Ammo for Keltech Sub 200
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I never had a issue with any of the 9mm I ran though my sub2k. Everything from blazer, American eagle, black diamond BDX, hornady, fiocchi. Not one single failure of any kind. I've never tried any +p ammunition, but I hear it works just fine.
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- Steel Town and The Peg
Based on the above, I will start with the 115 grainers and see how it goes.
sparrow how many brands of 147 did u try
I am hoping mine will run with this ammo too, I have a ton of it. I switched my Beretta mag catch to the S&W one too so now my 5946 has a partner. I haven't given up on the platform yet.
I haven't tried a ton of different types but I found 124 gr Blazer yielded 1400-1420 fps, but would give me a crazy flier (think 8 MOA @ 100m) every third or fourth round, with the flier always being quite a bit slower at 1320 fps. Winchester white box was quite accurate at 1300-1380 fps. Both cycled fine, and with the exception of the fliers from my batch of Blazer, will easily hit apples or clays at 100m if I do what I'm supposed to do.
I've loaded some relatively hot Berry's 124gr and Speer 147 TMJs with Titegroup and gotten good results, so I wouldn't discount heavy bullet offerings.
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- Salmon Arm, BC
I did a lot of reading and came across a suggestion to start with 147gr for a while as a break in.. once everything got smoothed out then anything was fine. I went through two boxes of American Eagle 147gr and have since tried any brand I come across.. They all have worked flawlessly.
Have used Blazer 124gr, Winnie 115 white box, AE 147, Speer Lawman 124gr, Fiocchi.
I've only had it not go bang a few times and that is because I wasn't holding it tight enough. Often when a friend tries it they have problems getting through the first mag without a stoppage - but - the issue is what i just mentioned - you need to hold it firm into your shoulder so it can cycle properly. After the first mag and a bit of instruction on holding it then it runs flawlessly (i.e. 100% user error).
The other thing to watch for on some of the new Sub 2000's is a jumping safety.. after rattling off some magazines the safety vibrates onto safe and there is no bang.. some people fix it themselves, some send it back to kel tec - requires some disassembly
Have used Blazer 124gr, Winnie 115 white box, AE 147, Speer Lawman 124gr, Fiocchi.
I've only had it not go bang a few times and that is because I wasn't holding it tight enough. Often when a friend tries it they have problems getting through the first mag without a stoppage - but - the issue is what i just mentioned - you need to hold it firm into your shoulder so it can cycle properly. After the first mag and a bit of instruction on holding it then it runs flawlessly (i.e. 100% user error).
The other thing to watch for on some of the new Sub 2000's is a jumping safety.. after rattling off some magazines the safety vibrates onto safe and there is no bang.. some people fix it themselves, some send it back to kel tec - requires some disassembly
I just confirmed this same issue with my Glock Sub2K. Being a straight blowback operated action, I'd wager that it's more susceptible to this sort of issue. It shows in occasional failed ejection, especially on the last round of the mag. With a very firm pull into the shoulder, the issue disappeared.
Also, the folks over at Keltec Owners Group (w ww.thektog.org, LOTS of great info) say that Glock gen 3 mags work better than gen 4 mags in helping with the last round ejection issue.
