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I was at my first USPSA practice last week. I was shooting some standard reloaded 115gr 9mm Freedom Munitions I got on a sale once years ago. I was running it through my G19.
There was one stage where I was hitting larger steel poppers, but they were not dropping. I had to shoot them 3-4 times before they dropped. Others were shooting 9mm guns and dropping the steel. However, they were running full sized guns...ie...5" or longer barrels. And I am not sure what ammo they were running.
To date, I have never had a squib or ammo malfunction with Freedom stuff. They just don't seem to knock the steel over. But all my G19's, my G26 and my Beretta 92 function fine with it. Last month I had a case of factory Remington ammo that had 3 primers loaded backwards. That stunned me...never seen that before.
Anyway, I am looking for affordable 9mm bulk ammo that is loaded on the hotter side. I have seen that the Brown Bear steel cased ammo tends to chrono around the 1300 fps mark. But then you get all the problems that steel cased Russian ammo brings...hard primers, excessively dirty, potentially increased wear on a few parts, ext.
So maybe I need to look for 124gr NATO loads? I have not seen much of that in bulk available though. But I have not used my Google Fu to really research that. I am sure someone had this problem before, but I could not find anything specifically addressing this by searching here at INGO.
What words of wisdom do you have for me INGO?
I was at my first USPSA practice last week. I was shooting some standard reloaded 115gr 9mm Freedom Munitions I got on a sale once years ago. I was running it through my G19.
There was one stage where I was hitting larger steel poppers, but they were not dropping. I had to shoot them 3-4 times before they dropped. Others were shooting 9mm guns and dropping the steel. However, they were running full sized guns...ie...5" or longer barrels. And I am not sure what ammo they were running.
To date, I have never had a squib or ammo malfunction with Freedom stuff. They just don't seem to knock the steel over. But all my G19's, my G26 and my Beretta 92 function fine with it. Last month I had a case of factory Remington ammo that had 3 primers loaded backwards. That stunned me...never seen that before.
Anyway, I am looking for affordable 9mm bulk ammo that is loaded on the hotter side. I have seen that the Brown Bear steel cased ammo tends to chrono around the 1300 fps mark. But then you get all the problems that steel cased Russian ammo brings...hard primers, excessively dirty, potentially increased wear on a few parts, ext.
So maybe I need to look for 124gr NATO loads? I have not seen much of that in bulk available though. But I have not used my Google Fu to really research that. I am sure someone had this problem before, but I could not find anything specifically addressing this by searching here at INGO.
What words of wisdom do you have for me INGO?