.45 Ammo Too Expensive For Target Shooting

[68 Ford Stepside]

I can't afford to keep shooting my .45 at target practice, so I've been looking around for a good quality .22 pistol. Found one today on the net I really like the looks of. It has a six month to one year backorder on it. They say good things are worth waiting for so I just as well put a deposit on it. That will at least get my name on the waiting list.

It's called the Browning Buck Mark & selling for $354.00.

[kf7mjf]

Six months? o.O jeez even .22's are hard to get right now.... Nice looking gun, and a lot cheaper than .45!

I like a Ruger MkII or MkIII with a bull barrel myself. Buddy has a MkIII bull barrel that shoots as accurate as a rifle. It's insane. Or you could get a .22/45 and have the same weight and grip profile as a 1911.

[michael69]

Around here there is a waiting list for most ammo also!! Then its a limit of two boxes!!!

[68 Ford Stepside]

Six months? o.O jeez even .22's are hard to get right now.... Nice looking gun, and a lot cheaper than .45!

I like a Ruger MkII or MkIII with a bull barrel myself. Buddy has a MkIII bull barrel that shoots as accurate as a rifle. It's insane. Or you could get a .22/45 and have the same weight and grip profile as a 1911.

My wife has a .22/45 & she knows how to shoot it very well. It is a very accurate weapon.

[caseyj10]

I just got back from running around everywhere looking for .40 s&w rounds. You may not like the price of the .45 but atleast you can find they! I have only seen one store in 3 weeks with a 50 rd box of .40 and I was limited to one box per caliber per day. As for .22 I haven't seen any since this whole gun ban talk started. Same story with the .223 and 9mm....

[68 Ford Stepside]

I just got back from running around everywhere looking for .40 s&w rounds. You may not like the price of the .45 but atleast you can find they! I have only seen one store in 3 weeks with a 50 rd box of .40 and I was limited to one box per caliber per day. As for .22 I haven't seen any since this whole gun ban talk started. Same story with the .223 and 9mm....

That's the exact reason I'm getting ready to set up a reloader.

[Ranchero50]

It's too cold to shoot right now... Once it warms up it'll be too swampy for a month or two. Hopefully by then this self induced ammo shortage will blow over.

[MaxKlinger]

For .22, I love the Ruger Single Six Convertible. Single-action revolver that shoots either .22LR or .22Magnum, boatloads of fun at the range without dropping big $$ on ammo, and great for small game hunting.

[NM5K]

I was at a wally world the other day, and the shelves were pretty much bare, except for some shot shells.
I wish I would have stocked up more, but didn't really see all the recent mess coming until it was too late.
I have just enough pistol ammo for decent protection, and maybe 300-400 rounds of .22.. Maybe a little more..
I'd have to count. I know I have a few 100 boxes of Stingers and such.. And I really shouldn't use Stingers in my
Ruger 10-22.. Or so they say.. I haven't used those in it yet.. But I have em.. And some regular hard ball..
So.. it's depressing.. Until I can buy any more ammo, I'm afraid to use what I have. I don't know how
Academy and the other stores are doing..
I guess I've always got my pellet rifle to plink with... :/ Actually, for target shooting and can killing, it's
not that bad.. I messed with it a good bit last time I was at the dirt patch, trying different pellets and
getting it pretty much sighted in. It shot the wadcutters and hollow points pretty well, but it didn't like
the pointed pellets too much. I think they were going too fast, and almost tweaking the sound barrier..
That makes the pellet unstable, and kills accuracy. And those were all 7.9 grain standard pellets.
I think the WC's and HP's were running in the low to mid 900's fps range, and just about as fast as
you would want to go, and stay stable. It should do good with the domes too.

[68 Ford Stepside]

I shoot a .177 Gamo Whisper with a 39 power scope. I've had it for over five years & nothing but Gamo .177 Raptor gold plated pellets have been shot in it. At 150 ft. it burst through a license plate or can cleanly. Pretty good for getting crows out of pecan trees. These air guns really amaze me. One pump & that pellet is traveling along at 1200 ft/sec. Good to see someone else using air to propel their ammo. Have A Great Ford Day!

[flyboy71]

Its nice having a Grandfather with a gun shop. Its amazing to see the run on ammo and guns right now.

[NM5K]

How does your accuracy seem going that fast? Usually the shock wave will cause them to get a tad
squirrely.. But I guess if the target was not that far off, it might not matter much.
Mine is a Ruger Air Hawk that I picked up at wally world last fall. It's about the same power as that
Gamo. Or pretty close anyway.. It is rated at 1000 using the standard weight lead pellets, and
will do around 1150-1200 or so with the lighter alloys. I think the Raptors are like 5.6 gr, or sumtin like
that.
Plenty good enough for most light pests.. I kind of wish it was a .22, but they only made the Air Hawk in
.177, and I got it cheap. They make a Umarex version in .22, but it would have cost a good deal
more being I would have had to pay regular price.
But I can live with the .177.. It came with a 4x32 scope, and it's not too bad for a cheap scope.
But it could use a better one piece scope mount.
I took this when I was first setting it up back in Oct. It's basically a China RWS Diana 34 clone..
Break barrel springer. It's heavy, and feels like a danged deer rifle.. 8 pounds or so..
It's mostly metal and wood. Very little plastic on it. They had it for $80, and I couldn't resist.. ..

[68 Ford Stepside]

Mine is very accurate up to 150 ft. I don't know why they call it a Whisper. In the forest it cracks like a long rifle .22. Out in the open it is quiet. It is fun to play around with.



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[NM5K]

The "crack" is the sound of the sonic boom when it's breaking the sound barrier.
It can sound almost as loud as a .22LR. The first shot I did with mine went supersonic,
even with a 7.9 lead pellet. I had cleaned the barrel, but maybe a tad bit of oil, and also
the pump. It sounded pretty close to a .22..

But after that it pretty much calmed down, and sticks right under the sound
barrier for 7.9 gr lead. If you keep below, it's a good bit quieter.
You get the sound of the rifle, and the pellet hitting the target, but no crack.
And usually a bit more accurate being as it's not getting whacked around by the shock wave.
So I tend to prefer pellets a bit on the heavy side if anything.
Keeps me subsonic, and also maybe a tad more penetration on a varmint due to the
heavier piece of lead. But I'd have to calculate it out to compare. I've got puter programs
that can spit out the ft pound numbers for the various weights and speeds.
Mine seems to come out to about 15 ft pounds plus or minus for most common weights
if I remember right. Mine runs right on the edge of supersonic with the 7.9 gr pointed
pellets, with those the least accurate of what I tried. It liked the wadcutters.. The flat
nose keeps those subsonic, and they were pretty accurate. Ditto for the hollow points.

[Ranchero50]

I have a big cat, it's pretty fun. Lightened the spring guide rod and made a new piston for it after honing the spring bore to get rid of some of the twang sound. My gun doesn't like any of the Gamo ammo but does well with the cheap heavy Crossman stuff. I usually target a steel plate inside thw wood shed or the neighbors pine cones.