9mm

Hey y'all, I just picked myself up an 1892 Ordnance Revolver, often called a Lebel revolver. I intend to handload for this pistol, and already have some loads I've researched as well as brass. I want to use cast bullets for their cost effectiveness, but the only 8mm cast bullets I can find are...

Good day Fellow gun owners, I'm Wess and I'm a gun parts designer from The Netherlands ( You know ...Amsterdam ) and I specialize in hard to find.. basically unicorn parts. My first successful project is the locking block for the Beretta 1951 & Helwan line of pistols. It has taken me 2 years to...

So I just used up the powders that I normally use for 9mm and wanted to get your input - based upon actual experience only please - as to which of the following powders (I have them all already) would provide the lowest recoil at minimum powder loads. Please note, I am not asking for load data...

Are you putting yourself or your family at risk by carrying low budget 9mm self defense ammunition? I went on a search for the most economical 9mm I could find locally. I know there may be better prices online but I wanted to see what local shops may be stocking. I would eventually come across...

hello everyone, I’m posting this to gain advice and learn from anyone’s experiences about converting a 9mm BHP to 357 Sig. I’m looking to do this with an Israeli hi power in 9mm. I know about the BHP 357 sig KKM barrels but from what I’ve read on other forums not many people have converted the...

Basically, exactly as the title says. I've wanted some flavor of H&K pistol for quite a while, but always stepped back before taking the plunge. After some rather unpleasant recent life upheaval, I'm back at the edge wanting to jump into the world of HK. I'm already prepared for the expensive...

Instead of learning world history calculus and graduating from pharmacy school. I wish I was taking courses on handguns, origins , ammunition’s , tactical gear etc. Feels like a making of Harry Potter movie. But seriously I’m a newbie or dare I say a 22lr’e ( I only say that because everything I...

Tonight I went to range and decided to rent a few pistols I haven't tried out yet. I recently bought my first 9mm (SW Shield) but wanted to try out some full size pistols. I recently had tried Glock 19 which I found to group decent and be a decent shooter even with the stock sights. So tonight I...

Good morning all, I would like to build/buy a 9mm SBR similar to the the Sig Rattler SBR, is this possible? if so will you please provide me where to look for an upper. I am new to this build idea however, I have believe I would need a piston upper, is this correct? if so does it exist? where...

We've had several threads recently that have shown, to my mind, inscrutable consistencies. One side always comes in with 'Handgun stopping power is a myth. and all handgun calibers are essentially within 20% effectiveness of each other. One poster asserted that the .357 Mag. is no more than...

I'm just having the 9mm blues slowly changing out all of my semi-auto pistol calibers to 9mm. It first started as a cost thing and now has accelerated with all of the new goodies (e.g. Rx optics, Sig phosphate coatings on their service pistols, etc) coming in 9mm only. My favorite revolver...

I'm not a LEO and never have been. I do factor in what I perceive departments use but my info is based on blogs like THR and educated guesses as well as a lot of gelatin terminal performance studies. For 115 gr. 9mm standard pressure I have settled on 115 gr. Gold Dot in my 'mouse guns'. For...

A thread in this forum asks what are the latest developments in defensive 9mm ammunition, and I thought I'd start a thread on a recent amazing study of not only 9mm but other calibers used by LE agencies. (Mods, I couldn't find any reference to this study through search on THR.) The study...

Hello everyone I'm in need of a little help. So I recently purchased 500 9mm 125 gr pulled HSTs and I'm having trouble trying to work up a load. I'm trying to replicate factory specs. I don't have quickload but I was just wanting to see if someone out there could punch in some numbers for me if...

Hello All Anyone out there reload 9mm, 115gr FMJ round nose with Unique? All I am finding in my manuals and on Alliant website is around 4.7gr starting and 6gr max loads with a min COAL of 1.135”. Even the starting load seems to be close to compressed. Heck, if I put 6gr in the case (if it will...

I’ve got a set of RCBS 9mm Luger dies that I’ve also been using to load 9mm Largo, and rather than reset the dies every time I switch between them I’d like to find a spacer washer that I could put under the lock rings when loading the longer round. This is the same sort of spacer that’s usually...

So, I have several powders that can be used for 9 and would like the collective wisdom from those who have used these to offer their opinions. I'm not looking for load data - I'll develop ladders and chrono the results - just input as to which would offer the best combo of low recoil with...

I've run out of some of my powders but have a bunch of AA#5 and Bullseye left. Looking for soft target loads for 9mm using 125gr coated lead bullets (the Blue Bullets). These are to shoot out of full size semi-auto's including a G17, a CZ75 and a 1911. Accuracy only needed out to 25yrds...

I had never really paid any attention to High Point firearms, but I was in the store the other day just looking at what was in the display case and I saw this misshapen hunk of Zamak. At first I didn't recognize it as a High Point; I just figured it was an import from some country that was just...

I have .22's for plinking but I've been thinking about getting a larger caliber for self defense. I've tried a number of 9mm pistols at a range that rents but I havent found one that feels controllable or is easy to get back on target for the follow up shots. A friend has a CZ75 and I find it...