I stopped into one of my regular gun shop stops in Mesa when I was in the Valley yesterday.
They had five 50-round boxes of 200grain Winchester FMJ (FP), and four 50-round boxes of 200gr Winchester JHP in 45GAP.
Correction...I had all of them for $250 cash (that my wife didn't know I had), plus I bought some other stuff.
I had won a Glock 37 and four magazines in the LE Division of a USPSA match in Prescott, AZ back in 04 or 05. I shot it in a few IDPA matches and I liked it, but it didn't give me anything that my Glock 30 didn't already give me and that time we were issued Glock 22s (No other choice), so it would never really be a match gun and I'd never carry it on or off duty...so I just stuck it in the safe.
But here's what I like about that pistol...
Familiar frame feel. Chunky slide aside, the frame feels just like the Glock 17 or 22 I have carried for almost 30 years.
Same sight picture.
Same trigger.
Same manual of arms.
Same frame internals as any other Glock.
I can load GAP on my Dillon with ACP dies, even if sorting the brass is a pain in the butt...even with the Dillon sorting trays...ask ANYONE who has had a few pieces of GAP brass get tossed in the ACP bucket. I probably WON'T reload it because I am not digging into my supply of SMALL PISTOL primers on some oddball round when I can just load 9mm, but you get the idea.
Nearly identical ballistics to 45 ACP. Nearly. Close enough.
In the current ammo drought...you can still find GAP online or on the shelf at some local gun shops for the same, or close to the same, price you paid before all the election shenanigans began.
I may never carry the Glock 37, but if I need it...it's nice to know it's there.
What is an "oddball" pistol/caliber you have and like....and why?
They had five 50-round boxes of 200grain Winchester FMJ (FP), and four 50-round boxes of 200gr Winchester JHP in 45GAP.
Correction...I had all of them for $250 cash (that my wife didn't know I had), plus I bought some other stuff.
I had won a Glock 37 and four magazines in the LE Division of a USPSA match in Prescott, AZ back in 04 or 05. I shot it in a few IDPA matches and I liked it, but it didn't give me anything that my Glock 30 didn't already give me and that time we were issued Glock 22s (No other choice), so it would never really be a match gun and I'd never carry it on or off duty...so I just stuck it in the safe.
But here's what I like about that pistol...
Familiar frame feel. Chunky slide aside, the frame feels just like the Glock 17 or 22 I have carried for almost 30 years.
Same sight picture.
Same trigger.
Same manual of arms.
Same frame internals as any other Glock.
I can load GAP on my Dillon with ACP dies, even if sorting the brass is a pain in the butt...even with the Dillon sorting trays...ask ANYONE who has had a few pieces of GAP brass get tossed in the ACP bucket. I probably WON'T reload it because I am not digging into my supply of SMALL PISTOL primers on some oddball round when I can just load 9mm, but you get the idea.
Nearly identical ballistics to 45 ACP. Nearly. Close enough.
In the current ammo drought...you can still find GAP online or on the shelf at some local gun shops for the same, or close to the same, price you paid before all the election shenanigans began.
I may never carry the Glock 37, but if I need it...it's nice to know it's there.
What is an "oddball" pistol/caliber you have and like....and why?
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