Self Defense Ammo

[Milly]

Here in West Central Illinois the best defensive loads are whatever the stores get in that week. I haven't seen any purpose made defensive loads since the shelves went dry in Jan. and Feb. We get a few boxes of hardball 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP in every few days, and that's not even "name brand" ammo.

 

[smokey0118]

Here in West Central Illinois the best defensive loads are whatever the stores get in that week. I haven't seen any purpose made defensive loads since the shelves went dry in Jan. and Feb. We get a few boxes of hardball 9mm, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP in every few days, and that's not even "name brand" ammo.

Times like this make me really appreciate my second job at the gun counter. I get the inside info when we're getting shipments in, and the managers try to hook up the employees by allowing us to put a couple boxes on hold for ourselves to pick up at the end of our shift. It's insane how empty the shelves are everywhere you go and how high prices are on things.

The next time there's a lull and things go back to being cheap, I need to just grab a bunch of cans of ammo to sell when price inflates again. Ammunition prices and gun values have outpaced my 403b.

Now just time to see if Olin, Federal and the rest decide the juice of expanding production is worth the squeeze. They're largely seeing this as a temporary surge in demand("temporary" being a relative short of a year or so compared to their long term business model). They're scared of pulling a krispy creme and having their expansion outpace demand when demand starts waning again, then being left to foot the bill for all their new employees and production site that need to be paid for.

The only limiting factor on how much they sell now is how much they can produce. Thank goodness I had a nice buffer of ammo bought up before this madness and some reloading gear to fall back on for the moment.

 

[smokey0118]

Barnes tac xpd seems like a decent load in 45, so I can add that to the list. It is only a 185 gr, but the bullet design and +p loading makes it worthwhile in .45 as far as penetration goes.
Barnes TAC-XPD 45acp vs. Gel & Ribs- CLEAR GEL TEST #7 - YouTube

 

[smokey0118]

bump for haverly38