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Another reader (please send me your nickname/Comment section name) sent me this one:
Here is the ammunition aisle at the WalMart a friend in Lakeland sent me this morning. There is still ammo at my LGS, but it is picked over. They have a 2 box limit per caliber for each customer. I got 2 boxes each of 9mm, .45ACP, .40S&W, .357Sig, 12 gauge 00 buck, and .380ACP.
I have plenty, but could always have more.
HOARDERS!!!! 😀 😀 😀
Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.
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Aha! I KNEW there had to be someone else out there who uses .357SIG! Ha!
Someone who has what you don’t?
According to Michael Bane, the definition of a hoarder is “someone smarter than you are”.
That was me who sent that. When I used to shoot IDPA, I shot 357SIG. I like the way it shoots.
I don’t know why I still buy ammo, having lost all of my guns last year while fishing.
Soothes the pain of loss.
Seriously, though, it seems to me to be a way underrated cartridge. I like being able to switch a pistol between 357SIG and .40S&W with just a barrel change – appeals to the gearhead in me, I suppose.
My S&W M&P40 is a three caliber pistol- I have barrels for .40, .357, and 9mm for it. The best thing about .357 is I find that the recoil is straight back- very little muzzle flip. I won quite a few IDPA matches with a Sig 229 in .357Sig.
Will the M&P .40/.357 mags work for 9mm?
Sadly, they don’t. You need to change the barrel and use 9mm mags.
Not really surprising. I’m not familiar at all with S&W semi-autos, although I am rather fond of some of their revolvers.
On the Left coast, Sportsman’s in Albany Oregon had .308 Winchester and .38 Special but no 9mm or .223/5.56
On further reflection, I may have to change my reloading plan when my press arrives in 2 weeks (Natchez has stock, but takes an age to ship it right now). I was going to do .308 Winchester for cost, but it looks like I should start with .223 or 9mm.