Originally posted by Speedy Parker
This thread is for discussion of the 2nd amendment and all things firearm related. Talk about your opinion on 2A, the guns you own, your favorite ammunition for various calibers, shooting techniques you are working on or have developed, or any firearm related news regarding the 2nd amendment issues. At some point I will post a list of everything I own, why I own each one, and the rounds I prefer for practice vs the ones I prefer for every day carry.
Expect much trolling ITT as many users here think they can get my goat and many are just flaming brainwashed libtards or at least pretend to be.
To start with my every day carry is the FN 5.7 with a 30 round extended mag in a cross draw custom made holster with two 20 round mags on matching leather mag "holster". The reason I prefer this over my many 1991s and 9mms are as follows.
With it's polymer frame it only weighs 21 oz dry and not even double that with the 30 round mag. Loaded with the FN SS197SR 5.7x28mm FN 40 Grain Hornady V-MAX (Muzzle Velocity: 2034 fps) it comes in just under double that with the 20 round mags an a tad more with the 30. The recoil is almost non-existent which facilitates rapid back on target properties. at 50 yards it will (not can) penetrate level IIIA soft body armor and yet will not over pen and hit the innocent guy behind the bad guy.
My back up EDC is a Ruger SP101 2 inch snub nosed 5 round .357 Magnum loaded with Buffalo Bore 180 gr. Hard Cast LFN-GC (1,400fps/M.E. 783 ft. lbs.). The rig it is carried in has two pouches for my 5 round speed loaders.
On a daily routine I carry both of these with a total of 71 rounds of 5.7 and 15 rounds of .357. Sometimes when I go longer or overnight runs I also strap my CORE AR15 pistol with a 7 inch barrel chamber in AAC .300 Blackout slung across my back with a 30 round mag and two spares 30 round mags in my saddle bags.
I have other weapons that don't leave the ranch much but I will get more into that as the thread develops.
worst loadout. ever.
5.7xshit is designed to be fired at close range, at full-auto, from a longer-than-pistol barrel length. its ballistics are shit and its a shit design round. even the shit 5.56 NATO is better.
no one wears IIIA. if the target is wearing IIIA other pistol rounds will penetrate it as well. it will have zero effect other than a light tickle on III or III+. besides...III+ weighs barely more than IIIA
you got the 'not over pen' right. the bullet is moving so fast and expands so quickly it doesnt penetrate enough to reach the vitals on anything other than an anorexic midget.
2" snub with 180gr non-expanding rounds is absolutely useless. it will over-penetrate on humans and underpenetrate any large animal. youre also wasting a buttfuckton of powder potential with that short barrel and mushroom-cloud sized fireball, as hot as BB rounds are.
