Tul ammo
#11
Good info, thanks. Jeepkid, no. No department locally does that I'm aware of either. Perhaps some of the better departments in nicer areas do. We go to the range twice a year as a department and they provide ammo then. Which will equal about 150rds by the time they run a few practice rounds then a qualifying round. Not enough practice for my liking obviously. I used to buy bulk through a guy that gave law enforcement a good deal but I can't get a hold of him now. Then I loaded my own for awhile, but with the lady and kids, I just don't have time to spend hours loading bulk ammo on my single stage press. So looking to order some myself online. I'll avoid tula though. Thanks for the advice folks.
-JaKe
-JaKe
#12
It's not for everybody, but if we consider rifle barrels to be consumable, why not pistol barrels too?
#13
I've always been of the school of practice with something similar or identical to what you carry. He is talking about practicing with his duty weapon. What you are proposing is changing out the barrel and shooting ammo that wouldn't even be CLOSE to what he is carrying. At least I would HOPE like hell he isn't carrying that junk! And those Tula rounds aren't only hard on barrels, they are hard on extractors and ejectors and feed ramps as well. Steel cases are flat out rough on the whole firearm. Steel on steel at speed is NEVER a good idea.
#15
If you mean practice with the ammo I carry... It would cost me around $700/1000 rds to practice with what I carry. That's just unrealistic. At least in my opinion. Practice is about drawing, and getting rounds on target in realistic situations, environments, positions, angles, etc. It's about shooting under stress, and learning how to use the weapon in various situations that you end up in. I don't think I need to shoot rds that cost .70 cents a shot to replicate these situations.... I've ran several boxes of my duty ammo just to be sure that it functions properly and shoots well in the gun, but I can't possibly afford to practice with the stuff.
Standard bulk type ammo works just fine. I was just concerned with putting unnecessary wear on my pistol by shooting high volume of what I've heard is junk ammo. And ya'll confirmed what I've heard. I'll be ordering something other than tulammo
-Jake
#16
I don't know about that. Have you ever heard of American Ammunition? My dad had an old box of that for his 9mm. Seemed like standard 115 grain FMJ loads, till I fired one that blew up, blasted apart the grips, and singed my hands. I discovered online that was a distressingly common occurrence when people used American Ammunition in their guns.
#17
I'm assuming you mean with the weapon that you carry. In which case, I agree. I practice with my duty weapon.
If you mean practice with the ammo I carry... It would cost me around $700/1000 rds to practice with what I carry. That's just unrealistic. At least in my opinion. Practice is about drawing, and getting rounds on target in realistic situations, environments, positions, angles, etc. It's about shooting under stress, and learning how to use the weapon in various situations that you end up in. I don't think I need to shoot rds that cost .70 cents a shot to replicate these situations.... I've ran several boxes of my duty ammo just to be sure that it functions properly and shoots well in the gun, but I can't possibly afford to practice with the stuff.
Standard bulk type ammo works just fine. I was just concerned with putting unnecessary wear on my pistol by shooting high volume of what I've heard is junk ammo. And ya'll confirmed what I've heard. I'll be ordering something other than tulammo
-Jake
If you mean practice with the ammo I carry... It would cost me around $700/1000 rds to practice with what I carry. That's just unrealistic. At least in my opinion. Practice is about drawing, and getting rounds on target in realistic situations, environments, positions, angles, etc. It's about shooting under stress, and learning how to use the weapon in various situations that you end up in. I don't think I need to shoot rds that cost .70 cents a shot to replicate these situations.... I've ran several boxes of my duty ammo just to be sure that it functions properly and shoots well in the gun, but I can't possibly afford to practice with the stuff.
Standard bulk type ammo works just fine. I was just concerned with putting unnecessary wear on my pistol by shooting high volume of what I've heard is junk ammo. And ya'll confirmed what I've heard. I'll be ordering something other than tulammo
-Jake
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
I have to agree here that Tul Ammo is rather less than desirable. I bought my lady friend a Taurus Curve for Christmas that she was wanting for another CCW. She bought a case of .380 Tul at Wally World on discount, her mom works there. Almost every flipping time that pistol would hang, jam, fail to load the last round in the mag, something!!! I grabbed a box of Remmy ball round, runs like a quarter horse!!! I put it through my LCP, not much better. I told her that we will shoot it up and get rid of it unless she can push it off onto someone else and that we wont buy anymore. Just quality ammo. I have her carrying Winchester PDX1's for carry ammo. All 3 of our 380's like em!!!!
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Illinois
Posts: 282
I've always been of the school of practice with something similar or identical to what you carry. He is talking about practicing with his duty weapon.
If I was a professional, I would probably be inclined to practice with the same ammo I carry on duty. That said, the word professional has likely never been used to describe me in any way, so take that for what its worth.