Practice Rounds vs. Defense Rounds: Are You Stocked on Both?
Range ammo and home-defense ammo are not the same thing, even for shooters who treat them like one big pile. Full metal jacket rounds are built for practice, while 5.56 self defense ammo is engineered for a very different job. Neither one is better; they simply serve different purposes, and mixing them up in a single stash is where confusion tends to start.
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