walther p1 ammo

[Robert_Yeomans]

hi everyone
i have a walther p1 pistol on order and i was wondering wat was the best ammo to get for it? i heard certain kinds can lead to frame cracks or something.

 

[Chuck3436]

Don't use flat points, don't use any +p.

I've heard 147grain winchester SXT/Talons/T-series HP actually feed in a lot of these.

Other than that, these were made for standard ball ammo. Any hollowpoints will have to be trial and error for your gun, but I've heard most won't reliably feed.

 

[fnrob]

My postwar P-38 absolutely hates flat points, but she seems to love Winchester 115 grain FMJ's.

 

[MTF]

I've always used 115 gr. or 125 gr. FMJ rounds in my P1. I've read that there had been instances of slides developing cracks, but I believe that was because of use of very hot cartridges in the +P range, and because of very heavy usage. I believe if you use standard loads, just shoot occasionally, and are not on an intense shooting schedule like IPSC practice, your gun should be OK. After all, it was built for that.

 

[american lockpicker]

I used to use WWB 115g FMJ and Winchester 147g HP in the P-1 I used to have. I never had a jam and the frame didn't crack.

 

[Tomochan]

Mine prefers 124gr but I believe anything up to 147gr is OK. I don't think the hotter loads are good for the pistol though so I would avoid anything in the +P range.

 

[Robert_Yeomans]

wat is +p?

 

[fnrob]

wat is +p?

Normally, I don't like to source wikipedia for answers, but they seem to have a fairly decent explaination of it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/+P_ammunition

 

[Robert_Yeomans]

thanks for the link, really helpful
is most commercial 9mm mmo non +P??

 

[fnrob]

I think most isn't. The Winchester white box 115 grain ammo seems to be the most commonly available in my area, and it's not +P.

 

[Robert_Yeomans]

okay thanks alot for the help guys