Mega Rad Gun Thread

[Tour of Italy]

A work buddy hooked me up with 200rds of range 9mm, and I will not forget his kindness.

He checked with his gun store buddy and asked what the going range for that much ammo was and got the answer “3 bars of gold and a full-grown cow”.

I don’t regret going 9mm but I’m never letting my stock go shallow again.

 

[Silas]

My heirarchy of value to quality starts with Vortex then Holosun. If Vortex makes something in the range you want, they're probably the best without breaking the bank

 

[White Devil]

A work buddy hooked me up with 200rds of range 9mm, and I will not forget his kindness.

He checked with his gun store buddy and asked what the going range for that much ammo was and got the answer “3 bars of gold and a full-grown cow”.

I don’t regret going 9mm but I’m never letting my stock go shallow again.

9mm gold dots are going for $1/rd for a 50 rd box now.

kenosha kyle has convinced me to drop my acog and go for a red dot holosight.

what's good these days? lasttime i looked at a holosight, the big name company was being sued by the usmc for selling them defective ones.

The current rage are LPVOs. I think even the Marines are dumping their M150s in favor of them. I definitely wouldn't trade in an ACOG for anything not actually MIL or FBI approved if you intend on using this firearm to defend yourself.

 

[Thornforg]

My heirarchy of value to quality starts with Vortex then Holosun. If Vortex makes something in the range you want, they're probably the best without breaking the bank

Vortex has good prices and great warranties. Some QC issues, but that's where the warranties come into play. Their Crossfire II series of scopes is probably the best value to quality you'll ever see. Again, not something I would trust roughing it with, but as a practical option, both Vortex and Holosun are the gold standard for people on a budget. Going into their more expensive options isn't something I would recommend. If you're going to pay those kinds of prices, you should go for something you can use to beat someone to death with and still hold zero, like a Trijicon or Elcan. EOTech's newer models are pretty alright, too.

 

[Silas]

Vortex has good prices and great warranties. Some QC issues, but that's where the warranties come into play. Their Crossfire II series of scopes is probably the best value to quality you'll ever see. Again, not something I would trust roughing it with, but as a practical option, both Vortex and Holosun are the gold standard for people on a budget. Going into their more expensive options isn't something I would recommend. If you're going to pay those kinds of prices, you should go for something you can use to beat someone to death with and still hold zero, like a Trijicon or Elcan. EOTech's newer models are pretty alright, too.

The AR in my profile pic has a Copperhead on it, apparently it's the line just below the Crossfire but it does its job

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

9mm gold dots are going for $1/rd for a 50 rd box now.

Christ above, I just looked at ammoseek for Federal HSTs, and the 124gr+p are $1.40 a round. Did all these panic buyers go 9mm or something?

 

[White Devil]

Christ above, I just looked at ammoseek for Federal HSTs, and the 124gr+p are $1.40 a round. Did all these panic buyers go 9mm or something?

Probably. When these panics hit, the common handgun rounds are usually what go first. I'm glad I still have about 1000 rds of Speer training ammo, but people buy that shit up too thinking it's the real deal.

I expect this to last awhile, regardless of who wins in November. It will just be a bit worse if Creepy Joe wins.

 

[Iceland Heavy]

Christ above, I just looked at ammoseek for Federal HSTs, and the 124gr+p are $1.40 a round. Did all these panic buyers go 9mm or something?

9, .40, and .45 disappeared in that order, the only 9mm I can even buy locally is bulk 40cpr reloads. I'm just sitting on my 9mm stash right now and I don't even want to shoot the trash tier Blazer and Browning stuff since I don't know when I'll be able to get more.

 

[White Devil]

Reloading supplies have also started to skyrocket. Plus add about 20 million new gun owners into the mix...

Even with that contract SGAmmo has with Lake City, they're still going to be hardpressed to keep up with demand.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

I don’t regret going 9mm but I’m never letting my stock go shallow again.

I got down to what I consider critical supply on 9mm and haven't shot any more in 3 months. What little pistol practice I've done since has been with a glock 21 I didn't want, but now appreciate having.

 

[Silas]

I wish I stocked up on small pistol primers months ago

 

[Damocles_Sword]

From a cheaper than dirt email.

 

[White Devil]

I wouldn't give those scumbags at cheaper than dirt business if my life depended on it.

 

[The Dude]

CTD are among the worst offenders when it comes to price gouging and opportunism. It's pretty scummy and I won't reward that kind of business model unless I absolutely have no other option. I'm all for businesses making money. I'm a black-hearted Capitalist happy to see babies put into slave labor as anyone else, but there is such a thing as being too predatory.

 

[Jump]

Reloading supplies have also started to skyrocket. Plus add about 20 million new gun owners into the mix...

Even with that contract SGAmmo has with Lake City, they're still going to be hardpressed to keep up with demand.

I can't find primers anywhere at any price

 

[break these cuffs]

I initially felt bad during quarantine because I had a bunch of extra time for the range, but couldn't shoot due to soft tissue injuries. I could have easily burned through a couple thousand rounds no problem and been real low when June hit. Getting all fucked up in the Corps actually paid off this time and not just in my comp checks. I was going to reup on defensive 9mm because it was starting to run low and didn't. Not looking forward to that next purchase. I lucked out a couple years ago when Midway was liquidating some Black Hills and I got 500 rds of 115gr+P Barnes for 40% off. I guess I'll take whatever I can get for a while

 

[Who dat?]

The only 22 death I've seen first hand was some guy loaded with tats who put a 22 revolver under his chin and pop. We could see the tip of the bullet sticking through the hair on the top of the skull.

It's kind of like the once-popular .25 ACP, the favorite of pimps and related street scum for years (until they discovered that 9mm often does the job, and .22 LR is cheaper). Interesting thing about it is that while it has next to no stopping power -- shoot somebody with one and he's likely as not to get really pissed and beat you to death -- it has very high lethality. That's because people shot with one often don't take it seriously. They don't get treatment or anything. Not a good idea. Jeff Cooper told of a guy in a bad mood at a party who, stumbling across a .25 auto upstairs, stuck it to his head and pulled the trigger. Not thinking that he had been much injured, he put a bandaid over the wound and went downstairs and rejoined the party. Next day, though, he woke up dead.

I believe Reagan and Brady were shot with a .22.

Yup, a 9-shot Harrington & Richardson break-top revolver. Not a bad gun, actually. The rest that you had to say about .22s is the fevered fantasy of screenwriters that has gotten picked up popularly but isn't true. And yeah, James Brady was vegetized by the shot (which is why it isn't the favorite of assassins -- it didn't kill him with a head shot), and his wife Sarah became a strident anti-gunner thereafter.

(I should note that the OSS did fiddle with a High Standard .22 during the war, not because it is especially effective for assassinations, but because it could be effectively silenced.)

 

[Rafal Gan Ganowicz]

OK fudd

Roehm RG 14

Secret Service agents seized a . 22-caliber Roehm RG 14 pistol from Mr. Hinckley when they overpowered him at the scene of the shooting. The explosive bullets recovered by the F.B.I.

 

[DumbDude42]

I believe Reagan and Brady were shot with a .22. Sorta an assassin's gun as it will enter the brainpan and bounce around , making sauce , but doesn't have the power to exit. Didn't Brady turn out a lifelong turnip for that very reason?

no bullet will "bounce around" inside a skull lmao
if it gets in the skull, it makes a hole through the brain until it hits the other side of the skull. there it either punches through and exits, or deforms and comes to a standstill

but yes, 22 has a reputation as assassin caliber. mossad agents tasked with liquidating high value targets used silenced 22 pistols, and israeli air marshals carry the same. it's very good because the low recoil makes it very reliable to get multiple shots on target in rapid succession

 

[ColtWalker1847]

I believe Reagan and Brady were shot with a .22. Sorta an assassin's gun as it will enter the brainpan and bounce around , making sauce , but doesn't have the power to exit. Didn't Brady turn out a lifelong turnip for that very reason?

That's urban legend shit Hemingway made up because he had a boner for his Colt Woodsman.

Excellent gun though. Just the assassin thing is overblown.