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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:17:42 AM EDT
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Pffff...I'm just barely thinking of picking up my first 9MM.
 Of course it was the wife's idea, which means it will probably turn into her gun. 
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:18:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I carried one as a cop. It was a Gen 3 Model 37. Shot real nice. I wish I could have kept it. I still have about 500rds of the stuff on moon clips for my revolvers. All of it is 200gr Speer Gold Dot JHP. Got it for $5 a box. You need one of those $289 GT Dist Florida Highway Patrol guns. Maybe you would win the lottery and get your old one. Ooops those are Gen4. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:20:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You need one of those $289 GT Dist Florida Highway Patrol guns. Maybe you would win the lottery and get your old one. Ooops those are Gen4. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I carried one as a cop. It was a Gen 3 Model 37. Shot real nice. I wish I could have kept it. I still have about 500rds of the stuff on moon clips for my revolvers. All of it is 200gr Speer Gold Dot JHP. Got it for $5 a box. You need one of those $289 GT Dist Florida Highway Patrol guns. Maybe you would win the lottery and get your old one. Ooops those are Gen4. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:20:46 AM EDT
[#4]
Goldilocks says, “Not too small. Not too big. It’s just right. “
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:24:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:24:59 AM EDT
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I'd get rid of the 10 . 45 is gods caliber
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:26:51 AM EDT
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I will likely add a pistol in .40 to use the ammo I recently was given. Never had any interest in the caliber before, but it's a potential resource worth having now.
.45 acp is not going away. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:31:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL, get rid of .45 ACP? WTF you smoking? This whole "I'm streamlining my guns and ammo so I can have commonality" mindset is odd. .45 ACP might be losing market share as a duty gun for law enforcement (it is actually losing it horribly), but it isn't going anywhere for a LONG WHILE. It is firmly entrenched into the market. I've recently been on a buying splurge in .45 ACP guns. Got myself a Ruger P345 again, a Ruger P90DC, a XDM-45, and S&W 645, and a S&W 745. I don't get it either. How is having a small stash of ammo in a different caliber an inconvenience? ETA: that doesn't appear to be quite what the OP is thinking here, but others do, and I don't get it. Oh well. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:34:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't get it either. How is having a small stash of ammo in a different caliber an inconvenience? |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:38:16 AM EDT
[#10]
45ACP is cheaper to shoot right now so that would be a NOPE.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:41:26 AM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you are ever relegated to defending yourself with FMJ’s, due to availability issues or due to newly-passed legislation against HP’s, you’ll want the biggest FMJ’s you can get Which was the major motivating factor in getting .40 to begin with. (for me, anyway) |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:42:40 AM EDT
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I'll buy all of the 45 ammo if reasonably priced
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:43:27 AM EDT
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I have a Sig p220 in .45ACP. Despite the ad copy, "Most Accurate Handgun Out of the Box!" it's at best a belly gun*. That said, I have 750 rounds of .45ACP and the means to reload more, so I'll keep it.
*If accosted in an elevator stick it in their belly and pull the trigger. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:43:51 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: when under 10rnd mags become a thing again you will wish you had kept them :) Sad if it happens, true if it does. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:44:58 AM EDT
[#15]
No keep the 45 ACP best by far.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:45:57 AM EDT
[#16]
Just say no.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:47:22 AM EDT
[#17]
I wouldn't get rid of anything I have a stack of ammo for at this point unless you are just throwing in the towel.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:49:09 AM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Let me respond again with a rather mean answer......... "For a gaming machine"?????????????? https://i.imgflip.com/4u2c3a.jpg I've got plenty of guns in perfectly usable calibers. I don't have a computer that will play DCS well in VR. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:51:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll buy all of the 45 ammo if reasonably priced If the ammo goes, the guns go. I just haven't decided whether to sell the guns. I hate selling guns. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:53:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @UnluckyDiablo, it is a great gun. It smokes the HK in my opinion. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: How do you like the PX4 Storm in 45? @ me, I've always wanted one. I was afraid you'd say that. Looks like I'm adding another 45. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 11:54:41 AM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I am as of today. I just don't do shoot them. I had a 220 I sold a while back. Last one I have is a Combat Commander. Friend of mine wants it. He can have it. Tired of deal with piles of guns that I don't shoot. @maniacrat461 If serious about shedding the CC, give me a shout. Always on the lookout. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:15:20 PM EDT
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There may come a time that the firearm you choose has more to do with available ammunition than what your opinions or preferences are.
Keep something in every caliber if possible But you do you. . |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:25:10 PM EDT
[#23]
And here I've been trying to find a 45acp .
In my opinion there is nothing like a 45acp . Accurate . Easy to reload for . Still miss mine . Sold it to get the cash to have an engine rebuilt . And the SOB disappeared with my motor . May as well just thrown it in the river . gd |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:28:59 PM EDT
[#24]
I have been trying to consolidate on calibers as well. I have .22LR's (not going anywhere) .45acp (wish it was a 9mm for pre-covid price, but oh well, still keeping it) .380acp (wish I never bought it) and 5.56 (not going anywhere). I'd rather have several calibers and lots of ammo for each of them, than 30 calibers with a handful of ammo for each.
If SHTF I don't think you're going to be randomly tripping over piles of .270, or .25-06 ammo. I don't think .45acp is going anywhere anytime soon. I think .40 would kick the bucket first. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:32:04 PM EDT
[#25]
When I read the title I though this was a coming out thread.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:34:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 10 is the boutique one... |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:35:34 PM EDT
[#27]
OP thinks it's wise to liquidate firearms and ammunition to have money to spend on computer gaming shit.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:37:07 PM EDT
[#28]
Yes CeilingCat/eracer (and may your cat RIP), get rid of them by sending them all to me. Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:37:31 PM EDT
[#29]
geeze......in the last 6 months i bought 2 pistols in 45, hk 45c and a full size hk45.
always had a 1911 and these popped up at decent prices even for now. i dont have a bunch of ammo, 1000 rounds of hp, 2000 rounds of factory fmj and 1200 reloads to make. hope i’ll be able to keep them feed but the 45c is my occasional ccw piece. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:41:59 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have been trying to consolidate on calibers as well. I have .22LR's (not going anywhere) .45acp (wish it was a 9mm for pre-covid price, but oh well, still keeping it) .380acp (wish I never bought it) and 5.56 (not going anywhere). I'd rather have several calibers and lots of ammo for each of them, than 30 calibers with a handful of ammo for each. If SHTF I don't think you're going to be randomly tripping over piles of .270, or .25-06 ammo. I don't think .45acp is going anywhere anytime soon. I think .40 would kick the bucket first. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:43:42 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: LOL, get rid of .45 ACP? WTF you smoking? This whole "I'm streamlining my guns and ammo so I can have commonality" mindset is odd. .45 ACP might be losing market share as a duty gun for law enforcement (it is actually losing it horribly), but it isn't going anywhere for a LONG WHILE. It is firmly entrenched into the market. I've recently been on a buying splurge in .45 ACP guns. Got myself a Ruger P345 again, a Ruger P90DC, a XDM-45, and S&W 645, and a S&W 745. But he could get a video game!!!!
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:45:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: when under 10rnd mags become a thing again you will wish you had kept them :) Best 10 round guns are Sig 365 and Glock 43X |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:47:52 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Best 10 round guns are Sig 365 and Glock 43X Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: when under 10rnd mags become a thing again you will wish you had kept them :) Best 10 round guns are Sig 365 and Glock 43X For pocket guns sure |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:51:45 PM EDT
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You are on a gun forum asking if you should dump a gun and it’s ammo. Majority here will say no. I agree. I would keep it to see what happens in the near future. Maybe you can get even more money if you wait. Or maybe you start to only see .45 in stock where you live. Keep your options open. Nothing wrong with .45 at all. I was buying it cheaper than 9mm a couple months ago, which is definitely not normal. Nice to have options
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:52:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Best 10 round guns are Sig 365 and Glock 43X Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: when under 10rnd mags become a thing again you will wish you had kept them :) Best 10 round guns are Sig 365 and Glock 43X |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:52:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Michigander62 @Miami_JBT 255gr swc @ 940fps for 500 ft lbs https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/433221/20200813_134001_2_jpg-1781677.JPG Curios what was your powder charge for that foray? As I recall the old Cooper stand by for the 200s was something like 7.5 of unique. I had good luck with the 200gr RNFP |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:52:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My point is, .45 FMJ sucks a lot less than 9mm FMJ. And not all bottom feeders will cycle LSWC’s Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: FMJ sucks period... if you can't use JHP/HP ammunition, the ever classic 200gr LSWC load. Or you can up it and do a 255gr LSWC load like what @03RN has rolled. My point is, .45 FMJ sucks a lot less than 9mm FMJ. And not all bottom feeders will cycle LSWC’s This, I have a Colt commander and just picked up an RIA ultra fs fde on black Friday for 399.00 |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:55:24 PM EDT
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Are any of them Suitable for 45 Super? I converted a few and bought brass. A 185 grain XTP moving at 1200+ FPS out of a 1911 is nothing to sneeze at. My 45 ACP handloads function fine. Personally I would concentrate less on gaming.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 12:58:55 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I wouldn’t get rid of a thing right now. I wanted to streamline all my handguns to 9mm except for one 10mm that I would have still kept. As of now what I have is staying. This. Idiotic to limit caliber choices. 9mm is always first to get scarce, followed by th 40, 45, 357sig, ETC... Why limit yourself. Now the extra guns and ammo WILL come in handy. Not may, WILL. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:31:15 PM EDT
[#40]
my plan way back was to have artillery in many calibers so i wont
be that guy with NO ammo because he consolidated to a single caliber. I will always have something to use |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:39:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @Lug1 10mm best mm. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:44:30 PM EDT
[#42]
I was looking at the LDSs for 9mm yesterday, with a friend. No 9mm to be had. I picked up two boxes of .45acp.
don't keep all your eggs in a single basket. On case where Diversity is good (22, 9mm, 10mm, .45 LC, .45acp., etc.). |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:45:53 PM EDT
[#43]
During the apocalypse when you're scrounging for lead from old cars, remember that 45 handles cast lead bullets better than 9mm.
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:46:04 PM EDT
[#44]
I standardized to 9mm and 5.56..
My only regret of getting rid of 45 is how quite it is while remaining ballistically viable. The platforms where a HK MK23 and KAC OHG suppressor and a compact 1911. The MK23 was brick and almost the size of a subgun and the CCW 1911 didn't have the capacity. Fun guns, but im not a collector. I don't have anything in 10mm and see an advantage to having something that hits harder than 9 or 45 for animals that can be holstered. I think 10mm is going to take my 45 role in the future. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:46:42 PM EDT
[#45]
Unless you have more ammo than you could ever shoot in a lifetime, then I wouldn’t consolidate.
During one of the last runs, the only thing I could find was 40, something I only had one gun in. So I started shooting 40 so I could save my 9. This one is different since everything is out of stock, but my lesson learned was keep a few different calibers. Who knows, they may ban military caliber ammo in the future and you will want your 45 back |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:48:36 PM EDT
[#46]
Keep at least ONE in 45 ACP as a alternate in the event
your primary caliber becomes unavailable from hording or whatever. That's not to say 45 ACP won't suffer the same hording problem but maintaining a shooting platform for both popular calibers improves the odds. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:48:38 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I wouldn't be ridding myself of anything at this point. The clown show is about to begin
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Posted: 1/16/2021 1:51:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/16/2021 6:23:08 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: @maniacrat461 If serious about shedding the CC, give me a shout. Always on the lookout. |
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Posted: 1/16/2021 6:45:57 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's already gone. Friend of mine wanted it. No worries, thanks. |
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