Practice You can Afford! KEEP SHOOTING!

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10-09-20, 13:46
Esq.

Practice You can Afford! KEEP SHOOTING!

So, several of my shooting buddies have been pissing and moaning about "No ammo, I can't practice" blah, blah......"Yea, I TOLD YOU GUYS"......Past that, now what?....

Several of them took a shotgun class last fall with Rob Haught that I put on....So I texted them- "Go to Walmart- buy a case of #8 Dove loads- run you about $75."

Weekend of the 24th, we are having a combat shotgun shoot at a local, private, range. We will be doing several drills, we have access to a shoot house etc...

We will continue to practice "martial weapons craft".
10-10-20, 06:52
gaijin

^^ This.

In a pinch, .22 pistols from holster, doing drills. Dryfire. Repetitious "sight picture/trigger control.
Whatever it takes.
10-10-20, 20:18
Jellybean

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Originally Posted by gaijin

In a pinch, .22 pistols from holster, doing drills. Dryfire. Repetitious "sight picture/trigger control.
Whatever it takes.

Even better, .22 pistols with a crap trigger and crap accuracy. Have an awful Ruger .22 DA/SA that you have to *work* on your fundamentals to hit anything 10 yards and in. Past that, the mechanical accuracy of the gun makes it impossible.
REALLY makes you appreciate going back to your "real guns".
10-11-20, 20:54
CAVDOC

From what I saw on another forum, Walmart is closing out some sort of shotshells by Winchester ( I seem to recall steel shot so not suitable for steel plate targets) and then there is a Winchester rebate which makes the shells something like 1-2$ per box!
10-12-20, 07:46
William B.

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Originally Posted by Esq.

So, several of my shooting buddies have been pissing and moaning about "No ammo, I can't practice" blah, blah......"Yea, I TOLD YOU GUYS"......Past that, now what?....

Several of them took a shotgun class last fall with Rob Haught that I put on....So I texted them- "Go to Walmart- buy a case of #8 Dove loads- run you about $75."

Weekend of the 24th, we are having a combat shotgun shoot at a local, private, range. We will be doing several drills, we have access to a shoot house etc...

We will continue to practice "martial weapons craft".

Good stuff. Shotgun ammunition in my area doesn't seem to have been as negatively impacted as pistol and rifle ammunition, so I've been brushing up on my defensive shotgun manipulations, too.
10-12-20, 13:33
Esq.

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Originally Posted by gaijin

^^ This.

In a pinch, .22 pistols from holster, doing drills. Dryfire. Repetitious "sight picture/trigger control.
Whatever it takes.

EVERY time I go to the range to shoot drills, the Glock 44 goes with me along with the S&W MP1522. I do 50-100 rounds of "warm up" drills with the .22's and then bust out the big guns for fine tuning. I'm still shooting every week.
10-12-20, 22:21
SeriousStudent

Years ago, I set up .22 versions of my defense guns. A Glock 19 with an Advantage Arms .22 top-end. A Beretta 92 Vertec frame with the .22 factory conversion. And a S&W M&P-15/22. All with threaded barrels and cans.

Lo and behold, it was well worth it. It has also provided a lower-cost way to train some folks at work who have "seen the light" in the last 7 months.
10-13-20, 00:05
Wake27

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Originally Posted by SeriousStudent

Years ago, I set up .22 versions of my defense guns. A Glock 19 with an Advantage Arms .22 top-end. A Beretta 92 Vertec frame with the .22 factory conversion. And a S&W M&P-15/22. All with threaded barrels and cans.

Lo and behold, it was well worth it. It has also provided a lower-cost way to train some folks at work who have "seen the light" in the last 7 months.

I did the same after Sandy hook, minus the cans and shot a bunch one round drills from concealment with my G44 today. That reminds me, I need to list my AA kit for sale.

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10-13-20, 06:39
gaijin

I built a 1911 .22 that checks most of my boxes;

Same frame as range/carry guns (EGW/Wilson parts)
Same controls-2# trigger/etc.
Nelson/Marvel Upper- locks back on last rd., inexpensive mags, 3/4" @ 25 yd. accuracy, feeds/shoots about any crap .22
Fits range/carry holsters.

Downside is Optic mount is 3/8" higher than on my "real" guns.

Sure, you Glock guys can probably buy a .22 Glock precisely like your 17/19 whatever.
For us that cling to our old ways, that's not the case. (Yeah SIG makes a 1911 .22, but it in no way shot like anything I'd carry)

The point is; this is nearly a ringer for what I regularly carry/shoot.

https://i.imgur.com/GxB14by.jpg