What are your guys thoughts on practicing the same size weight bullet that you uses when you conceal carry or soon to be open carry? I carry a 9mm with 147gr hollowpoints. Should practice with the same size ball ammo?
Just out of curiosity...Why aren't you practicing with the rounds you intend to carry? I know they cost a lot for a few defensive rounds, but I'd rather know how they handle in my pistol before I get a stovepipe or FTF when the fecal matter hits the rotary oscillator.
I have shoot two full mags of what I carry through my weapon, was just wondering if it mattered when practicing with ball ammo.
There are many reasons to practice...besides pure marksmanship. Building skill, muscle memory, rehearsing drills, movement and all that jazz.....I don't need to shoot my carry load exclusively to accomplish that, nor would my wallet allow it.
Sure, if there was a radical difference in POI and felt recoil I'd find a practice load that is closer to my carry load, but for most of us it is minutia.
Sure, if there was a radical difference in POI and felt recoil I'd find a practice load that is closer to my carry load, but for most of us it is minutia.
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Thanks
Good response.SMS said:
it says this is a good response above, but I'm skeptical. again, if you practice with a particular load, why aren't you carrying that round in your firearm at all times? what is the point of switching rounds? why aren't you carrying the practice rounds? is something inherently wrong enough that you don't trust them? but you continue to practice with them? I'm cornfused. statistics say that a hole is a hole at 25 feet or less. why not carry the cheap stuff if that's what you shoot? (btw, just a little pot stirring)
I practice with reloads and carry factory ammo; I think there is some legal mumbo-jumbo about carrying reloads.
Hollow point bullets expand and are more expensive. I rarely target shoot with them but carry them exclusively. Round Nose FMJ bullets are cheap so that's what I practice with. I wont go into full detail about all of it, too much to write. No pot stirred here. A hole through a sheet of target paper is a hole at 25 feet, true. Add depth to that target and it changes things drastically based on projectile geometry.
