Such as IJ and a Marlin 1894.
The worries some folks seem to have is that the owner will invariably load or buy hot ammo for one that will find it's way into the weaker of the two. This of course causes a KABOOM that ruins the gun and causes the shooter to mess their pants. They act as if every body is a moron with no self control or control over their personal actions.
I wonder why this paranoia. I've lived with the .45 Colt cartridge chambered in a variety of guns for 35 years. I've shot every kind of factory ammo I could get my hands on, and hand loaded uncountable thousands of my own rounds to various pressure levels. I have yet to KABOOM any of my guns.
Today I own guns in three strength levels: Colt SAA level, S&W 25-5 level, Ruger level ( includes the Win 94AE and Marlin 1894).
Most of my ammo is loaded to either factory levels or slightly higher levels that are safely usable in all of them. Only a small fraction of my ammo is loaded to the Ruger only level. I do not worry about it. I acknowledge there is a difference in these loads and am careful not to put the Ruger only loads in the Cattleman.
What I'm failing to understand is why the appearance of fear and paranoia in some folks. It's as if they feel that if a +P load is in the same county with them it will find it's way into their gun and blow it up. This is an unnatural and bothersome behavior to me. It intrigues me and yet makes me worry about these people.
Maybe it's because I was born when people acknowledged that life is not safe. Everything is potentially dangerous if care and common sense is not used. I take personal responsibility in all my shooting activities. I'm aware that things can happen, but I'm not going to be the one who does it.
Here are a few things I do that help with this:
I have a color code I sometimes use on my ammo:
GREEN = SAAMI spec, safe for all guns.
BLUE = More than SAAMI, but not at Ruger level, safe for all good shape guns.
RED = Much more than SAAMI, RUGER ONLY
BLACK = Black powder, for any gun when the mood strikes.
It's been a while since I color coded any ammo, but I do color code my custom made labels when I make them.
I know my bullets.
If my ammo has a Lyman 454190 in it or similar, then it's SAAMI spec.
If it's got a Keith SWC in it then it's either slightly over SAAMI or a Keith load.
If it's got a Speer 250gr SWC in it then it's SAAMI level
If it's got a 270gr WFN or a 300gr LTCFN it's RUGER ONLY
If it's got a jacketed bullet in it, then there's good chance it's RUGER ONLY.
I label ALL my ammo.
I do not leave ammo around that is not identified. Sometimes it's boxed with labels on the box, or sometimes it's in a zip lock bag with a label either on or in the bag. Regardless of how it's contained all of it is identified.
If I take a hundred rounds from the larger bulk supply I label it.
I pay attention to what I am doing.
When I pick up a gun to load I pay attention to which caliber it is. I do not just grab some ammo willie nillie and stuff it in the chamber. That just doesn't happen.
No exceptions.
Common sense and care are all it takes. Paranoia is unnecessary.
This is my take on things and is not meant to reflect on any specific person alive or dead, weather or not they are a member of this or any other on line forum I'm currently or an ex member of.
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