9mm wadcutters

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I joined my first bulls eye competition last month. I'm looking forward to attending the next one too!

A lot of the guys competing were shooting wad or semi wad cutting ammo. Does anyone manufacture wc in 9mm? Would it cycle properly in pistol vs a revolver? Is the cost prohibative?
 
I've never used them, but I believe reliable cycling of an autoloader would be hard to achieve with wadcutter-type cartridges (excluding that Smith autoloader that fires those flat-front .38 Spl. cartridges). If I were shooting a 9mm autloader in competition, I'd surely want to practice with that load quite a bit.
 
"...anyone manufacture wc in 9mm?..." Nope. Use 115 or 121 grain SWC's if your pistol is set up to feed 'em. Otherwise, regular cast bullets will do. A 121 grain TC(truncated cone) shoots well out of my Inglis. 4.5 grains of Bullseye, as I recall.
Don't expect to score well with a 9mm. Target pistols they ain't(neither is my Inglis). Don't let that stop you from shooting matches though.
"...that Smith autoloader..." Model 52. Colt made the Gold Cup in .38 Special too. Both were specifically designed to feed WC's. Neither are made to shoot any other bullet.
If you want to get serious with bullseye shooting, buy yourself a .38/.357 revolver(load 148 grain wc's with 2.7ish grains of Bullseye in .357 cases for a .357. Same load for a .38Special only revolver.) or one of the .32 target pistols on the exempted list(long dollars).
 
Don't let Sunray discourage you from trying, but some 9mm guns are not the best hosts for a true accuracy rig. The Hi-Powers seem particularly resistant. The higher end 1911's can be very accurate.

Most people want to shoot wad or semi wadcutters for the clean cut through the target, as opposed to the radial tears of round nose or truncated cone bullets. Don't be afraid of using the lovely clear plastic scoring overlays, and a bullet that your gun eats perfectly.

One trick which might help you extract the most potential accuracy out of your gun is trying 147gr jacketed bullets. The longer bearing surface might help. The downside, if you shoot at distance, is a slightly more exagerated arc over 124 gr bullets.
 
I used to use 120 gr truncated cone lead bullets. They cut the target similar to a wadcutter and were very accurate. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name of the caster but they were commercially available. These bullets functioned flawlessly in my Llama Omni, cZ75 and S&W 547s.
 
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