Can a 9x17 pistol be modified

[mag627]

to shoot 9x18

or

can a beretta 86fs shoot HOT loads with no damage?

 

[Juster]

to shoot 9x18

Shir, change the barrel. If you mean Makarov, the bullets are wider than 9mm. 9x18 super is aboot 9mm. The extractor would need work too.

HOT loads no, just hot loads.

 

[guess_kto]

Just change it to .380 really really easy... I'll say at no cost at all.

 

[SandRoad]

Just change it to .380 really really easy... I'll say at no cost at all.

9x18 uses a .364" diameter bullet, where 380 (also called 9x17) uses .355" diameter.

It would require a new barrel, plus a heavier recoil spring.

If you want to shoot hot 380 loads, you need a heavier recoil spring. The spring is the only thing slowing recoil of the slide. The hotter the load, the more the slide pounds the frame at the end of its cycle.

 

[Ganderite]

A 380 that locks up can shot hot loads. A blow back action would get beat up pretty fast. have a broken one on my desk at this instant. broke last night with hot loads that are almost mild in my Star.

 

[mag627]

okay...

I'll stick to factory 380's
thanks for the info