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Thread: AMMO Shortage
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27-07-2021, 07:40 #11
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Re: AMMO Shortage
[QUOTE=mic;1424133]If the ammo was stored correctly, they should be GTG.
Personally I would not use PMP ammo for SD unless you really have to. There are better hollow point ammo available. I can guarantee you that those .38Spl 158 grain flat point PMP ammo was loaded quite HOT.[/QUOTE]
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Yes - hotter than my .38 spl average load from the book. Loaded some for the .357 just to play and even a heavy SOMCHEM book load was rather mild in the 357.The bought stuff had a different crack kick indeed.
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27-07-2021, 07:54 #12
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27-07-2021, 08:19 #13
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Re: AMMO Shortage
[QUOTE=treeman;1424155] I'll fire off a box this weekend at the range & let you know how it goes.
Rest assured that I never intended to use ammo of this type or age for SD, just for some range time.
If I feel it's firing to hot, or get any tight chamber extractions, I'll stop.
However I can recall using this stuff 25 years ago in my Taurus Model 85 2" Snubby without any problems. (perhaps my memory has faded after that much time)
Athough I primarily go with .40S&W for SD, my newer mod 85 .38Spl is a very comfortabel to wear secondary option.
Loaded with 110Gr Winchester Silvertips (Non +P) I feel it will get the job done if it ever had to.
Apart from that, I just love shooting it.
Please dont forget to let us know if you see any .38Spl or .40S&W start to become available around Gauteng.
Thanks for all the interest in the old ammo I found & would welcome any further comments before i fire it on Saturday.
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27-07-2021, 08:20 #14
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27-07-2021, 08:41 #15
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27-07-2021, 11:39 #16
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27-07-2021, 11:42 #17
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27-07-2021, 14:15 #18
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28-07-2021, 12:53 #19
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Re: AMMO Shortage
Got this box of 50 for free, & I wasted no time freeing them freedom seeds after a long stint being locked up. I do not know how old they were, but they worked just fine.
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28-07-2021, 14:57 #20
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Re: AMMO Shortage
Free is always a good price ...
Can I ask if you noticed these rounds to be any hotter in comparrison to something like a box of today's S&B SJSP, as suspected by a few of the gents earlier in this thread. I will be firing from a 2" snub on Saturday, not sure what you used.
I would imagine differences in this ammo comparrion would be less notible from a 6" .357 for instance.
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