olympus mons
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I'm with you on 45 acp. It really is a dream round other than the bulk it adds to compacts. But for me it shoots as clean and easy as 9mm. I have small hands so as I said beforem .40 cal and of coarse 10mm are not a good fit for me.
I buy my ammo mostly from CTD. They have the best prices I have found but like everywhere get sold out for bulk ammo. In fact Im swapping barrrels on my AR from 300 BLK to .223 because although there are now affordable 1000 round bundles of 300 blk the wait time is killing me. On ideal weekends I shoot 500+ rounds and have been on a 7 week hold over due to ammo lead time from Ozark. 1000 rounds for $400 seemed like 300 blk was now an option for steady training but this is getting frustrating.
I choose 9mm for comfort but also because I have the MPX. So when BLK is out of stock I can still train primary and secondary drills with my sig and Glock. I love the MPX but the Marine in me always wants to improve my skill set with the AR platform.
Im fortunate that my best mate is a retired Force Recon veteran who has been such a wealth of knowledge and helping me improve my skill set but the ammo cost is like other sports I have dove into is significant. But with our schedules not always aligning although we try for weekly days in the forest it often is once or twice a month. Bench shooting is fun but adding movement and primary to secondary drills, malfunction clearing, tac reloads ext is an absolute blast.
I bought 3 free standing target stands and a 100 pack of Vtac targets. If you haven't seen these targets google them. They are pretty cool. They have the standard milspec silhouette box man but then a photo realistic water mark human skeleton inside the box so you can see where you rounds are hitting. Helpful on pelvis shots and such. Link here
http://www.challengetargets.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/VTAC-P-1.jpg
I buy my ammo mostly from CTD. They have the best prices I have found but like everywhere get sold out for bulk ammo. In fact Im swapping barrrels on my AR from 300 BLK to .223 because although there are now affordable 1000 round bundles of 300 blk the wait time is killing me. On ideal weekends I shoot 500+ rounds and have been on a 7 week hold over due to ammo lead time from Ozark. 1000 rounds for $400 seemed like 300 blk was now an option for steady training but this is getting frustrating.
I choose 9mm for comfort but also because I have the MPX. So when BLK is out of stock I can still train primary and secondary drills with my sig and Glock. I love the MPX but the Marine in me always wants to improve my skill set with the AR platform.
Im fortunate that my best mate is a retired Force Recon veteran who has been such a wealth of knowledge and helping me improve my skill set but the ammo cost is like other sports I have dove into is significant. But with our schedules not always aligning although we try for weekly days in the forest it often is once or twice a month. Bench shooting is fun but adding movement and primary to secondary drills, malfunction clearing, tac reloads ext is an absolute blast.
I bought 3 free standing target stands and a 100 pack of Vtac targets. If you haven't seen these targets google them. They are pretty cool. They have the standard milspec silhouette box man but then a photo realistic water mark human skeleton inside the box so you can see where you rounds are hitting. Helpful on pelvis shots and such. Link here
http://www.challengetargets.com/mm5/graphics/00000001/VTAC-P-1.jpg
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