Does anyone know of a 9MM semi-wadcutter that is between a 125gr and 147gr? Prefer coated but I'm open minded. The only ones that I could find is this 150gr Bayou and this 125gr SWC Missouri Bullet Co.
How does a Flat Point round compare to SWC?
Does anyone know of a 9MM semi-wadcutter that is between a 125gr and 147gr? Prefer coated but I'm open minded. The only ones that I could find is this 150gr Bayou and this 125gr SWC Missouri Bullet Co.
How does a Flat Point round compare to SWC?
FRP may feed better than SWC. Overall profile is different (FRP is like a round nose with the round point lopped off).Originally Posted by Edwin
If you do a google image search, you'll see the difference right off. They're quite different.
Chris
I've fired actual resized .38 special LSWC bullets from handloaded 9mm rounds before, so I know it can be done and be reliable, but I don't know of anyone making such ammo.
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A buddy tried the Bayou 150 SWC in his 1911 and didn't like them. I don't remember exactly why.
What is your purpose? The Bayou 147 flat points cut a pretty nice hole in cardboard.
When I went from .45 to 9mm years ago, the biggest thing I missed was the nice clean holes the LSWC made from the .45 I was shooting. I never did find anything else that would come close in 9mm and eventually gave up and just shoot factory ammo now as the $:time wasn't worthwhile for me with 9mm.
^ This is the answer and it's not that hard to do. A Lee size/lube kit is about $20 and you can resize commercially cast bullets. However, I think coated bullets would get skinned.
The other option is cast your own: http://noebulletmolds.com/NV/index.p...sort=2a&page=2
Last edited by Hambo; 02-23-2016 at 08:15 AM.
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The link that the OP posted has SWCs already sized for 9mm, something I didn't know existed in the wild. That would certainly cut out a big step in the process.
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I hadn't finished my first coffee yet, but I was thinking that if there's a mold, there's a bullet out there somewhere. That doesn't seem to be the case with anything between the 125 and 150 he listed. But now he's got me interested in the Bayou 150gr.
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The big honken 150gr SWC would work great out of a carbine, but I was hoping to find something a bit better for my pistol (~135gr).
I used to shoot a coated 135gr. 9mm sized SWC bullet from Master Blaster, now out of business. They fed very well in my '91 CZ 75. I have been looking for a replacement since.
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