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Posted: 2/16/2017 8:30:48 PM EDT

I'm curious what ammo everyone is shooting for target practice and what you're using to carry.

Post any good deals too!

Posted: 2/16/2017 8:45:11 PM EDT

[#1]

Blazer Brass for blasting, Gold Dots or HST for social events.

Posted: 2/16/2017 9:22:27 PM EDT

[#2]

Winchester white box 115 FMJ, Hornady 115 XTPs for carry. I carry a Glock 43 for daily carry mostly and shoot a Glock 17 a lot.

Posted: 2/16/2017 9:35:46 PM EDT

[#3]

Winchester white box, federal aluminum, federal brass, whatever else I can find cheap, and Gold Dots.

Posted: 2/16/2017 9:38:35 PM EDT

[#4]

I reload but if I bought factory ammo it would be the aluminum case 9mm from Walmart that's $10/box. Or whatever is cheaper than that online taking into account shipping cost. I'm not picky on plinking ammo

For defense gold dots HST, or Ranger

Posted: 2/16/2017 10:12:01 PM EDT

[#5]

147 gr bonded HP's for carry, and a variety of 115 gr, 124 gr and 147 gr fmjs for shooting

Posted: 2/16/2017 11:17:05 PM EDT

[#6]

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Blazer Brass for blasting, Gold Dots or HST for social events.

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I concur.

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Posted: 2/16/2017 11:32:46 PM EDT

[#7]

The cheapest crap i can find for blasting. Usually carry 147 hst. I sometimes rotate in mags loaded with 124 GD, and also 135 CD

Posted: 2/18/2017 9:01:41 AM EDT

[#8]

Blazer Brass 124gr for practice, Hornady std pressure 135gr Critical Duty for carry.

Tomac

Posted: 2/18/2017 5:04:12 PM EDT

[#9]

get a practice round that matches your carry load. for example, I carry 147gt HST and practice with 147gr FMJ

Posted: 2/18/2017 6:00:13 PM EDT

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get a practice round that matches your carry load. for example, I carry 147gt HST and practice with 147gr FMJ

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I agree. I carry P9HST2 and practice with AE9FP. According to Federal, the energy and velocity are identical.

Posted: 2/18/2017 6:30:23 PM EDT

[#11]

For my P320 compact and Glock 19, I use 9mm Perfecta or Winchester white box from Walmart for practice. 147 HST or 124+p Gold Dot for carry.

Posted: 3/16/2017 9:15:49 PM EDT

[#12]

Blazer brass 124gr for my 9's and 230gr for my .45 for plinking
I also like the Lawman 124 and .45 but it's always a buck a box more so I just grab the blazer
unless the lawman is on sale.
JHP I use Federal HST for all of my JHP needs.

Posted: 3/16/2017 11:07:51 PM EDT

[#13]

Speer Lawman 124 gr and Federal aluminum for practice. Speer 124 gr GD or Fed 124 HST for carry.

Posted: 3/16/2017 11:33:04 PM EDT

[#14]

Also Speer Lawman 124gr for practice. However we use Speer Gold Dot 147gr for the carry/night stand guns. Occasionally some PMC 115 grain for practice as well.

Posted: 3/18/2017 9:53:16 AM EDT

[#15]

Most any 115 grain cheap stuff for blasting (and a shit ton of my own reloads).

124gr +P Gold Dots
147gr HST in both standard and +P flavor

Posted: 3/18/2017 6:29:56 PM EDT

[#16]

Tulammo and brown bear for practice. I carry 147gr HST's.

Posted: 3/19/2017 11:18:53 AM EDT

[#17]

124g Blazer or Geco, and 124g/147g HST.

Posted: 3/21/2017 1:18:02 PM EDT

[#18]

Most of my practice ammo is reloads. If not reloads then whatever I can get at the local pawnshop that has been "traded in"--I get this ammo nearly for free, a few dollars a box...... Failing that I will order some decent ammo in- S&B, Blazer Brass, Magtech, Fiochhi- whatever is available at a reasonable price.

For street use, Federal 147 HST.

Posted: 3/21/2017 8:21:26 PM EDT

[#19]

Like everyone else did, Blazer brass or WWB for blasting. I think I'm the only one using Federal Tactical Bonded 135g +P so far.

Posted: 3/22/2017 5:26:14 AM EDT

[#20]

Blazer brass 124gr for range use, or I'll buy the WWB my local gun range carries if I forget to take my own to the range.

124gr Gold Dots or HST's for carry, most likely the HST's due to price, it's a just-as-well performing round that's around $2-$4 cheaper per $50.

Posted: 3/28/2017 1:22:45 PM EDT

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I agree. I carry P9HST2 and practice with AE9FP. According to Federal, the energy and velocity are identical.
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get a practice round that matches your carry load. for example, I carry 147gt HST and practice with 147gr FMJ

I agree. I carry P9HST2 and practice with AE9FP. According to Federal, the energy and velocity are identical.
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I do this for my Sig 290 and my Shield.

Posted: 3/29/2017 8:06:01 AM EDT

[#22]

Blasting: Walmart perfecta, Fed. Alum. case or my own 115 grain xtreme plated bullet reloads.

EDC in my Shield : Hornady Critical defense

In my full size M&P 9 for home defense : Federal 124 gr. HST

Posted: 3/29/2017 9:09:22 PM EDT

[#23]

For range fodder I require it to be brass cased, boxer primed, and inexpensive. Carry ammo is 124gr HST or Gold Dot.

Posted: 6/4/2017 9:25:46 PM EDT

[#24]

WWB or Federal/Blazer for plinking ammo.

Posted: 6/4/2017 10:09:37 PM EDT

[#25]

Handloads from a DILLON XL650

147 HST +P

Posted: 6/5/2017 12:14:30 AM EDT

[#26]

For 9mm I usually shoot 124gr Blazer. For carry, Corbon DPX or Underwood 147gr XTP +P

For .357 sig I shoot 125gr Speer TMJ, and carry Underwood 125gr Gold Dots

For 10mm, I usually practice with Underwood 200gr FMJ and carry Underwood 115gr XTreme Defender. I'll probably switch to Underwood 200gr XTP soon though.

Posted: 6/5/2017 10:37:16 PM EDT

[#27]

I use my own reloads for blasting that I can make for cheap and get better results than any cheap yet more expensive than my loads steel fodder. I carry 147 HST's in my VP9 and 150 HST's in my Shield.

Posted: 6/5/2017 11:06:07 PM EDT

[#28]

In 9mm I use Blazer aluminum or Blazer Brass for the range. I carry Winchester Ranger T 127 gr +P+ in my Glock 19.

In my favorite caliber -357 Sig- I use UMC for range and carry Winchester 125 gr Ranger T in my Sig 320, G32 & G31.

Posted: 6/9/2017 12:48:28 AM EDT

[#29]

I've used anything under ten a box for practice ammo, and recently prices are great. my go to used to be silver bear but now magtech is same price. Never had a single problem.

Carry ammo has been the old nypd load, 124gr +p gdhp, but I'm switching to a tamer round soon.

Posted: 6/9/2017 1:14:52 AM EDT

[#30]

WWB for classes, IDPA,and range time. 124 gold dots or HST for carry/HD mags

Posted: 10/7/2017 8:34:58 AM EDT

[#31]

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I'm curious what ammo everyone is shooting for target practice and what you're using to carry.

Post any good deals too!

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I find it very interesting that a lot of posters here practice with a different weight and velocity round than what they carry. I find that 115 gr have a different point of impact from 147 gr rounds, and +p in the same weight have a different point of impact from standard pressure.

Ideally I would like to carry a 115 or 124 grain standard pressure load so I could practice with cheap ammo, but since I have a large amount of RA9T and know it is good to go across the performance spectrum I have to pay a bit of a premium for 147 gr FMJ practice ammo.

Posted: 10/7/2017 10:26:13 AM EDT

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Tulammo and brown bear for practice. I carry 147gr HST's.

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Me too

Posted: 10/7/2017 10:28:56 AM EDT

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I find it very interesting that a lot of posters here practice with a different weight and velocity round than what they carry. I find that 115 gr have a different point of impact from 147 gr rounds, and +p in the same weight have a different point of impact from standard pressure.

Ideally I would like to carry a 115 or 124 grain standard pressure load so I could practice with cheap ammo, but since I have a large amount of RA9T and know it is good to go across the performance spectrum I have to pay a bit of a premium for 147 gr FMJ practice ammo.

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I'm curious what ammo everyone is shooting for target practice and what you're using to carry.

Post any good deals too!

I find it very interesting that a lot of posters here practice with a different weight and velocity round than what they carry. I find that 115 gr have a different point of impact from 147 gr rounds, and +p in the same weight have a different point of impact from standard pressure.

Ideally I would like to carry a 115 or 124 grain standard pressure load so I could practice with cheap ammo, but since I have a large amount of RA9T and know it is good to go across the performance spectrum I have to pay a bit of a premium for 147 gr FMJ practice ammo.

I don't see enough of a difference to give it a second thought.

The cheap 115 grain ammo shoots 2-3 inches lower at 25 yards compared to my EDC 147+p HST.

Posted: 10/7/2017 10:54:48 AM EDT

[#34]

Speer Lawman 124gr or 115gr for the range. Speer Gold Dot 124gr for carry.

Posted: 10/7/2017 2:31:01 PM EDT

[#35]

I have a stock of all kinds of plinking ammo from manufacturers both foreign and domestic. I stay away from reloads with the exception of Miwall Corp.

My SD ammo is and always will be Federal's 9BPLE with Winchester's 115+P+ as backup. I doubt that I'll ever have to rely on the Win ammo as I still have 1200 of the 9BPLE.

Posted: 10/7/2017 9:10:49 PM EDT

[#36]

Winchester 124-grain Q4318 for practice, Federal HST 124-grain P9HST1 for carry.

Posted: 10/9/2017 7:10:42 PM EDT

[#37]

Whatever 9mm I can buy cheap that is not steel cased for practice. Winchester Ranger usually for carry.

Posted: 10/12/2017 11:49:38 AM EDT

[#38]

Practice - Whatever is cheapest in bulk at the time. My last purchase was two cases of Wolf WPA for $149 each @ SGAmmo. I'm about to order two more cases this month, and looks like it will be WPA again. Magtech brass is only $20 more per case, but I care nothing about reloading 9mm.

Carry - Hornady Critical Duty 135gr +P, This is my department issued load, and is what I must carry on and off duty. If I were selecting the ammo myself I would have no problem with the Critical Duty, Federal HST 147gr, or Gold Dot 147gr.

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