Markcuda
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I bought 2 boxes of .357 Blazzer Brass for 21 a box.
reyno2ac
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I bought two 100 round boxes of wwb for 22 each and four 50 round boxes of federal 9mm for 10 each. I would have bought every box of 9mm if they would have let me.
jframefreak
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If it's there and I feel the need, I buy it. I've got enough but there's always room for another box or two.
mike from st pete
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Of Course
I've been "stockpiling" since I started shooting. Only now they call it "hoarding"
I've been "stockpiling" since I started shooting. Only now they call it "hoarding"
Some call it hoarding, I call it foresight.
flop-shank
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I agree. It's also exactly what the aces in Washington need to see; millions of us stocking up.
Markcuda
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From now on, I will never ever call it hoarding again.
I will call it "buying ammo when available"
I will call it "buying ammo when available"
bbaaspencer
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Ammunition stock is up in my area
The Academy Sports in Nashville has many brands of ammunition. They are selling a Remington 9mm 100 pack for $24.99. That is $5.00 cheaper than I paid for that same box back in June. I usually don't hourd, but at that price, I couldn't pass it up.
The Academy Sports in Nashville has many brands of ammunition. They are selling a Remington 9mm 100 pack for $24.99. That is $5.00 cheaper than I paid for that same box back in June. I usually don't hourd, but at that price, I couldn't pass it up.
Checking back in my ammo log book, since 8/26/09 when I started keeping track, I have spent 2242.14 on ammo this year. So my guess would be close to 3000.00 dollars on ammo this year. Does anyone else keep an ammo log book? Ammo purchased, rounds fired, and so on.
The log book does not include blackpowder items.
The log book does not include blackpowder items.
Beejabbers
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I am going to have to start a log so I know exactly what I have. When I started buying I filled an ammo can and put in a pack of silica gel and put the can away. Now I label the cans when I fill them. Since I shoot at least 10 calibers, I have completely lost touch with what I have and when I bought it. I expect if I dug deep enough in my closet I could find US Military suplus 45 shells that I purchased in the 1960's. Had to sell my guns back then so I could complete college and didn't have a 45 in which to use the ammo.
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