I'm posting this question now although I've wanted to do it for a long time. It's not a question about which caliber or weight of trajectiles is better. Moreover, this issue is directly related to any given caliber.
I shoot .40 S&W and from my personal experience, I've noticed that the lighter bullet is, the stronger recoil each shot has, and it's also louder. The softest-recoiling and quietest round for me has always been 180 gr. Consistently. I find 135 and 155 gr rounds "hotter", with 165 being somewhere in between. However, I see a few people here posting completely opposite experiences, saying the 180 gr. (the heaviest in .40?) kicks and sounds more than 135, 155, or 165. Is it possible that various pistols make the same ammo behaving in a different manner (most likely not, but I thought I'd ask anyway), that is, in a completely opposite one?
Whoever knows hard facts or, at least, a reliable source or this info, please respond. It's going to be an educational info for quite a few folks on TFL. If it's been discussed before as to the extent of answering this question, please post a link.
Thanks.
Emin
I shoot .40 S&W and from my personal experience, I've noticed that the lighter bullet is, the stronger recoil each shot has, and it's also louder. The softest-recoiling and quietest round for me has always been 180 gr. Consistently. I find 135 and 155 gr rounds "hotter", with 165 being somewhere in between. However, I see a few people here posting completely opposite experiences, saying the 180 gr. (the heaviest in .40?) kicks and sounds more than 135, 155, or 165. Is it possible that various pistols make the same ammo behaving in a different manner (most likely not, but I thought I'd ask anyway), that is, in a completely opposite one?
Whoever knows hard facts or, at least, a reliable source or this info, please respond. It's going to be an educational info for quite a few folks on TFL. If it's been discussed before as to the extent of answering this question, please post a link.
Thanks.
Emin