Posted: 4/18/2015 11:36:44 PM EDT
| What's preferable for the Shield's barrel length? |
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Mine likes 165s and 180s well enough... It gets too snappy to shoot 200s with any accuracy.
Mine is in 40sw if you hadn't guessed. I have found GoldDot and Winny Ranger JHPs both cycle without any issues and are accurate for my needs, I am currently carrying Rangers in 180gr in it. |
| I had been carrying Speer 124 +P Gold Dots, but I think I'm going to make the switch to 147 grain Gold Dots or Federal 147 grn HST. I've read the slower bullet loses less velocity which helps to keep it in the acceptable range for reliable expansion while still achieving desired penetration (or something like that). To be fair, they probably all work fine as long as it is quality ammo. Speer makes a "short barrel" load that is probably perfect, but I'm pretty sure it's only offered in 124 +P. |
| I did a lot of research on carry ammo and the best performance I saw was Shooting the Bull on you tube. He tested a couple dozen rounds and 3 or 4 meet his criteria which (if I remember correctly) matches the FBIs for performance. Of those I picked the Federal HST 124gr rounds for concealed carry. |