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Wanting to get a lever gun in 45 colt but I really want a ruger only chamber pressure tolerance. I see a lot of good about the Rossi R92 but am concerned about the stainless finish and quality of the wood. I want this to last a while but I simply don’t have the budget for a Henry or a marlin. My main concerns honestly is its potential to rust. I can work on wood as I gets older if I really need to.

Currently running a defense mechanisms MEPC after getting out of the army and I feel naked with the lack of coverage. Is there any cummerbunds anybody would recommend that can take soft armor and potentially side plates? I have side plate pouches but I really want a thicker soft armor cummerbund so I have some kind of side coverage regardless. I’ve seen the condor ones that take 6x14” inserts but don’t know if they’re comfortable

Anywhere that might let me use a chronograph in east Memphis or within 45 minutes of Germantown? I’m at the point where I think I’ve dialed in what I want out of my 300 blackout subs (194gr Lehigh ME on 9.9gr H110 at 2.21”)but I don’t know where to run a chronograph around here to know if I’m risking squibs or what ever else

This is somewhat of a follow up to another post I just made. I see a lot of people talk about how reloaded ammunition isn’t quality or reliable enough for daily use. I’m not speaking of the legality of using reloads for self defense, strictly the ammunition itself being capable of the same abuse you’d expect a factory ammo to withstand. I feel like reloads aren’t really that bad and people have been doing it for so long shouldn’t we be at a point where I shouldn’t be nervous stock piling it for shtf or being nervous about it failing if I chose to carry it day to day? I feel like I have confidence in my ammo but I see so many others talk about how reloads can go wrong in so many ways with day to day use. I’m just looking for some clarity. I’d like to keep a “kit” of 300 blackout and .357 sig I can reload and hang onto reliably for use in a worst case scenario. That’s my ultimate goal with all my calibers but I’m just referencing the harder calibers I own to find quality affordable ammo for.

I love shooting on a budget and one way I have been spending less is through buying once fired brass online for my .357 sig and 9mm usually getting about 500 rounds for ~$40 or less. It shoots fine and is accurate enough but my question now is this. Can I do the same for rifle cartridges such as 5.56, .243, .308 etc. and have decent reliability and accuracy? I just want to load a decent hunting load along with some reloaded ammo for my long term SHTF stock pile.

I currently have a 17.4, 19.5 MOS, and 43. My brothers agency is trading in their old duty pistols (23.4) and I bought his old one. I am swapping it to .357 sig and curious. Should I keep it as it is? Or should I get it cut for a red dot? Its primary purpose is going be carrying in the woods while hiking/rucking/camping. Maybe occasional ccw if I feel like having the firepower over my 19.5. Recommendations?

For the record I do not currently have a red dot on anything. I used to have an eps carry in my 19 that I loved but sold it because I just felt better with irons. Recently I’ve been dry firing a lot more and have started to consider another red dot. Probably a 407c

First off. I was reloading 300 blk with Lee dies and my depriming pin snapped somehow. LEE being as great as they are, responded incredibly fast and I have a new one on the way. Huge props to their customer service.

Second off. Just purchased a new die set for .357 sig and it came with a .7cc dipper. I found one single load that is compatible with the dipper and o was curious if it was truly accurate enough according to their little starting load data thing to run for range ammo. As long as the weight measures accurate in the first couple scoops should I be good to go to just quick load a whole bunch of range ammo? I scale and weight all my ammo that I use for HD hunting and longer range shooting already but 357 sig I just want ton of fast easy loads of FMJs for range practice. Are the dipper consistent enough for at least that?

Recently moved to a new state and my commute dropped from about 60 miles down to 11. I had a pretty extensive get home bag set up prior but I really don’t need a large portion of it anymore as 11 miles really shouldn’t be more than a days walk worst case scenario. As of now my get home equipment is my CCW, rain jacket and poncho, 3 extra pairs of socks, a t shirt, and a travel blanket and a flashlight, I have a fanny pack that goes around with me too that has a portable charger, boo boo kit, and a a multitool amongst other daily items. Is there anything I’ve overlooked in my downsize?

I go to a pretty great range that allows dynamic shooting for certain qualified individuals. The issue I’m having currently is the dynamic ranges are pistol calibers only. My go-to rifle is a 7.5” 300 blackout SBR (suppressed) which obviously doesn’t work here. I am considering doing 1 of 3 things.

1- buying a whole new 9mm ar pistol and doing a form 4 with a faux suppressor for weight/feel

2- buying a 16” 9mm ar to keep it simple

3- buying a sylvan arms 9mm conversion for my current SBR lower and buying an upper that’s identical to my 300blk chambers in 9mm then continuing to do that faux suppressor for cheap to make it as close to the same as possible.

Any thoughts or new ideas? Thanks in advance

Why is the community so torn on CFE BLK being either absolute trash and not even worth burning to start a survival fire in the dead of winter, or not bad at all and actually a decent performing and useable product?

I want to hand load a pretty expensive projectile for my 300 blackout. The purpose being self defense. The projectile is pretty expensive though and I was hoping I could develop the load with another bullet of similar weight. Would those be interchangeable in terms of load data? I’m not so worried about point of impact shift or anything else but simply the viability of using the same load for both to save money of the cost of developing and training with the more expensive round.

The bullets in question are the Lehigh maximum expansion 194gr hollowpoint and the 195gr ELD-M. Both over what ever charge of CFE blk I find makes me happy. I was hoping to develop my load with the cheaper ELDM and use that for practice then transfer the data to the Lehigh and just verify and zero few rounds before loading the rest and calling it a day.

Does anyone have a recommended projectile/ CFE BLK load data for subsonic 300 blk? I found a very happy sweet spot in supersonic with my 125gr TNT speed ammo but I’m having a hard time finding subsonic projectiles that are half decent for defense and the ones that seem good like Lehigh ME have basically zero load data on the internet. I am currently stuck with CFE blk because I bought it not realizing it was junk so I just want to run the pound I have until it’s gone and I can move on to something else worth my time.