9mm hollow points

[rafael69]

Hi

I just started reloading and I ant to reload 9mm and 45 hollow points. I live in Ontario and I can not find any one selling 9mm or 45 hollow points. Any suggestions on places to contact ??

 

[Cerdan]

Higginsons carries the full line of Hornady XTPs.

 

[Canuck223]

Josko carries the Zero brand bullets

 

[RT]

Whose Josko?

 

[Cerdan]

Whose Josko?

Double Tap Sports, one of the sponsors.

 

[sunray]

Jacketed bullets are too expensive to shoot regularly. Not a great deal of demand for HP pistol bullets either. Most shooters use cast bullets. Buying bullets, of any kind, on-line isn't the best idea. The shipping will hurt. Where you are in Ontario matters too.
However, Shooter's Choice, in Waterloo carries Honrady XTP's too. $32.95 per 100 for 230 grain .45's.
Gobles, in London, wants $27.95 per 100 for 124 grain 9mm XTP's. Honady lead 230 grain RN's run $39.65 per 200. Gobles sells Cam-Pro plated bullets too. Considerably less expensive than jacketed. 124 grain 9mm bullet run $107.50 per 1,000. $89.95 per 500 for 230 grain .45's. Plated bullets look like FMJ's, but aren't and they use cast bullet data.

 

[rommelrommel]

rofl, most shooters use cast bullets?

Do you just post to read your own words?

 

[Cerdan]

Jacketed bullets are too expensive to shoot regularly.

I think only rafael69, and maybe his accountant, would be able to much such an assertion.

Met a guy at the range the other day, shoots exclusively silver-tip hollow-points. To each his own according to his budget, eh?

 

[Canuck223]

Jacketed bullets are too expensive to shoot regularly. Not a great deal of demand for HP pistol bullets either. Most shooters use cast bullets. Buying bullets, of any kind, on-line isn't the best idea. The shipping will hurt. Where you are in Ontario matters too.
However, Shooter's Choice, in Waterloo carries Honrady XTP's too. $32.95 per 100 for 230 grain .45's.
Gobles, in London, wants $27.95 per 100 for 124 grain 9mm XTP's. Honady lead 230 grain RN's run $39.65 per 200. Gobles sells Cam-Pro plated bullets too. Considerably less expensive than jacketed. 124 grain 9mm bullet run $107.50 per 1,000. $89.95 per 500 for 230 grain .45's. Plated bullets look like FMJ's, but aren't and they use cast bullet data.

rofl, most shooters use cast bullets?

Do you just post to read your own words?

+1

I'm trying hard to think of one shooter I hang around with that bothers with lead.

Hollowpoints are becoming increasingly popular in IPSC Open guns because of the perception that the enclosed base results in fewer lead deposits in the comp. As a large percentage of the jacketed bullets used are of a flat point style, there is little to no feeding difference with JHP's.

 

[COREY]

I will shoot lead out of my revolvers but only jacketed goes through my Beretta 92; the lead and lube fouling screws it up. Only guy I know that shoots cast out of a semi is shooting it out of a Colt 1911 (sort of fitting).

 

[Freedom Ventures]

+1

I'm trying hard to think of one shooter I hang around with that bothers with lead.

Hollowpoints are becoming increasingly popular in IPSC Open guns because of the perception that the enclosed base results in fewer lead deposits in the comp. As a large percentage of the jacketed bullets used are of a flat point style, there is little to no feeding difference with JHP's.

The other perceived advantage is a HP has a longer bearing surface on the rifling than a round nose due to the relieving of weight in the front center - hence - better groups.

I've got a self-built 106mm barrelled racegun that won't shoot 124gr bullets accurately unless they're a HP.

 

[legi0n]

Personally, for target shooting I use jacketed or copper plated RN or FP. Hollow-point ballistics are not that different at handgun ranges and are not effective except perhaps in a defense situation. They won't expand hitting a paper target and hence there's little justification for the added cost.

 

[COREY]

The guys I shoot with will use Hornady XTP 147grain for competition; they say they notice the difference in group size. I personally do not shoot well enough to notice the difference, but the long hollow points work well for them at 25 meters.

 

[pa]

Canadian BDX had Montana Gold 9mm 124gr JHP in bulk but was sold when I checked 2 weeks ago.

 

[daBear]

Doubtful you will see any either as MG has decided to stop exports to Canada claiming they have too much demand within the US to ship any north...
dB

 

[notsorichguy]

Most of the pistol shooters around here shoot cast bullets.......

On account of all of our ranges (indoor) are wood construction and the CFO has deemed that only CAST bullets under 1000FPS can be "safely" shot at our indoor clubs.

As a result I reload mostly cast projectiles for my pistols, say about 5 to 1 cast to jacketed.

And I don't even own a revolver!!!!

Another scary thing, I shoot cast WAY better than jacketed.... My groups are way tighter with cast as opposed to jacketed rounds.....

Cheers!

 

[AdamO]

The guys I shoot with will use Hornady XTP 147grain for competition; they say they notice the difference in group size. I personally do not shoot well enough to notice the difference, but the long hollow points work well for them at 25 meters.

I also noticed a difference at 25m with the Hornady XTPs vs. Winchester, AE, S&B FMJ ammo.

 

[woodchopper]

I reload a lot of XTP for my .357 and 9mm

and if I'm not using XTPs I loading with a jacketed bullet.

only cast I have is for my .38 S&W but thats because the jacketed bullets are a wee bit too small (.361 bore)