9mm ammo recommendations

JohnnyNitrous

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Getting a sig p226 and just wondering whats a good ammo to buy for messing around at the range. Was looking at 1000 rounds of American Eagle FMJ but I noticed they come in different grains. One was 115 and the other was 124 grain. Just looking to see what everyone else likes and maybe if you could recommend anything else that could be bought in bulk. Thanks
 
124 grain fmj is the most common and recommended it seems like to me, but I really like the 147 grain wadcutter just because of the nice clean holes they punch. Literally, actually punches perfect circles and under your target you will get confetti haha.
 
I've been doing the same thing. You should check out custom reloading one of the dealers on here. They sell those three weights at various loads for you at 117.50 per box of 500. Pretty sure they are based in the lower main land. I haven't tried it but when I asked around everyone gave it good reviews.
 
All BS. If you can't group with all brands and weight, you suck. If your gun won't run with all brands and weights, its a lemon. Buy the cheap stuff and shoot lots.

TDC
 
TDC said:
All BS. If you can't group with all brands and weight, you suck. If your gun won't run with all brands and weights, its a lemon. Buy the cheap stuff and shoot lots.

TDC
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really? Wonder why all those guys shooting bullseye spend all that time reloading or buying factory match when they could just shoot norinco.......I've never owned a firearm that didn't have ammo preferences....why should handguns be any different.

Personally i can't stand the 147 stuff, if you want heavier bullets shoot 38 or 40. But that's just preference on my part, My HP loves it, nothing else does.
I won't stock one bullet weight for one pistol out of many, they all are happy with 124 - 115. Again, For whatever reason the HP hates lead, all the rest eat it like candy.

I prefer 115, but shoot 124 when it's what i can get. I prefer to load my own, since most of my pistols run just as well or better on cast 115-124 at a third of the price of factory. Any north american 9 mm is decent to good, even the cheap stuff. The MFS is reliable, but some ranges dont like the steel jackets, and some guns dont shoot it as accurately. The norinco stuff i'd take if you gave it to me, but wouldn't pay for it. It (usually) goes bang, and (usually) groups into 3-5 inches at 15 yards....
 
Cocked&Locked said:
really? Wonder why all those guys shooting bullseye spend all that time reloading or buying factory match when they could just shoot norinco.......I've never owned a firearm that didn't have ammo preferences....why should handguns be any different.

Personally i can't stand the 147 stuff, if you want heavier bullets shoot 38 or 40. But that's just preference on my part, My HP loves it, nothing else does.
I won't stock one bullet weight for one pistol out of many, they all are happy with 124 - 115. Again, For whatever reason the HP hates lead, all the rest eat it like candy.

I prefer 115, but shoot 124 when it's what i can get. I prefer to load my own, since most of my pistols run just as well or better on cast 115-124 at a third of the price of factory. Any north american 9 mm is decent to good, even the cheap stuff. The MFS is reliable, but some ranges dont like the steel jackets, and some guns dont shoot it as accurately. The norinco stuff i'd take if you gave it to me, but wouldn't pay for it. It (usually) goes bang, and (usually) groups into 3-5 inches at 15 yards....
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Never seen anyone shoot bullseye with a DA/SA Sig. The guy (from his post) appears to want to shoot his new blaster at the range - at this point in anyone's shooting career what they need to do is shoot - a lot. Buying cheap but reliable ammo won't cause him any issues, not shooting often enough to develope the beginnings of a skill set definitely will cause issues. The difference between 2 inches and 4 inches is irrelevant at this point. That will come later.
 
Ive shot handguns but this is my first one I have owned. I went and bought a bunch of 115, 124, and 147 grain loads and gonna shoot them all just to try them as I will need practice with my new gun. Sounds like it doesnt matter much what I put in it unless im in some kind of competition.
 
Go and have fun with it - the more ammo you can get for the buck, the better. Guns that you don't shoot are no fun. Another hint (since you're in Langley) is look into some courses from Silvercore, professional instruction is worth every penny you spend for it. Also look into going to one of Slavex's "Skills and Drills" nights, probably the best deal on quality shooting coaching you'll find - and that's just down the road in Abbotsford.
 
enefgee said:
Go and have fun with it - the more ammo you can get for the buck, the better. Guns that you don't shoot are no fun. Another hint (since you're in Langley) is look into some courses from Silvercore, professional instruction is worth every penny you spend for it. Also look into going to one of Slavex's "Skills and Drills" nights, probably the best deal on quality shooting coaching you'll find - and that's just down the road in Abbotsford.
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Thanks enefgee, Slavex is on here? Im interested in getting into some training and maybe some competing eventually.
 
Some guns like HK are designed for 9mm NATO spec ammo, so when the recoil springs are new, may not be 100 % with 115 grain North American commercial ammo which tends to be a bit anemic. So for the first 500 rounds use 124 or 147 grain ammo to 'break in' the spring. Walther P99 and PPQ also show this phenomenon. In fact, Walther sells a 'reduced power' recoil spring for the 'break in period' if one wishes to use 115 grain ammo.

We don't have access to some of the premium ammunition in the states, for instance Federal 9BP and 9AP are known to be very accurate. This is for pure accuracy. For 'combat' accuracy, any ammunition we can get will do just fine.

Sigs tend to do ok with any grain of ammunition, right out of the box.
 
Cocked&Locked said:
really? Wonder why all those guys shooting bullseye spend all that time reloading or buying factory match when they could just shoot norinco.......I've never owned a firearm that didn't have ammo preferences....why should handguns be any different.

Personally i can't stand the 147 stuff, if you want heavier bullets shoot 38 or 40. But that's just preference on my part, My HP loves it, nothing else does.
I won't stock one bullet weight for one pistol out of many, they all are happy with 124 - 115. Again, For whatever reason the HP hates lead, all the rest eat it like candy.

I prefer 115, but shoot 124 when it's what i can get. I prefer to load my own, since most of my pistols run just as well or better on cast 115-124 at a third of the price of factory. Any north american 9 mm is decent to good, even the cheap stuff. The MFS is reliable, but some ranges dont like the steel jackets, and some guns dont shoot it as accurately. The norinco stuff i'd take if you gave it to me, but wouldn't pay for it. It (usually) goes bang, and (usually) groups into 3-5 inches at 15 yards....
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Enefgee summed it up nicely but I will address other issues within your post.

Personally, I don't give a rats sh*t what bullseye guys do or do not do. I run service guns in action based disciplines, the type of environment they were designed for. Punching tiny groups at a snails pace from a known distance and stationary position bores the f*ck out of me. I should have made that clear in my first post. As for the OP, he's simply looking to put rounds down range, and a SIG is not a bullseye gun which leads me to believe the OP isn't interested in such activities.

TDC
 
TDC said:
Enefgee summed it up nicely but I will address other issues within your post.

Personally, I don't give a rats sh*t what bullseye guys do or do not do. I run service guns in action based disciplines, the type of environment they were designed for. Punching tiny groups at a snails pace from a known distance and stationary position bores the f*ck out of me. I should have made that clear in my first post. As for the OP, he's simply looking to put rounds down range, and a SIG is not a bullseye gun which leads me to believe the OP isn't interested in such activities.

TDC
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Nor do i shoot bullseye, but some of it crosses over into shooting anything accurately. And there's nothing worse then having someone come out for holster qualification or "practice" who has dumped 1000's of rounds down range teaching themselves bad habits that you then have to deprogram before teaching them to shoot again. Sig's will shoot into less then 2" at 20 yards with good ammo. Does this guy need ammo that good? No, but you made an absolute statement and that's what i responded too. 90% of my shooting is idpa and a bit of ipsc. still doesn't make what i said wrong. crap ammo shoots crap. If you can shoot 4" at 10 yards it doesn't matter what you shoot, but some of those shots will be at 20, and some norc ammo (and some mfs) wont hold 6" at that range. That only leaves the shooter 1" of error , and it won't teach him anything because it isnt consistent and he won't know if he's missing or the ammo or the gun is. If i had 10 bucks for every guy who told me his pistol of choice was broke or inaccurate cause it won't shoot, but with someone else shooting it it ran just fine for accuracy i could purchase quite a nice sig for myself. No sense stacking the deck against yourself when your learning to save3$.
 
gnmontey said:
A rumor I have heard is that CZ75s tend to like 147s. Can anyone colaborate that rumor?

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I only load 147 for my Shadow. I don't know if it likes it or not, but it's been eating that diet for over a year now without any hiccups. The UMC 115s I had bought with the gun caused FTEs once in a while, but 115s are anemic to begin with and I suspect they couldn't cycle the slide properly. 124s I find feel snappier, but the gun works fine with those as well.
 
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