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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:35:23 PM EDT
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Personally I usually go with standard pressure offerings. don't think the benefit from +p is worth it
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:50:38 PM EDT
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I've shot Hornady Critical Duty 135g +p loads through my M&P 9 with no issues at all. It's just for defensive purposes, for my range and plinking ammo I just feed it standard pressure ball ammo. If you're only using it for carry I wouldn't worry about the extra wear. You'd have to be an extremely unlucky individual to have to shoot them enough in a defensive situation for wear to become an issue.
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Posted: 12/20/2014 1:01:27 AM EDT
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I shoot +P or +P+ quite often and have no issues with my G17 and the M&P should be OK as well. Don't worry about the disclaimer, they're just covering themselves.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 8:03:37 PM EDT
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I know the S&W manual says it CAN use the +P ammo but can induce a faster maintenance schedule (i.e. stuff breaks) but I don't plan to use it at the range, just in my carry mags. Would the 4.2" barrel really benefit that much more from the +P variant, or would the regular 124g Golden Sabre be fine? The data from DocRoberts only shows the +P so thats what had me initially looking for these as I am unsure what the drop off would be. You should verify that Golden Saber rounds cycle in you weapon. I have an fnx-9 and I bought both 124gr +P bonded and 147gr Golden Saber bonded rounds. I have tested 100 rounds of 124gr +P and 100 rounds of 147gr Golden Saber rounds before loading in my SD magazines loaded with 147gr. . But I have a few magazines loaded with 124gr +P as well. |
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Posted: 12/25/2014 11:24:47 PM EDT
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The weapon will handle it just fine, however the +p is only going to exacerbate that bullet's core seperation issues. If it must be Golden Sabre, consider the 147 grain bonded variant.
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Posted: 12/27/2014 11:24:03 PM EDT
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The weapon will handle it just fine, however the +p is only going to exacerbate that bullet's core seperation issues. If it must be Golden Sabre, consider the 147 grain bonded variant. In testing we have done, we have found +P rounds tend to penetrate less because the tend to dump their energy quickly when expanding faster. We have lost a little less than 2 inches with +P. This has occurred with HST, JHP, Golden Sabre, and Winchester. All 124. I would have no qualms using either, but prefer standard loads. |
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Posted: 12/28/2014 2:44:57 PM EDT
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+P hits harder but faster tends to lead to less penetration... is it worth it? I'm glad that we have enough options to worry about these things.
Ask yourself this question. Which would you rather not get hit with more? |
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