Best type of ammo to avoid stoppages in 9mms ?

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RAfiringline

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This assumes the guns are kept clean and well maintained.

Is 124g round nose ammo the best ammo for to get reliable functioning in 9mm handguns?
I've had a Glock tech tell me 124g is better than 115g.

I'm wondering if 115g is a liitle light for cycling, and many HP rounds have a bullet shape that raises the chances of a feed stoppage.

Thanks
 
Stoppages happen. That's why we train to handle them. Assuming the gun is clean and well maintained as you said, stoppages shouldn't be a big problem. The quality of the ammunition is more important than the shape or weight in my experience. And a modern pistol should feed and cycle with quality hollow point self defense ammo reliably, or there is likely something wrong with the pistol.
 
RAfiringline said:
I've had a Glock tech tell me 124g is better than 115g.
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Hogwash. :rolleyes: Both are standard 9mm bullet weights and have been so for decades. Any modern pistol should cycle quality factory ammo or correctly-brewed handloads equally well in 115gr and 124gr.
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...a modern pistol should feed and cycle with quality hollow point self defense ammo reliably, or there is likely something wrong with the pistol.
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...and this applies equally to any bullet in the standard 108gr-147gr range. I would further define a "modern pistol" as anything designed after about 1980, which encompasses all Glocks. Most pistols with a reputation for being picky about ammo predate this cutoff by a significant margin.

One caveat: 9mm ammo with a bullet under 108gr is unusual; some pistols will misfeed such ammo, generally because the cartridge overall length (OAL) starts getting very short, which may cause the cartridges to do peculiar things as they feed.
 
I've had a Glock tech tell me 124g is better than 115g.
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If I had to pick 1 bullet weight and brand of range ammo to work in every 9mm I either own or can think of, it would be Federal American Eagle 124 grain FMJ. But for my Gen3 Glock 17 the Blazer Brass 115 gr. FMJ I buy when it goes on sale works fine all the time.
 
Probably factory or reloaded ammo of uncertain heritage or condition. I have had very good luck with functional reliability in quite a variety of 9MM pistols using quality round nose, flat point and hollow point ammo in weights between 90 and 147 grains. Just not an issue in quality firearms using at least something like WWB or better ammo........ymmv
 
I can always shoot that cheap Federal Champion Aluminum Case ammo that Wallys sells, either the 9mm or the .45ACP out of one of my Glocks.
 
I've never had a problem with any HP in anything other than a 1911. And not with any 1911 manufactured since the 1980's. Buy quality ammo and shoot it in quality guns in any of the common weights and any issues will be extremely rare. That applies to HP as well as FMJ.
 
Dunno. I have never had a stoppage or jam in a 9mm and I tend to buy super el-cheapo ammo.
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Then you probably don't shoot much.

OP: the most reliable will be a quality defensive load that your gun likes. For practice, I buy whatever brass cased I can find, and practice clearing malfunctions if/when they occur.
 
I only have two 9mm - a SR9 and a Shield. Both get a steady diet of my cast lead reloads. I've used both truncated and round nose - weights from 115, 121 to 147 and all work well.

What you need to remember is t5ha5 wha5 works well in one may not work well in another. I believe that the original 9mm Luger was truncated nose and then round nose. Some may even use round nose flat point - again depends on what the individual pistol likes.

Don't fool yourself that you will never have "stoppages" - whether they be failure to feed, failure to eject, stove pipes etc. As already mentioned - that's why it is important to train to handle those situations - especially for SD situations. It is also why you need to carry a spare mag and learn to do a quick change out.
 
There IS a difference in recoil inertia, which is the force that drives the operation of pistols like the Glock......between 115 grain and 124 grain bullets. However, the difference is SMALL. As long as the two cartridges in question are properly loaded, such that they both will cycle the action of the particular pistol in question, then both bullet weights should do fine.

However, SOME 9mm pistols have been known to experience fewer stoppages with certain bullet weights. The Beretta Nano, for example. Those are reputed to be more reliable with 124 grain, rather than 115.

So, delicate as this issue is.....carguychris is SUBSTANTIALLY correct. However, there ARE exceptions. So, the "Glock tech" in question is NOT completely wrong. How that might specifically apply to Glocks, I don't know. I've never known a Glock to malfunction with any particular bullet weight, as long as the particular load is hot enough to drive the action in the first place.

Blanket statements like that made by the "Glock tech" in question here....are always dangerous. There are almost always exceptions. But, for the purpose of keeping a discussion relatively simple and straightforward, sometimes those exceptions are not brought up. Entirely understandable.

Overall, I would side with others here.....stoppages happen. There's a lot more going on with that subject than just bullet weight. The smart operator will TEST a range of ammo types in his/her particular pistol, in order to ascertain what works - and what doesn't. Simply relying on blanket assertions, one way or the other, is a bad idea.
 
I know CZ's are tested at the factory with 124g S&B, so that's always been the weight I prefer to shoot in them. My defensive ammo is also 124g, and I prefer to practice with the same weight bullet unless I find a really good deal on 115g.
 
Dunno. I have never had a stoppage or jam in a 9mm and I tend to buy super el-cheapo ammo.
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Then you probably don't shoot much.

OP: the most reliable will be a quality defensive load that your gun likes. For practice, I buy whatever brass cased I can find, and practice clearing malfunctions if/when they occur[/QUOTE].

Must be a difference in the definition of "don't shoot much". I haven't had problems either with cheap stuff in a few thousand rounds. 99% has been cheap 115 gr. FMJ
 
federal ,blazer or american eagle work great

also have used fiocci and magtech--but they are a bit dirty

I tend to avoid foreign no names
 
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