Originally Posted by
peterb
I took a couple of first-timers to the range this week, and both were surprised by the recoil of the G19. I was using my usual Lawman 147 which I thought was milder than the the 115 or 124 practice loads I’ve tried. So I looked up some muzzle energy numbers as an approximation of percieved recoil and found a couple of interesting things. I used Federal/Speer data for consistency.
First, a couple of defense loads for comparison:
HST 124+P 396 ft-lbs
HST 147 326
Gold Dot 147 317
Practice loads:
Lawman 115 368
AE 115 356
Lawman 124 327
AE 124 364
Lawman 147 317
AE 147 326
AE Supressor 124 292
Syntech Action Pistol 252
I had always thought of Lawman and American Eagle to be roughly the same, but if the numbers are accurate the 124 appears to be an outlier. Velocity is listed as 1090 vs. 1150.
The Supressor 124 and especially the Syntech 150 look like they might be good new shooter/fun shooting rounds. I haven’t tried either yet.
I’ll keep using 147 loads for training because I carry 147 HST.