.308 Norma
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I finally got out and shot my new Glock 43 yesterday afternoon. Because I really wasn’t concerned about much of anything other than function with a variety of factory ammo, I grabbed 3 boxes of different types and brands.
One of the boxes of 9mm factory ammo I grabbed was Winchester, 147gr hollow point, “subsonic” ammo. I hadn’t noticed before that it said “subsonic” on the box, and when I did, it struck me as kind of strange. Wouldn’t ALL 147gr 9mm ammo be subsonic? I mean, I can’t find any 9mm, 147gr loads that break the sound barrier in the 4 loading manuals I checked. Although, my Hodgdon manual lists 1 load that comes close – 1095fps, using Power Pistol powder.
Secondly, I’d like to get some opinions about keeping my 9mm Glock loaded with those Winchester, “subsonic,” 147gr hollow points for self-defense. They look like they might be pretty good to me, but I haven’t studied much on 9mm ammo. Mostly what I’ve read is, “Break your in semi-auto with FMJ bullets, then carry hollow-points in it for self-defense.”
BTW, before I got chilled and had to come home, I put about 70 rounds (including 20 of those 147gr hollow-points) through my new Glock 43. And except for one failure to feed when the slide took a little piece out of my left thumb because I’d foolishly placed it over the top of my right thumb, the gun functioned flawlessly. It seemed pretty accurate too – standing with no rest, I was bouncing a plastic soda pop bottle all over the place at about 20 yards.
One of the boxes of 9mm factory ammo I grabbed was Winchester, 147gr hollow point, “subsonic” ammo. I hadn’t noticed before that it said “subsonic” on the box, and when I did, it struck me as kind of strange. Wouldn’t ALL 147gr 9mm ammo be subsonic? I mean, I can’t find any 9mm, 147gr loads that break the sound barrier in the 4 loading manuals I checked. Although, my Hodgdon manual lists 1 load that comes close – 1095fps, using Power Pistol powder.
Secondly, I’d like to get some opinions about keeping my 9mm Glock loaded with those Winchester, “subsonic,” 147gr hollow points for self-defense. They look like they might be pretty good to me, but I haven’t studied much on 9mm ammo. Mostly what I’ve read is, “Break your in semi-auto with FMJ bullets, then carry hollow-points in it for self-defense.”
BTW, before I got chilled and had to come home, I put about 70 rounds (including 20 of those 147gr hollow-points) through my new Glock 43. And except for one failure to feed when the slide took a little piece out of my left thumb because I’d foolishly placed it over the top of my right thumb, the gun functioned flawlessly. It seemed pretty accurate too – standing with no rest, I was bouncing a plastic soda pop bottle all over the place at about 20 yards.