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Howdy,
My 1st post to CHL forum. I've shot the Monarch 9mm brass a number of times. It seems just fine. It's certainly no dirtier that WWB. Moreover, I've had no failures at all. Then again, Glocks eat and digest anything.

I've shot plenty of the Monarch ammo (not by choice-- they just didn't have what I wanted in stock.)

I've had absolutely no problems with it at all. I DO strip down and clean my pistol every 100 rounds I go through, so maybe I didn't give it enough time to deposit a whole bunch of crud in the pistol. FWIW, YMMV, WWB honestly seemed to be a lot dirtier. (how's that for a string of abbreviations?)

I'm a bargain girl. I look for price first when shopping for practice ammo. Like Mr. Drummy, I do clean my guns often. I think this helps, especially if you're going to practice with the cheap stuff.

I wouldn't mind learning to reload either, especially as high as .45 ammo runs.

That's it. I went to Walmart today for my resupply and sure enough saw the new prices. So I'm now going to start reloading for sure. Just need some start-up info and prices. Stopped by the gun show on Sat and didn't see any cheaper priced 45ACP. Everything was around $30 compare to Walmart's $27.

I went to Academy today and WWB 9mm was 6.93/50.

I also went to DFW gun range today and they had 100 rounds of reloads in a steel case for $140. My brother-in-law bought some, so I hope to hear a report on it soon.

jbirds1210 wrote:This is bad....very bad. The price of ammo has discouraged me from a few range trips in the last month....

There is going to be a Poor Boy Custom (PBC) class in IDPA before long if something doesn't give! We will have have to shoot .22's.

Jason

I've been seriously thinking about buying a 22 for target
practice. I know there is a lot of difference in a 45 & 22
even just practicing but I can still shoot more without it costing
so much. I know nothing about 22 pistols and don't know what to
look for or what to pay for one. I would like one in SA with a 5 or 6 in. barrel.
Any suggestions?

Tote 9 wrote:

jbirds1210 wrote:This is bad....very bad. The price of ammo has discouraged me from a few range trips in the last month....

There is going to be a Poor Boy Custom (PBC) class in IDPA before long if something doesn't give! We will have have to shoot .22's.

Jason

I've been seriously thinking about buying a 22 for target
practice. I know there is a lot of difference in a 45 & 22
even just practicing but I can still shoot more without it costing
so much. I know nothing about 22 pistols and don't know what to
look for or what to pay for one. I would like one in SA with a 5 or 6 in. barrel.
Any suggestions?

I bought a Ruger 22/45 for this very reason. It's a 5.5" barrel chambered in .22LR. It holds very much like a 1911 (even down to the pistol's weight), but fires .22lr ammo (at about $0.03 each instead of $0.24 each or more). It isn't a perfect solution, but it's a whole lot cheaper.

I'm also getting a green gas powered airsoft BB pistol that's a replica 1911A1 with full blow-back functionality.
http://www.airsplat.com/Items/GP-KWC-1161-H.htm
Once again, because it's cheaper to practice with, but also because I can practice in my backyard, and because I can do draw-from-holster drills and such without worrying about AD/NDs. I plan to put bright orange tape around the grip of it to help clearly differentiate it at a glance from my GI .45 (a tip I got from an ICE agent).

Tote 9 wrote:
I've been seriously thinking about buying a 22 for target
practice. I know there is a lot of difference in a 45 & 22
even just practicing but I can still shoot more without it costing
so much. I know nothing about 22 pistols and don't know what to
look for or what to pay for one. I would like one in SA with a 5 or 6 in. barrel.
Any suggestions?

If you already have a 1911, you may be interested in a .22LR conversion kit for it. I have a Ciener conversion kit, and I'm very happy with it (but I didn't like it initially, I did a review of it a month ago). The kit allows me to practice w/ my 1911 very cheaply.

Of course, after becoming interested in more precision shooting (from action shooting), I noticed a significant drop in my ammo spending. I just don't practice high speed, low accurate (A zone) shooting very much and more; mainly concentrating on getting the bullseye. Plus using .22LR, this means match grade ammo is only $6/box and practice ammo is only $2/box.

jbirds1210 wrote:


I bought a Ruger 22/45 for this very reason. It's a 5.5" barrel chambered in .22LR. It holds very much like a 1911 (even down to the pistol's weight), but fires .22lr ammo (at about $0.03 each instead of $0.24 each or more). It isn't a perfect solution, but it's a whole lot cheaper.
.

What was the price?

j1132s wrote:

If you already have a 1911, you may be interested in a .22LR conversion kit for it. I have a Ciener conversion kit, and I'm very happy with it (but I didn't like it initially, I did a review of it a month ago). The kit allows me to practice w/ my 1911 very cheaply.

Of course, after becoming interested in more precision shooting (from action shooting), I noticed a significant drop in my ammo spending. I just don't practice high speed, low accurate (A zone) shooting very much and more; mainly concentrating on getting the bullseye. Plus using .22LR, this means match grade ammo is only $6/box and practice ammo is only $2/box.

I have a 1911 Kimber 45. What is there to changing from one barrel to the
other? About what is the cost of the kit?

Tote 9 wrote:

jbirds1210 wrote:


I bought a Ruger 22/45 for this very reason. It's a 5.5" barrel chambered in .22LR. It holds very much like a 1911 (even down to the pistol's weight), but fires .22lr ammo (at about $0.03 each instead of $0.24 each or more). It isn't a perfect solution, but it's a whole lot cheaper.
.

What was the price?

I don't recall the exact price, but it was around $300 for the Ruger P512MKIII.

stevie_d_64 wrote:Ammo prices to me is a lot like buying gas these days...

We may not like it, but we will pay it...We will always lookout for deals, and let our friends know about them when we see it...

Thats the beauty of our community, we will always be looking out for each other...In good times and bad...

+1

I quit buying my range ammo from Walmart when their 9mm WWB went from $4.96 to $5-something. I get my range ammo at Academy now.

Tote 9 wrote:

j1132s wrote:

If you already have a 1911, you may be interested in a .22LR conversion kit for it. I have a Ciener conversion kit, and I'm very happy with it (but I didn't like it initially, I did a review of it a month ago). The kit allows me to practice w/ my 1911 very cheaply.

Of course, after becoming interested in more precision shooting (from action shooting), I noticed a significant drop in my ammo spending. I just don't practice high speed, low accurate (A zone) shooting very much and more; mainly concentrating on getting the bullseye. Plus using .22LR, this means match grade ammo is only $6/box and practice ammo is only $2/box.

I have a 1911 Kimber 45. What is there to changing from one barrel to the
other? About what is the cost of the kit?

The kit costs about $220 new w/ 2 mags and hard carry case. It replaces your top end.

It is more accurate than my Walther P22, about equal in accuracy as my old buckmark. I'll bring it to the Austin get together for folks to try.

I bought a SIG Mosquito as my 22 target iron. Bout' 90% of a BIG BOY SIG. I love it! Has a little motion with the 22 Mini Mags ; which I must say, this tool is ammo sensitive. I am fortunate enough to walk about 50 yards to my range and practice as I please. The SIG Mosquito is top dawg in my book. But when I need a little bite and pain, I turn to my Mouse Gun: North American Arms Guardian .380. It hurts so good.
Man does it Bite my hand ! I love em' all.

Wouldn't you just know it! We just bought a S A 1911 45, Micro Compact and will be buying the S & W, MP 45 next month. I thought 45 ammo was high at about $23.00 per 100 for WWB. Still worth it though I guess. I'll just have to shoot my 9mm's a little more.