SheepDog4Life
Natural Gray Man
Using range ammo for self defense as a cost cutting measure?
I'm sure I'll open myself up to all manner of internet expert criticism, but here goes.
I use Hornady Critical Defense. When i first got my current EDC, an M&P 9c, I ran about 3 or 4 boxes of Critical defense through it after the first 100 rounds of range ammo to make sure it would function. It did. Since then, I run through about a box a year of the Critical Defense with all my other shooting being with various range ammos from Rem/UMC to WWB, to Blazer Brass and Aluminum, to American Eagle, to whatever else I can find at a decent price.
...but the 9c is always loaded with Critical Defense, 12+1 with an extra 17 in a spare mag, everywhere but the range.
What's a box of Critical Defense? $25? C'mon- $25 a year. I spend more than that on Altoids.
I'm not sure why you would think that... Sounds like a good practice/procedure to me. But then, I do something very similar with my SD ammo, Gold Dots.