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.40 IS practice ammo
LOL
When you guys shoot practice rounds do you use same grn weight and powder?
I know guys that will shoot 230 grn 45 acp ball but will load 185 JHP for caryy and home.
Just seems odd to me to not shoot something at least close to what you will use for SD purposes.
I don't understand why you think that. Hell, even practicing with zero grain ammo (dryfire) is beneficial.
At the ranges we are talking about here a 185 grain projectile and a 220 grain one will put a hole in the same place on the target and will feel about the same so it doesn't matter.
Most carry ammo will be a hotter load though, and will kick harder as well as add additioanl wear and tear on your gun. You don't want to train with this as you will wear out your arm and gun faster. Plust at $1 a pop you won't practice much.
Shoot whatever you can get your hands on cheaply.
The .mil trained ma duece trigger pullers using .22lr at one time, and I have started shooting my carbine with a 22lr conversion kit. Tons of trigger time for $5.
Lots of IPSC shooter will also convert their .45 to .22lr for the same reason.
Trigger time is trigger time. Shoot what you can, when you can. Don't get too wrapped around the axle in your mind set that practice has to be just like the real thing. Obviously you want your practivce to similute reality as much as possible.
There are real-life trigger pullers out there who have been in some hard core training where they were drained of a pint or two of blood, injected with a healthy dose of adrenaline and then run a course of fire.
Is there an advantage to knowing how your physioligy reacts to that situation? sure. Do I want to spend the money, time and health risks to replicate that training? no.
Unless you take it to the extreme like that, any bright sunny day training at the range isn't going to replicate real life. Do what you can with what you got, and don't sweat the small details. Enjoy your range time, shoot with a purpose, and learn something everytime you go out. (shoot left-handed, one handed, learn to manipulate, reload, rack the slide, etc with just one hand).