So it occurred to me I do have another surplus bolt action. It’s just not one I think of for this type of thing.
I have a Spanish Destroyer carbine that was originally chambered in 9mm Bergmann. I had it rebarreled and chambered in 9x19. I thought it should make a dandy suppressor host. I understand there were some factory-chambered 9x19 guns, but they are much less common.
I find the factory magazines don’t feed the shorter cartridges all that well, but a 9mm 1911 mag will work if you cut a catch in the rear of the magazine.
I was shooting some 147 gr. bullets with mixed brass and was my only attempt. I suspect I could do better with a little work, but I don’t know that I’ll get out to do it before the end of the month.
Actually, I’m pretty happy I got all 10 hits on paper, although one outside of the scoring zone. I really wasn’t sure where to be for elevation, but a dead-on hold seemed to get me pretty close. This actually wasn’t much worse than my Enfield.
It’s a fun project gun, but if I were to do it again I would just buy a Ruger 77/357 and thread it for a silencer. It would be easier to mount optics, and I could shoot much heavier subsonic bullets.
GarrettJ
Destroyer Carbine
Class 1
Score 67
9x19, 147 gr. JHP, 4.0 gr. Win 231
I have a Spanish Destroyer carbine that was originally chambered in 9mm Bergmann. I had it rebarreled and chambered in 9x19. I thought it should make a dandy suppressor host. I understand there were some factory-chambered 9x19 guns, but they are much less common.
I find the factory magazines don’t feed the shorter cartridges all that well, but a 9mm 1911 mag will work if you cut a catch in the rear of the magazine.
I was shooting some 147 gr. bullets with mixed brass and was my only attempt. I suspect I could do better with a little work, but I don’t know that I’ll get out to do it before the end of the month.
Actually, I’m pretty happy I got all 10 hits on paper, although one outside of the scoring zone. I really wasn’t sure where to be for elevation, but a dead-on hold seemed to get me pretty close. This actually wasn’t much worse than my Enfield.
It’s a fun project gun, but if I were to do it again I would just buy a Ruger 77/357 and thread it for a silencer. It would be easier to mount optics, and I could shoot much heavier subsonic bullets.
GarrettJ
Destroyer Carbine
Class 1
Score 67
9x19, 147 gr. JHP, 4.0 gr. Win 231