Best Ammo with Limited Funds

by MJ Woodland

What is the best Ammo to have when your funds are limited…

This was a question from a friend of mine named Ira out of Charlotte, NC. To answer your question your options are limitless. Normally when people come to my classes and their firearms are having numerous malfunctions, 9 times out of 10 it is the brand of ammo they decided to use. This is nothing more than the person not knowing the difference in brands, or just trying to stretch a dollar to get training. Never purchasing any ammo that would cause my weapons to malfunction, my research lead me to a number of brands that never gave me any issues while training or shooting competitions. The one brand I would always suggest to those who do not have the funds to purchase the higher brand of ammo would be UMC. Having limited funds when I first began shooting competitions I would be to go to Wal-Mart and purchase a box of UMC ammo and get 250 rounds for under $80 at that time. That box would take me through the match of the day, with a little bit left over to work on some slow fire drills later in the week.

Last week we talked about dry firing, and this is another way I kept my training going without spending money on ammo. This was a cheaper approach to reaching to my desired goal, at the same time pinching the pennies to stay effective at the competitions. Adding a variety of drills while you dry fire, will add to your performance being enhanced with live rounds. For instance, concentrating on the front site and pulling the trigger straight back was more of a challenge for me especially when you add in running and walking into the equation. Taking notice on how repeating the drill over a number of times would build a pattern that later become second nature, this bit of training had me focusing more on just walking or running instead of pulling the trigger.

So to answer your question, do a little research on the ammo you think will serve your purpose, throw in some dry fire drills, and get the most out of the ammo quantity you have to keep your time on the range a discovery of betterment with the dedicated time you spent on practicing. Before you know it, you will be keeping up with your buddy at the range who puts in the more time with the various shot patterns on target compared to your well-aimed shot groups.

Tune in next week as we tackle another area of marksmanship for another Tips and review segment

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