Posted on 08/22/2016 9:20:16 AM PDT by w1n1
Choosing the right ammunition can be a difficult task, even for the most experienced of gun enthusiasts. Without taking on the overwhelming hobby of making your own ammunition, and having your significant other hassle you over those exciting new credit card bills, here are a few tips to help you find the right ammunition for your 9mm.
Regarding Grain and What That Means for You and Your Accuracy
Grain is relatively important when it comes to the accuracy of your carbine or pistol. Truly, most sportsmen can spend an entire lifetime going to the range or hunting and never really worry about the grain of the bullet they are shooting. However, when optimizing the pattern your gun shoots, the weight of your bullet plays a huge part in what is happening down range.
A grain is the increment in which ammunition for guns is measured, and there are 437 grains in one ounce. Most 9mm bullet loads fall into one of a few categories unless built at home. They come in loads that weigh in at 115, 124, or 147grains, and randomly you may find a load somewhere in-between or around this range. Read the rest of the 9mm story here.
Alliant lists 9mm recipes using Unique from 4.3 (147 gr subsonic)up to 6.3 for a zippy 115 FMJ. So your memory is probably still good.
Good Jefferson quote in your tag line.
Modern HP ammo has 50% expansion. This means that a 9mm bullet (.355) will actually expand to .5325.
Last I checked, .5325 was indeed larger than .45
But .45 expands as well - and is more mass hitting you. My critical need is to knock them down with one shot.
No pistol bullets “actually knocks a guy down” unless he is already in a marginally stable state.
Even rifle bullets generally do not “knock a guy down”.
Bullets destroy tissue and break bones. Central nervous sytem hit, they go down; break a leg or hip bone, they go down in one step.
Hit heart and lungs.. may go down, may stay up for several seconds.
If the person shot knows they are shot, and has been programmed to go down when by television and movies, they may go down.
If they make the same size hole, and travel the same distance through flesh, they will have the same effect.
To do so, the heavier bullet would be traveling slower.
437*16=6992
The author is not correct.
Pretty close. There are 7000 grains in one pound.
Yeah. It’s a figure of speech. ;-)
I probably should say “man stopper”. As was said in one article, the small caliber, high velocity bullet killed the guy, though he continued charging and attacking before he actually died, while the other bullet “stopped him”.
I’m looking for a “man stopper”. Something that stops guys that are hopped up, etc.
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