Good reply, DPB! I used to buy from Eric @ Ammoman. I’m now buying ammo locally. I just paid $182.00 for 1,000 rounds of Blazer Aluminum 45 acp. One of my acquaintances gets his 45 ammo by the case from either Dick’s or Wal-Mart for between, $198.00 and $210.00. ‘Lawman’ is much better ammo than I’d normally use to practice with. No way would I pay, $250.00 + for a case of 45 acp. (Can’t afford to pay, ‘agency prices’ for my own practice ammo.)
A number of people have told me that the big advantage to those state and federal agencies that have adopted the 357 SIG is that the round excels in barrier penetration and does automobiles particularly well. Personally, this is not a role I’d select for a handgun. (That’s what 308's and TE carbines are for!)
The 45 acp is all the cartridge I’ll ever need for thin-skinned targets and pistols. Like you, I feel very safe with a 45 acp pistol in hand – Don’t need more small gun; don’t want any less, either!
Besides, with all the back and forth on handgun cartridges I, myself, place the most significance on: LARGE diameter, LOW pressure bullets with relatively SLOW recoil characteristics. Now that I’m carrying a polymer frame pistol these attributes are, even more, important to me.
This means that it's 45 acp for me, everyday, all the way.
- Cheers!