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This post concerns some 9mm ammunition I purchased at Wal-Mart today. I'm in the habit of shopping a Wally world, because of the occasional good deals on ammo, when it's available.
Today I picked up a couple of boxes of 9mm. The brand was "ZQI". The writing on the box said it was made in Turkey, but there was no other information on bullet weight or velocity or energy. It was a bit more expensive than I expected at $21 for a box of fifty, but I decided to buy 2 boxes anyway and take them to the range.
I noticed something was different when I began shooting these rounds. The recoil and muzzle blast was noticeably stronger and louder. The recoil felt more like I was shooting my 40 S&W, and the muzzle flash was much brighter.
The only information on the box is "9x19mm Parabellum Pistol Cartridge, FMJ Bullet, 50 Cartridges". After looking at the website, I realized why it kicked so much, it's basically a +P 9mm round, but it's not marked that way. On the official website, it mentions the mean chamber pressure of the round as "max 36,995 psi"
Here's the link to that page with that info
http://zqiammousa.com/ammunition/9x19/
To sum it up, if you shoot this in your 9mm, be advised, it's +P ammo that's not marked as such.
Today I picked up a couple of boxes of 9mm. The brand was "ZQI". The writing on the box said it was made in Turkey, but there was no other information on bullet weight or velocity or energy. It was a bit more expensive than I expected at $21 for a box of fifty, but I decided to buy 2 boxes anyway and take them to the range.
I noticed something was different when I began shooting these rounds. The recoil and muzzle blast was noticeably stronger and louder. The recoil felt more like I was shooting my 40 S&W, and the muzzle flash was much brighter.
The only information on the box is "9x19mm Parabellum Pistol Cartridge, FMJ Bullet, 50 Cartridges". After looking at the website, I realized why it kicked so much, it's basically a +P 9mm round, but it's not marked that way. On the official website, it mentions the mean chamber pressure of the round as "max 36,995 psi"
Here's the link to that page with that info
http://zqiammousa.com/ammunition/9x19/
To sum it up, if you shoot this in your 9mm, be advised, it's +P ammo that's not marked as such.