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57 x 28 or 9mm?

I'm on the fence and am trying to consolidate ammo for when shtf. I just got the Smith and Wesson M&P 57 (no safety, of course) and its out performing my S&M MP 9c on penetration and accuracy...but the ammo is super expensive.....plus its not a common round. I'm wondering if I should stick with the 9mm for those two reasons? side note: the green tip 57x28's penetrate class 2 body armor and they will put a serious hurting on class 3.

I'm on the fence and am trying to consolidate ammo for when shtf. I just got the Smith and Wesson M&P 57 (no safety, of course) and its out performing my S&M MP 9c on penetration and accuracy...but the ammo is super expensive.....plus its not a common round. I'm wondering if I should stick with the 9mm for those two reasons? side note: the green tip 57x28's penetrate class 2 body armor and they will put a serious hurting on class 3.

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Good for you. Put a decent two-point sling, red-dot sight, and flashlight on it. Get at least 10 good quality, reliable, magazines. The quickest way to fuck up any magazine fed weapon is to have fucked up magazines.

Next, I would advise that you invest in a good, professionally run carbine course. You would be astonished by what spending a day or two on a range training with someone who does it for a living can do for your proficiency level. It will be worth it. (Tip: have you shit zeroed BEFORE you get there and be ready to train from the git-go. Nobody likes the guy who shows up with all of his brand new gear and having to wait while he unfucks himself.)

Spend the rest on ammo and practice, practice, practice. And by that I don't mean just go out and throw rounds down-range. Having a training plan for the range, just like for the gym. Make every round count toward achieving a training goal, like each rep at the gym.

See what works and see what breaks. I've had people tell me, "I've had my XYZ brand gun for all these years and it's never broken." To which I answer, "That just tells me that you don't shoot it enough."

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I spent 8 years in the Marine Corps (infantry, 1 tour Iraq and 1 tour Liberia during their second civil war), so we can safely assume I'm intimately familiar with rifles and high capacity belt fed weapons of all sorts ... I did become a member of a really well run range in the next county and I have already gotten involved with the people that run it ...(they have a live fire course set up and every month they have a different competition for a different gun class).
The Socom CQB comes with the new Hex Dragonfly scout red dot. I purchased a 700 lumens flashlight with an IR button for when I'm wearing my NVG's. I do need to get a bunch of clips though and of course, like you said....I need to put rounds down range and work the kinks out of my weapons until my muscle memory is on point.
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And halt.

Kojakjr: "...assume..." Also Kojakjr: "I spent 8 years in the Marine Corps (infantry..." Also also Kojakjr: "I do need to get a bunch of clips though..."

"Assume". "Clips". Uh-huh. Men of character are their own harshest critic.

You know what to do. Just "assume" the front leaning rest right where you are, and push the Earth away until you feel that you have redeemed yourself.

Then recover and continue to march.