I too have had not so great luck with Lawman 115 great ammo but have no data to bolster my claim.
I’ve had similar results with the Wolf WPA in several guns. Shoots very well for the price. The older AE 147 has done real well in my experience. I just got some with the new bullets and so far it hasn’t shot as well for me as the original.
My experience with 9mm guns is that they will shoot best with either a hot 115 grain load or a moderate velocity 147 grain load, no way to tell until you test. Speer Lawman 115 TMJ shoots great out of my P320RX, but just ok out of most of my other guns. IMI 115 ball is probably the most accurate 9mm ball round for me across a variety of guns. Winchester 115 Value Pack has turned in a couple of surprising performances as well. My Walther PPS RMSc loves S&B 115 ball.
Last edited by LtDave; 01-22-2019 at 10:08 PM.
The first indication a bad guy should have that I'm dangerous is when his
disembodied soul is looking down at his own corpse wondering what happened.
Glock 19 Gen 3 (3 pin).
25 yards free
5 rounds 124 Gr. XTP handloads.
Really cold day, around 10 degrees but no wind.
Sub 3 inches on a B8 bull. First round out of the gun was the high left shot.
Last edited by SecondHandSmoke; 01-26-2019 at 05:19 PM.
Bullseye is still around; it just is not as popular as it once was. The state-of-the-art has come quite a way in the last seventy years, and the results show it. Nowadays one can find off-the-shelf pistols that will shoot into less than 2.5 inches at fifty yards -- if the shooter and ammo can do it. Here is the original test targets from my old David Sams 9x19 1911. Note that the targets are for ten rounds and thirty rounds.
Jerry Keefer built a barrel testing fixture to test barrels he plans on using in his builds. My understanding is he rejects more barrels than he accepts. Joe Chambers builds guns that shoot into less than two inches at fifty yards. The late Travis Strahan built some amazing guns (the Accu-Lock) that focused on getting the barrel and slide into exactly the same relationship for each and every shot. I was fortunate enough to compete with one of his guns.
Glock 26 Gen 3
25 yards, Freestyle
115 Grain S&B
5 shots @ 3.1 inches