121 GR 9mm RN Bullets - Interest?

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Hi Everyone,

We are looking into the costs to make some 9mm 121 GR RN bullets for competition shooter. These would be just above the 120 GR limit for open. The advantage of a light bullet is that you can use more power to make the comp work better. Montana gold offers a similar bullet in the U.S.

We don't have a lot of time to make this happen due to other spring projects. They would be priced 5.00 per box more than our current 124 GR 9mm bullets.

The ones we are doing would be thick plated. They are rated for magnum velocities as long as your barrel do not have the little holes that vent the gas before the comp. "some " of those may trip the plating clean off due to their design.

If you are interested in trying a box or two, email us at sales@fasttoys.net with your full name and phone # as well as your desired quantity. Once we have the details finalized, we will contact you the pricing and you can decide to go for it or not.


Thanks
Phil @ FTP
 
I have used the 121 grain Montana Gold bullets ever since the minimum bullet weight was raised from 112 to 120. Originally, I was using the 115grain JHP, and found it had greater accuracy than their round nose bullets. I believe that the shape of the bullet moved a lot of the weight from the nose (ogive) to the back (bearing surface). The increased bearing surface provides more surface area for contact with the rifling (that's my rationale, may be incorrect). In any case, I get nice perfect circles with the 121 grain bullets, and slightly less than perfect circles with the round nose bullets.

When the 120 grain minimum weight was put in, moving to the 121's was an easy switch, because the profile of the bullet is exactly the same as their 115 JHP, the hollow point is simply filled in with lead. It provided the exact same level of accuracy, and the exact same zero as with their 115, so making the switch was completely painless. I didn't even really change the powder charge (although I have since gone down .2 grains to make a 169 PF).

As far as I'm concerned, there was never any risk of weighing an underweight bullet. If the variability in your bullet weights is such that you could be out by as much as a whole grain, then your accuracy with those same bullets will always be questionable. The Montana gold bullets are so consistent, and my powder is so consistent, that I've gone to past Nationals and had extreme spreads of less than 10fps across my 3 fired bullets.

I'd actually be very interested in these, except I'm one of those people with hybrid ports in my barrel. :(
 
As hungry beagle indicated, there are advantages to the 121 grain bullet which Montana Gold out of the U.S has realized and sells in the U.S. Keep in mind that a lighter bullet requires more powder to achieve the same power factor. More power = more gas to work the compensator. In a sport that is won and lost by tenths and hundreds of a second, that small difference could make a difference in your final standings.

If you are interested, please send an email to sales@fasttoys.net with your name and phone #.
 
About 4 years ago, I had someone do the paperwork for a US export permit and I filled in an ICAN (sp?) import permit. It worked out to an extra $10 per thousand, but I saved a lot on shipping because the exporter was just across the border from where I live. I still have some left. Not sure what I'm going to do when they run out yet. :p
 
I use hornady xtp's, 124s for ipsc and 115s for steel. I am always open to trying something new, but for me, accuracy is number 1. Lots of bullets shoot different, depending which gun, I found these shoot good in anything.
 
We are going to order a batch of these to be made. The price will be 88.00 per thousand for those people that pre-order. You can give us a call at 877-955-4896.
 
carsmovies said:
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Yes. They are rated for magnum velocities. The only issue as I noted in the first post is that some ported barrels (depending on design) may strip off the copper which affects accuracy. For those types of barrels, you will have to go with a jacketed bullet.
 
We have 8000 of these left in stock. I took some to the range and shot them at 20 yards out of my Open gun. The grouping was excellent. I am sure the one flyer was my fault :)

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