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Nick, Are you looking for already loaded ammunition with copper plated bullets? Wayne

I'm considering a heavy barreled .223 for varmint/target shooting. I normally would shoot varmints with my Bushmaster Varminter, which is a great gun, but considering a possible scary looking gun ban in IL it's got me thinking. Maybe a Mossberg MVP Or a Savage

http://www.gunbot.net/ammo It looks to me like they screen scrape and aggregate info, then let the end user sort by price, age, and 'in stock'. The price of ammo is really frightening. Wayne

Participating in a gun buy back because you believe that the criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you believe that the neighbors have too many kids.

Seriously - go look for yourself. It's about the craziest thing I've seen in a long time.

Good advice - thanks Barry

Thanks Barry, You always keep us on our toes! Wayne

Welcome to our forums! I have exactly the same pistol, but in the Mark II version. I bought it about 20 years ago and have put a huge amount of ammo through it. I'd guess 100,000 rounds, I don't know for sure, but it's a LOT. I've never replaced a single part in all that time. Congrats on your purchase of a fantastic and fun pistol! Wayne

What value does it have in 22LR? I don't get it.

I guess it has begun again

Here you go: 8 ga hulls at Ballistic Products

Have you seen election fueled buying?

No rioting here in Illinois, just disappointment. Wayne

Good luck with the crossing. I think I stay away from challenging them on the spot. I don't see how that can turn out good for you. Wayne

MEC Zombie reloader I think I've seen it all now and I also think the whole Zombie marketing thing has been completely overdone. Wayne

I finally had a chance to put several hundred rounds through the M&P 22 I bought a few months ago. My purpose of purchasing the M&P 22 is to have a practice gun that is much cheaper to shoot than my M&P Pro 9mm, which the M&P 22 certainly is. The hope was that the M&P 22 would feel and handle almost the same as the 9mm version. Grip: I have the medium backstrap insert in my M&P Pro, which is the same size as the fixed backstrap in the M&P 22. The grip feel is exactly the same comparing both pistols. You could have someone close their eyes and hand them either and they wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Weight: Big difference here. The Pro is much heavier than the 22. The difference is in the use of steel vs aluminum in the slide. Then if you fill the magazine in the 9mm, it feels like it weighs as much as two of the 22's. Sight picture: The sights are different so it's pretty hard to compare the sights themselves. However, when considering the view of the back of the frame/slide/sights, then is the same. S&W did a great job of making the overall picture of the back of the gun, while sighting, look exactly the same. Trigger: These are not 1911's, they are modern polymer pistols with jointed type triggers. There is considerable movement of the trigger before sear engagement. The Pro is striker fired, while the 22 is hammer fired. The result is that the 22 doesn't have to finish compressing the striker spring during the trigger pull. The 22 has a much crisper trigger break than even the Pro, which has a pretty good trigger. I understand that the 22 and Pro ( and other centerfire M&P's included) have much different trigger systems, but the result is the 22 does have a better trigger than any other pistol in the M&P polymer series. Recoil: Holy Cow. The 22 just doesn't have recoil. I fired about 200 rounds through the 22 yesterday, then fired the Pro 9mm. The perception of recoil and muzzle blast from the first shot through the 9mm felt like I had somehow chambered a S&W 500 in my 9mm Pro. Do yourself a favor, if you practice with the M&P 22, then shoot a centerfire M&P in competition, run a couple magazines through your centerfire before your first shot in competition. You'll re-acclimate your brain to the feel of recoil and noise. Reliability: All 450 rounds through the 22 so far have been Federal 525 bulk pack. The pistol has performed flawlessly - not a single issue, period. What's not to like about this pistol? I certainly can't find anything. Wayne

If the extraneous primer in the case went off with the powder charge, I can almost guarantee you'd have an over pressure event. How much over pressure? Who's to say what the pressure would be, but I'm in the group of idiots who have intentionally set a primer off. Primers are MUCH more powerful than most, including me, realize. Wayne

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Once you use LTE, you just can't use a phone without.. Wayne

LTE page on Wikipedia In my opinion it's the first cellular data protocol that makes application speed usable on mobile devices. It likes power (battery), but man is it fast. I have sustained 36Mb/s down to my phone. Wayne

Man Barry, I think I need to visit!

We are visiting out son at Mizzou this weekend. We've been here several times in the last year and have only ever had VZW 3G, which as you know is pretty slow. Today about 1:00 I noticed my phone said "4G LTE", which it always says at home, but has never had here. As I write this I'm enjoying the increased speed of LTE in CoMo! I believe I witnessed the turn-up of LTE here today. OK, so I'm in the business, it seems exciting to me... Wayne

Looks like Sept 7-9 in Waterloo, IA. Are you going to shoot in it? Wayne

Where do you buy online? Wayne

While we were dropping off our son for his freshman year at the University of Missouri, I just had to drive by Midway USA for a look. I wish they had a retail store to visit, but I didn't see anything like that. My visit was just driving around looking at the business office and warehouses/shipping buildings. I will say that everything was extremely clean and well kept. There was a 'customer order pickup' door, but I didn't go in. I hope my son will get a job there since employees get a great discount.. :-) I took this picture outside of the office entrance.