Enough of these "Best Ammunition for" posts

[Alk8944]

There is no such thing as "Best" ammunition! You must express what qualitative factor you desire it to be "best" at. Do you mean Velocity, Energy, Accuracy, Bullet Expansion, Penetration in whatever the medium? How do you want it to be "best"??

Every time someone starts one of these threads it degenerates into nothing more than "I like xxxx ammunition the best posts within a very few responses ad infinitum. No one cares what you like, and that is of no importance to the question in any way! None of these threads has ever settled what the "best" is for any caliber or application, nor can they ever. They ultimately are just a waste of bandwidth for the forum, and not even particularly entertaining for the most part.

If you want to know what members "Favorite" caliber, brand, bullet weight, etc, then ask that, even ask for an explanation of their response, not a question that cannot be answered!

 

[STCM(SW)]

Well, you know what opinions are like?
Everybody has one....
Inspector Callahan

 

[Bald1]

Hmmmmmmm. When someone asks “what’s the best” I assume they want to know your favorite. Because your favorite is obviously the best in your mind…. Call me crazy

 

[stansdds]

The best ammo is the ammo that is accurate, reliable, and has recoil that the shooter can tolerate.

 

[505Gibbs]

Thanks for the initial post!
There are WAY TOO MANY posts of a similar vein be it best powder, best primer, best crimp die, best barrel length,best cleaning solvent etc. etc. etc.
Just remember the old saying that one man's #10 is another man's#2!!

 

[DWalt]

The best ammunition goes Bang!

 

[Yendor357]

What we really need to concentrate on is new pertinent content such as:
Date my gun, what’s for dinner, and what music do you listen to.

Vague, mindless threads last forever. If you ask a specific, technical question, the thread dies almost immediately. If an answer requires an actual numerical measurement, forget it.

 

[gwpercle]

I don't even bother read the ..."what is the best ammo" post anymore ...
There is no way to answer that one ...but lets see ...

The best ammo is paid for and in your shooting box .

The best ammo is what you can buy .

The best ammo is 100% reliable and reasonably accurate .

The subject does give us Conversation Fodder that ain't political !


Gary

 

[RobzGuns]

I'm thinking that a better question, especially for newcomers, might be:
'What ammo should I stay away from?'

The list of unrecommended ammo is much shorter than favorite ammo and could save someone some money and headaches.

 

[dave1918a2]

The best ammo is what's in Your gun when You need it.

 

[Bald1]

I don’t get it. Why is this a problem? Someone is asking the question because he’d like some advice on purchasing ammo. What that person wants to know is, what do you use. What have you had good results with. I don’t think they are looking for a definitive answer on what is best. There’s no answer to that. As mentioned earlier, there are some silly topics on here sometimes. Members have no problem responding to those. Granted it’s the lounge where anything goes. Maybe we need a “ questions some people will take offense to” forum.

 

[Kanewpadle]

I don’t get it. Why is this a problem? Someone is asking the question because he’d like some advice on purchasing ammo. What that person wants to know is, what do you use. What have you had good results with. I don’t think they are looking for a definitive answer on what is best. There’s no answer to that. As mentioned earlier, there are some silly topics on here sometimes. Members have no problem responding to those. Granted it’s the lounge where anything goes. Maybe we need a “ questions some people will take offense to” forum.

It’s not a problem. Some people like to get grumpy over little things.

This forum is well known for the wealth of knowledge in many different areas.

Some of us appreciate those that share their knowledge, feelings, opinions, and professional experience.

There are decades and decades of knowledge here that should be shared.

I’m sure that those members that are new or less experienced appreciate it too.

 

[326MOD10]

No one cares what you like:([/QUOTE]


You think no one cares what I like?

I would suggest that if you don't like these threads then don't waste your time reading them.

Or you can become a moderator and delete everything you think that nobody cares about.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

The concept of the "best" is always changing. The ammo you buy today is different from the same last year or next year. The manufacturers are always changing their designs...improving them...using new technologies to manufacture them...different propellant blends, etc. What's new today will be next year's also-ran and there will be a new "best" to replace it.

Even with the latest "best"...the differences may be scientifically measurable but with little to no practical differences between them.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Sometimes people just want to kick ideas around. I find I can live with that. It sometimes irritates me, but it doesn't offend me.

 

[Smeckler]

Who cares? Don't read the thread. I skip a lot of threads that have no interest to me, and I bet most people do too.

Are there a lot of best ammo threads? Yep. Some I post in, some I don't, and others I read to learn about different brands/types that I haven't thought of or have dismissed in the past.

 

[ladder13]

Doesn’t bother me one bit since I know Gold Dots rule.

 

[Rustyt1953]

What we really need to concentrate on is new pertinent content such as:
Date my gun, what’s for dinner, and what music do you listen to.

Vague, mindless threads last forever. If you ask a specific, technical question, the thread dies almost immediately. If an answer requires an actual numerical measurement, forget it.

As long as one adheres to the rules and the TOS one can post what they wish.

I certainly do.

As mentioned above, the forum architecture gives us a powerful tool that enables us to scroll past threads/posts that bruise our tender sensibilities.

 

[ruger 22]

If you want to really get bored read the computer telling you the best 10 cities in the US to retire in, the best states in the US to retire in and this list changes every month with every article. At least here you get the benefit of someone's experience and can learn something useful.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

There is no such thing as "Best" ammunition!

At one time it was easy to pick the best. Especially when it was really Federal, Remington and Winchester as your choice.

Now fifty plus companies are making .38 Special as an example and some companies are located in somebody's garage or workshop.