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This is semi-rhetorical/venting/ranting/really wonder what everyone else thinks.
So like so many families, money's tight.. counting and budgeting to the exact dollar.. give or take. .
Never had more than 5 or 6 rounds of JHP ammo for my main (and only) carry gun, plus a ton of function tested FMJ rounds.. not the ideal loading of mags for self or home defense by any means.
I bought my store limit of 3 boxes of 20rds of actual self defense JHP ammo.. totals about $75. Put it on the new credit card- figured could pay it across two months. The ammo has not been ran through or tested through my gun, however similar rounds from the same manufacturer have been, so I bought 3 boxes to run half of it through the gun and carry the rest, IF it worked out.
Of course wife goes and checks the credit card purchase record and sees I spent $75 on ammo.. not happy. How then to explain to a non-shooter why a mag full of FMJ 9mm isn't a good choice in the apartment or out in the street? Around here, if you find ammo you need, you best buy it cuz it wont be there in 5 mins or for another 5 months.
Maybe I should have alerted her to it first, maybe it really IS better to ask for permission rather than forgiveness.. she says I should have only bought 1 box.. which means load up my carry mag and have only 6 extra rounds.. none of which have been proofed through the gun.. also not idea.
What would you have done differently and when it comes to the safety of myself and my family.. should I really put stock in her pissed-off-edness? Granted you want to be honest and truthful with your spouse.. but to not to what I did, I might as well have just locked the pistol in the permanent gun safe and leave it there.
So like so many families, money's tight.. counting and budgeting to the exact dollar.. give or take. .
Never had more than 5 or 6 rounds of JHP ammo for my main (and only) carry gun, plus a ton of function tested FMJ rounds.. not the ideal loading of mags for self or home defense by any means.
I bought my store limit of 3 boxes of 20rds of actual self defense JHP ammo.. totals about $75. Put it on the new credit card- figured could pay it across two months. The ammo has not been ran through or tested through my gun, however similar rounds from the same manufacturer have been, so I bought 3 boxes to run half of it through the gun and carry the rest, IF it worked out.
Of course wife goes and checks the credit card purchase record and sees I spent $75 on ammo.. not happy. How then to explain to a non-shooter why a mag full of FMJ 9mm isn't a good choice in the apartment or out in the street? Around here, if you find ammo you need, you best buy it cuz it wont be there in 5 mins or for another 5 months.
Maybe I should have alerted her to it first, maybe it really IS better to ask for permission rather than forgiveness.. she says I should have only bought 1 box.. which means load up my carry mag and have only 6 extra rounds.. none of which have been proofed through the gun.. also not idea.
What would you have done differently and when it comes to the safety of myself and my family.. should I really put stock in her pissed-off-edness? Granted you want to be honest and truthful with your spouse.. but to not to what I did, I might as well have just locked the pistol in the permanent gun safe and leave it there.
