Sunshine_Shooter
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Did you check the difference in point of impact between hot defensive loads and the cheap stuff?
Give the Winchester Q4318 NATO spec a shot. Essentially a 124+P load. The PPU NATO spec is, too. I have found in my comp that 124 at or near 1200 FPS is really the sweet spot. Functions 100% reliably and recoil feels like a standard pressure 147 load. And it’s not pricey defensive ammo.I'll be interested to see how the comp works with some 124 +P rounds. I had intended to compare some standard pressure ammo to some +P and +P+ loads in the same grain, but the range was out of anything other than standard pressure of any bullet weight. Just means I'll be making another trip to the range very soon.
I was happy to see that the gun still functions with bulk 115gr FMJ, I would've been disappointed if it only ran on expensive hollow points. I certainly can afford to feed it some hot defensive loads when I want to but it's nice to know I won't have to exclusively run the pricey stuff in order for it to function
Did you check the difference in point of impact between hot defensive loads and the cheap stuff?
Give the Winchester Q4318 NATO spec a shot. Essentially a 124+P load. The PPU NATO spec is, too. I have found in my comp that 124 at or near 1200 FPS is really the sweet spot. Functions 100% reliably and recoil feels like a standard pressure 147 load. And it’s not pricey defensive ammo.
Not sure if they make one for the 229 but give SilencerCo a look. I believe TBRC suggests them as the go to barrel for their comps.Really liking where this thread is going. I just got my 229 slide back from ATEi with a 2.0 RMR mounted on it. Milling was exeptional, and the fit is, in a word, perfect. I have heard of people using the TBRC S&W comp on PXX sigs as the size allows use in open bottom holsters. I'm just trying to bite the bullet on the cost of most 1/2X28 threaded 229 barrels.
If you don't mind, I'd like to see what the difference in PoA/PoI is between some defensive loads and cheap range stuff. Not like "it impacted 2.31 inches to the right" but more along the lines of 'close', 'nearby', or 'way off'.
If your comp likes the WWB NATO Spec as much as mine does it will make a good training load as it can be had from SGAmmo for about $200/1000 shipped. Pretty reasonable. The Privi Partisan load costs about the same. S&B is marketing a124 NATO Spec load now as well. I haven’t tried that one yet. I’m still working thru my first 1K of the Privi after burning thru 1K of WWB.Well, after stopping by the first two stores in my rounds, I began to realize that for this particular test I would be limited by what I was able to find on store shelves. I purchased a sample of every 124gr +P load I could find between four different suppliers and it still wasn't exactly what I'd listed, but I'd say three different types of loads in that category, plus some Winchester White Box 124gr NATO-spec FMJ, plus two different types of 115gr +P JHP loads (slightly more than 400 rounds in total) should be plenty for a good testing tomorrow;
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If your comp likes the WWB NATO Spec as much as mine does it will make a good training load as it can be had from SGAmmo for about $200/1000 shipped. Pretty reasonable. The Privi Partisan load costs about the same. S&B is marketing a124 NATO Spec load now as well. I haven’t tried that one yet. I’m still working thru my first 1K of the Privi after burning thru 1K of WWB.