Posted: 3/7/2010 6:26:47 PM EDT
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What is the lowest recoil practice (ball) ammo???
Know a female that is pretty recoil sensitive and her husband already has a 9mm. |
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What is the lowest recoil practice (ball) ammo??? Know a female that is pretty recoil sensitive and her husband already has a 9mm. Does your friend reload? I think that would be the best way to get 9mm with less recoil. PITA45  Friend does not reload. Surprisingly, I do not know anyone that does. I should get him to buy me a Dillon 
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I haven't noticed any appreciable difference in 9mm FMJ loads as far as recoil is concerned. Like all autoloaders, nines require a certain amount of "oomph" to operate.
If she's recoil sensitive, careful selection of handgun will do more than ammo selection. Find something with some weight to it; the all steel Smith 3rd generation guns come to mind. Avoid very light weight or compact rigs, also try to avoid high bore axis. The compact 380's are the last thing you want to try. |
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If you are confined to factory ammo, a good trick is to have them warm up with something that has heavy recoil… (10 rounds will do)
Then drop back to your 'range' ammo and the contrast will make it seem like nothing! Don't sugarcoat it, tell them exactly what you are doing, warming up with full power then dropping back to practice ammo. |
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If you are confined to factory ammo, a good trick is to have them warm up with something that has heavy recoil… (10 rounds will do) Then drop back to your 'range' ammo and the contrast will make it seem like nothing! Don't sugarcoat it, tell them exactly what you are doing, warming up with full power then dropping back to practice ammo. Or they are going to have a really bad flinch. |
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If you are confined to factory ammo, a good trick is to have them warm up with something that has heavy recoil… (10 rounds will do) Then drop back to your 'range' ammo and the contrast will make it seem like nothing! Don't sugarcoat it, tell them exactly what you are doing, warming up with full power then dropping back to practice ammo. Or they are going to have a really bad flinch. Just about guarantees a flinch. |
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If you are confined to factory ammo, a good trick is to have them warm up with something that has heavy recoil… (10 rounds will do) Then drop back to your 'range' ammo and the contrast will make it seem like nothing! Don't sugarcoat it, tell them exactly what you are doing, warming up with full power then dropping back to practice ammo. Or they are going to have a really bad flinch. Just about guarantees a flinch. After having gone through police training where they just start non-shooters (females included) off on regular power ammo and train them to OK standards in a fairly short amount of time, I think most techniques like starting with weaker ammo, etc are kind of in vain. As an instructor I think the best bet is not even mention or talk about the recoil, you're just psyching the student out. Just coach proper grip and stance from day one and begin dealing with recoil from day one. A good way to detect flinch and teach them what good trigger control feels like is the ball and dummy drill. For me I've shot tens of thousands of 22 rounds, but when you move to a bigger cartridge you have to discipline yourself to good trigger control, your subconscious knows "ok - it's not a 22 anymore". Just my 2 cents, I know it wasn't the OP's original question. |
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If you are confined to factory ammo, a good trick is to have them warm up with something that has heavy recoil… (10 rounds will do) Then drop back to your 'range' ammo and the contrast will make it seem like nothing! Don't sugarcoat it, tell them exactly what you are doing, warming up with full power then dropping back to practice ammo. Or they are going to have a really bad flinch. Just about guarantees a flinch. After having gone through police training where they just start non-shooters (females included) off on regular power ammo and train them to OK standards in a fairly short amount of time, I think most techniques like starting with weaker ammo, etc are kind of in vain. As an instructor I think the best bet is not even mention or talk about the recoil, you're just psyching the student out. Just coach proper grip and stance from day one and begin dealing with recoil from day one. A good way to detect flinch and teach them what good trigger control feels like is the ball and dummy drill. For me I've shot tens of thousands of 22 rounds, but when you move to a bigger cartridge you have to discipline yourself to good trigger control, your subconscious knows "ok - it's not a 22 anymore". Just my 2 cents, I know it wasn't the OP's original question. Actually that is closer to my opinion too… I have used both methods depending on the person and the purpose of the training results. I have done the mass training, 1,000+ a week but the One-on-One is more fun and rewarding 
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I haven't noticed any appreciable difference in 9mm FMJ loads as far as recoil is concerned. I have. I stocked up on that Olympic 9mm when SGN had it for $99/1000 and it's about the lightest I have used. The difference in recoil between it and standard Gold Dots is very obvious. And compared to that Federal 115g. +P+ from a few years ago like night and day. Perhaps you shoot a fairly heavy gun? |