I'm thinking range ammo probably means whatever they have on sale that week. Is that right? You don't need "the good stuff" for training and practicing.
It should probably weigh the same and travel the same speed as your self-defense ammo. Meaning, 115 grain training ammo is going to have a way different point of impact and recoil than 147 grain self-defense hollow points. You'll at least want to also train with a decent quantity of self-defense ammo as well.
Most range ammo is FMJ, but that's what our military uses, so it will get the job done...just don't use it for hunting.
I agree. It's simply cheaper ammo, maybe aluminum or steel casing. Something that you can train eye and hand with that produces good habits and muscle memory. One still should shoot some self-defense loads that they carry and use to fine tune, but the majority or training can be done with cheaper ammo.
I am old hat. When I was in high school and the rifle club used the National Armory to shoot our Springfields in, the government supplied the rifles and ammo. They used some ammo made for the range, frangible among other things I did not understand or care about. We had to go the supply room each time and get a container of "range ammo" in a sealed box with the supply clerks name and time of issue. It then went to the range safety officer who made sure we had no other ammo and when we got the firing positions range ammo was issued, after shooting, any excess ammo was collected, Odd situation but back plate had been in position since at least WW1 and when we were shooting it was well into Korea and it had no holes. Range was in basement and started at front of building, run under offices and drill floor, big enough for basketball games with spectators, and ran under garage. Have no idea of what length it was, but it was legal for our club to use and to have other clubs shoot with us is competition. Can you imagine what would happen today if you went to your school gym and picked up your school supplied rifle and got on a school bus and had it drive 60 miles on public roads to get to another school and have a rifle target contest? That was normal in early 1950's in rural Minnesota, After a couple years of being on the team, the government gave me the rifle and I still have it. Dad had the bolt bent, easier to use with a scope, and the stock modified while I was in the AF to make it easier to hunt with. Thought he was doing me a big favor and at the time I might of thought so too.
