JustEd

You can carry safely a "modern" firearm which has no external safety (Glock, Sig, Hellcat). Good professional concealed carry training is highly recommended for ANY firearm. If an external safety floats you boat, wait for Sig to introduce that feature. They probably will. jmo

That's a great revolver. Never could quite afford one though. An old 2" S&W snubby is my favorite carry gun. Enjoy!!!

Not crapping on it, but there are a lot of good carry guns out there. There are a lot of good range or competition guns out there The original P365 is a great choice for edc. I don't understand why someone desires a gun designed which was optimized for conceal carry but was modified into a mid sized gun? There are very many great mid sized guns already out there. That's what they were designed to be. Is it just me or am I missing something? Granted, SIG knows a lot more about marketing than I do...:-)

Have multiple Stack on safes for ammo and firearms (two more not shown are for rifles and carry handguns). Most people think these are useless. Oddly, they are similar to what my old Sheriffs' Dept used for duty weapons. If you think these are easy to break into, I had to cut the door off one with a cutting disk when I lost they key. Took a long time and that cabinet is now at the recycliers Are anchored to both concrete floor and wall studs with bolts.

Have a few Lee products which seem OK. My RCBS Uniflow has thrown many a pound of powder. It seems to show no wear except the exterior finish which has come off from my banging it around the workbench. Long term, I would go with RCBS over Lee, but others may argue differently.

OWB, with a smaller firearm like a snubbie or micro compact. Carrying at 3-4 o'clock the gun gets lost amongst all my bulging fat. Have given up on IWB as it poke me too much when driving.

btw, Target Spoorts has the CCI 400 450 primers in stock at 549.00 per 5k. Not that bad of a price now a days. Have some in stock as well.

Speer Gold Dot or Sig V Crown in either 115 or 124 grain.

Wow, nice deal on the chargemaster. Now find some primers

Thought this might be of interest. For years have used my S&W 38. Spl Bodyguard as primary carry. I'm a fat dude and it fits my profile. Always ran a couple cylinders of ammo through it at the range to make sure it was gtg. Shot some BUG matches with it. Played with it at the range to optimize my da trigger pull. Was not adverse to showing people that you CAN hit a 25 yard target in the zone with a snubbie and full loads. In shorty, have shot it quite a lot. Well, it is starting to loosen up. Like a couple of Smiths that went before it, the cylinder will rock JUST A BIT. It's a sign of loosening up. Gonna miss that tight precise feel. It's not loose enough yet to cause any safety or accuracy problems. But if I continue for another 5-10 years like this....it might. Oh well, that's why I have so many cream puff reloads sitting around. Time to start using them. So, on topic my answer is....with some guns it may cause excessive wear. A snubbie is not as durable as a Glock 19.

Don’t think anyone can answer that. Your gun may run differently for some reason. in general, rounds which have a wide mouth “tend” to be harder to feed. Some of my guns run Speer Gold dot, some occasionally balk. Because of the barrel/feed ramp on 1911’s they “Can” be finicky Hornady seems to have a good bullet profile on their polymer tipped ammo. Old time Federal HST and HTP are quite reliable in any 45 I have had. Love Sig v crown in 9mm. Don’t have any in 45. Go with reliability first. Especially if you can’t afford to shoot a lot of them. Personally, I would not carry a round nose bullet for a concealed carry firearm.

Tried swapping out the two piece rod on my original Sig 1911. Couldn't see any advantage of the one piece road, so its sitting in a box somewhere. Had a Kimber with a one piece road, but never tried putting a two piece in. You'll just have to try it and see if it works for you. Best of Luck!!!

SOLLD!

Different strokes. Works for you, digital scale seems a cheap investment to me. Now if you are talking about my classic Ohaus and RCBS balance beam scales....those are a bit more of an investment than needed, but are nice to own.

For reloaders, this is the new bright age of..."try it and see what happens" Don't use "magnum" primers in any of my reloads, but have swapped rifle for pistol primers. SP vs SR primers make no measurable difference in velocity, 9mm and 38 spl. To my understanding the base material is thicker and that is about all. On magnum primers, I do not know if it is simply a matter of thicker base or if they are indeed hotter. Work up some loads with the standard primers and look for primer deformation to tell you when it is getting too hot.

Spend 20-30 bucks for a cheap electronic scale. The scoop "can" get you close, but better to do it right.

As I posted elsewhere … Target Sports USA has cci and federal small rifle primers in stock. In 5k lots only with free shipping. That works out to 60-65 bucks per k, depending on brand. Not bad by todays standard. No small pistol though if you are interested in reloading. This is the way to start off. Get the supplies while you can. Presses and dies aren’t that hard to come by

That sounds like a good answer. It looks like new ammo rather than a reload. Was thinking it is agency ammo used for training. That would explain why they were at the 75 yard mark. They often do their own thing, in my experience.

I would go for the six shot 38 with +P as the ammo is easy to find. If you find .357 in a store it is most likely fmj. Am not talking about bear, neither are very good at that, though the .357 is obviously better.

btw, it looks like it was a new cartridge, to me at least. edit: ok possibly the circles mean reloaded twice. That would explain the lack of crimp. Just seems like a rather busy headstamp to me.

Yes, figured its NATO spec and possibly crimped, just not obvious. A bit better pic, don't own a macro lens. Just don't understand the numerous circles and dot. Have seen a couple on LC ammo before but not this many.

Found a bunch of these on the 75 yard marker at local range...not supposed to shoot from there btw. LC is obviously Lake City, Nato round and 22 for this year. Question is, why so many circles and dot. I know they mean something, but don't know exactly what. Doesn't look crimped but could change my mind after de-priming them. Sorry for low quality cell phone pic.

Hope you find one, its a great idea!

I recently purchased a completed DelTon AR15 16" m4. It did have a problem with the front sight being a bit off center, not much. It was a rack display gun at very popular lgs so, who knows. DelTon promptly replaced the barrel and front sight. IT shoots absolutely great. Sight in group, after refit, is 3/8" by 9/16" at 25 yards....dead center. That is using factory iron sights off a rest. Fit and finish is good, but its not as slick operating as say a S&W or Ruger AR. Still, I have no complaints as a knock around gun.

Target Sports just emailed me that they have CCI small rifle primers at 599.99 for 5000. Hey, that's only twice what they used to cost before the idiots got control of our supply chain. Anyway, said they are in stock....sooooooooo reload