Non-Political Gun Talk (On topic)

[oldngray]

Too late!



Mostly steel anyway.

Steel? Imported surplus crap?

 

[sailfish]

Steel?

Casings.

 

[burrheadd]

Half the cost of a load is the brass. If you need to keep buying new brass your savings are minimal.

How many times can brass be reloaded?

 

[oldngray]

How many times can brass be reloaded?

It depends. Straight wall pistol cartridges many many times. Bottleneck rifle cartridges operate at higher pressure and stretch more so fewer times. As they stretch the case gets longer so sometimes need to be trimmed. That brass comes from somewhere and its the case walls getting thinner. The general rule is to discard after the 3rd trimming. Still will usually get many times reloading from them. Plus you need to check the brass for signs of weak spots and toss out any you aren't sure about.

 

[over9five]

My son bought a S&W Model 642 yesterday. They weren't kidding when they called it an Airweight, couldn't believe how light it is. Also couldn't believe something so light was rated for continuous +P ammo.
Anyone own one?

 

[sailfish]

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My son bought a S&W Model 642 yesterday. They weren't kidding when they called it an Airweight, couldn't believe how light it is. Also couldn't believe something so light was rated for continuous +P ammo.
Anyone own one?

I carry a 442, the black version. Love it.

 

[wayfair]

I've got the 638. Not too fun with +p loads

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Hardest gun to hang onto I ever ran into was a little 25 auto. Little thing wanted to jump out of your hand.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Can't say I was too impressed with that aluminum case CCI Blazer ammo. Had quite a few fail to feed in my Makarov.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Too late!



Mostly steel anyway.

What sort of pistol ammo was steel cased? Only stuff I've seen so far is the 9 x 18 Makarov, which works well.

 

[oldngray]

Can't say I was too impressed with that aluminum case CCI Blazer ammo. Had quite a few fail to feed in my Makarov.

OK in revolvers. Not so much in automatic pistols. The cases expand too much when fired.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Now that Upstate is gone I can correct myself on my gun total. It is actually 12. I forgot about my collectable Winchester side by side.

 

[oldngray]

Now that Upstate is gone I can correct myself on my gun total. It is actually 12. I forgot about my collectable Winchester side by side.

You don't need anything more than a single shot shotgun. You will be on his suspected terrorist list.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

You don't need anything more than a single shot shotgun. You will be on his suspected terrorist list.

Joe Biden said it was OK!

 

[oldngray]

Hardest gun to hang onto I ever ran into was a little 25 auto. Little thing wanted to jump out of your hand.

I haven't shot more than a couple of magazines through my .25 Beretta. That was one of those things I picked up cheap to collect. Probably one of the best made .. but its still just a .25 auto.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

How about one of those AA-12s?

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I haven't shot more than a couple of magazines through my .25 Beretta. That was one of those things I picked up cheap to collect. Probably one of the best made .. but its still just a .25 auto.

First time I ever saw a factory dud was with that gun. A 22lr has more power.

 

[oldngray]

First time I ever saw a factory dud was with that gun. A 22lr has more power.

Plus .22 ammo is a lot cheaper.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

25 Auto is one of those "why bother" nuisance calibers.

 

[oldngray]

25 Auto is one of those "why bother" nuisance calibers.

Mostly will just piss someone off unless you get lucky.