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I always wanted a snubnose revolver that can shoot 9mm so I recently bought one. I intend to include it in my carry rotation once I get the TK Custom moonclips for it.
I've heard about some cases where a 9mm bullet has loosened forward from it's case from the force of recoil out of a revolver and locking up the cylinder, a platform where 9mm behaves differently then it does in the design it was intended for, a semi-auto. So naturally, I want to avoid this as much as possible.
My question is which 9mm bullet is less likely to loosen under force of recoil out of a revolver, the lighter ones or the heavier ones? I'm talking about quality, professionally produced self defense ammo only here, not Uncle Bob's reloads. This is also not about which make/model of 9mm that you think is the better manstopper, it's a physics question.
I asked this on two other forums and surprisingly, only one person was able to give me a straight answer. He said that the lighter bullets would be less likely to loosen because they have less inertia. Huh? This doesn't seem to make sense to me as I had always thought that the heavier the object is, the less likely it is to move.
So I bought some Federal 9mm 150gr. HST "Micro Pistol" ammo to carry in my Taurus 905. This is the heaviest commercially produced 9mm that I could find and Federal claims it is designed for short barreled 9mm pistols so it seems this load would excel in a snubbie.
Am I wrong in my thinking? Should I be choosing something more on the lighter end of the spectrum for 9mm in a snubbie?
I've heard about some cases where a 9mm bullet has loosened forward from it's case from the force of recoil out of a revolver and locking up the cylinder, a platform where 9mm behaves differently then it does in the design it was intended for, a semi-auto. So naturally, I want to avoid this as much as possible.
My question is which 9mm bullet is less likely to loosen under force of recoil out of a revolver, the lighter ones or the heavier ones? I'm talking about quality, professionally produced self defense ammo only here, not Uncle Bob's reloads. This is also not about which make/model of 9mm that you think is the better manstopper, it's a physics question.
I asked this on two other forums and surprisingly, only one person was able to give me a straight answer. He said that the lighter bullets would be less likely to loosen because they have less inertia. Huh? This doesn't seem to make sense to me as I had always thought that the heavier the object is, the less likely it is to move.
So I bought some Federal 9mm 150gr. HST "Micro Pistol" ammo to carry in my Taurus 905. This is the heaviest commercially produced 9mm that I could find and Federal claims it is designed for short barreled 9mm pistols so it seems this load would excel in a snubbie.
Am I wrong in my thinking? Should I be choosing something more on the lighter end of the spectrum for 9mm in a snubbie?
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