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frangible ammo??

the obsrver said:
what was the price of 9mm before all the shortage? I have never shot steel, and target ammo around here seems to be mainly fmj. But I really want to buy a dueling tree, so I am going to have to order frangible when the price comes down.
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To answer your base ques:
YMMV... it kinda depends on where you live as to what the old prices were like. Unless you bought online (which I’d never done prior to the shortage)... you might call a couple LGSs to find out.
 
Well given that my wife is my shooting partner, we might start off at 10 yards. Then again I trained her and she took to it like a duck to water, so maybe not. She is extremely good at closer shots, but her eye sight is not so good at the longer ones. So I am sure she is going to want to move it to the 7-10 yard range and I am going to want it further out.
Either which way, I know someone who took a ricochet to the shoulder once, granted it was off a rock and not a piece of steel that moves, but why risk it. I think we have all heard that peerew sound and it is not a fun or good sound. Almost gives you the feeling like you just got away with something.
 
the obsrver said:
Thanks, that is what I wanted to know. Not really buying it before, I had no idea what was a good price.
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The main reason driving the higher price (imho) is that you won’t find, for instance, “WWB Frangible”...usually, it’s higher end stuff, often a training analogue of LE duty ammo—hence the Ranger I mentioned; also wasn’t uncommon to see Speer Lawman frangible, or Federal “Black & Blue” contract loads.
 
BET7 said:
Never shot steel before, but I watched this Hickok45 video (and stayed at a Holiday Inn last night :sneaky:), on shooting steel Safely. I for one, found it informative.

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So I guess I worry to much. Cool, We will just keep them out 30 foot or more. Like I said a dueling tree has swinging targets so I figured it was safer. Plus the one I was looking at has angle for the upright just as the video talks about.
Thanks for posting the video.
 
the obsrver said:
So I guess I worry to much. Cool, We will just keep them out 30 foot or more. Like I said a dueling tree has swinging targets so I figured it was safer. Plus the one I was looking at has angle for the upright just as the video talks about.
Thanks for posting the video.
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Hickok45 is enjoyable, worth watching and learning from, if not for anything more than learning how to safely enjoy yourself. Have seen many of his videos.
 
I only bought steel targets after the shortage started myself, so I didn't buy frangible before. But FMJ 9mm before the shortage was usually around $0.20/round, and on sale you could find it as low as $0.15/round.

I have 3/8" steel targets, and with 5.56, even frangible ammo leaves divots, and sometimes takes out small chunks of my targets. I prefer the bolt/spring method of hanging my targets, as that puts them at an angle, so the spall goes downwards and back.
 
bigx5murf said:
I only bought steel targets after the shortage started myself, so I didn't buy frangible before. But FMJ 9mm before the shortage was usually around $0.20/round, and on sale you could find it as low as $0.15/round.

I have 3/8" steel targets, and with 5.56, even frangible ammo leaves divots, and sometimes takes out small chunks of my targets. I prefer the bolt/spring method of hanging my targets, as that puts them at an angle, so the spall goes downwards and back.
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Yeah I bought a bunch of 9mm fmj before the shtf. I just want to get a dueling tree as I know that is the next step in working with my wife and her skills. So they will be movable steels.
 
the obsrver said:
Yeah I bought a bunch of 9mm fmj before the shtf. I just want to get a dueling tree as I know that is the next step in working with my wife and her skills. So they will be movable steels.
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I work out regularly, and I'm in good shape. But I seriously underestimated the weight of steel targets. Hauling them out to the desert and setting them up is a workout! As is transporting them back home and storing them.
 
bigx5murf said:
I work out regularly, and I'm in good shape. But I seriously underestimated the weight of steel targets. Hauling them out to the desert and setting them up is a workout! As is transporting them back home and storing them.
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Hah, yah, not they aren't light! There are more silent lighter weight alternatives available though besides beverage containers and blow up inflatables. Hard to beat the sound of ringing gongs though! :)

These are available, just have to record own gong sounds for distance shooting effects?

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