mcb
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The OP restriction still feel contrived to me. I still don't get why 300 BO is limited in projectile weight for subsonic projectiles, use the best projectile for a given cartridge. My home defense gun is a semi-auto handgun, the carbine does not bring enough advantages in a home defense situation IMHO. I don't currently own a 9mm in anything but the second cylinder of my Ruger Blackhawk convertible.
300 Blackout on the other hand is one of my favorite cartridges. I have two lowers (a carbine and a braced pistol) with a 16-inch upper on the carbine and two uppers for the pistol, a 9-inch and a 5-inch. They all can mount my SDN-6 suppressor. The two pistol uppers get used the most. They are my utility gun of choice being light and compact and with subsonic ammo easy on the ears for dispatching varmints around the hunting property.
16-inch, with an old Burris MTAC 1-4x24 This get used with both subs and supers. I get nearly 2400 fps with Barnes 110gr TAC-TX from this barrel.
9-inch with a Vortex Gen 1 Spitfire 3x prism and SBA3 pistol brass (hopefully this does not have to go away shortly). Almost exclusively used with subsonic ammo, I like the quiet.
5-inch on the same SBA3 braced lower. Vortex Spark AR reddot and 3x magnifier. I only shoot subs in this upper. Not much point to supers in a 5-inch barrel and why abuse my suppressor with that.
I really enjoy 300 BO but I use the best bullet for the application. The above are what I am loading for 300 BO.
Left to right:
Maker REX 220gr all copper projectile. Many an up-armored opossum has been vanquished by this projectile.
Berry's 220gr Spritzer plated bullet. Shoots to almost exactly the same point of aim as the Maker out to about 150 yards but at less than 1/3 the cost.
Speer 125gr TNT. Cheap super sonic plinking ammo that still works really well on the varmints.
Barnes 110gr TAC-TX the round all other 300 BO supers are judged against. Hard to beat this round and if I was going to hunt deer with 300 BO this would be the load of choice. This would also be my load of choice if I was going to run on of my 300 BO as a home defense gun. There is not much point in running less in that particular situation.
This Maker REX 220gr projectile was recover (with the aid of a metal detector) from the ground under the first (of 14) armadillo of 2022. I have never seen a 9mm expand this well.
-rambling with pictures
300 Blackout on the other hand is one of my favorite cartridges. I have two lowers (a carbine and a braced pistol) with a 16-inch upper on the carbine and two uppers for the pistol, a 9-inch and a 5-inch. They all can mount my SDN-6 suppressor. The two pistol uppers get used the most. They are my utility gun of choice being light and compact and with subsonic ammo easy on the ears for dispatching varmints around the hunting property.
16-inch, with an old Burris MTAC 1-4x24 This get used with both subs and supers. I get nearly 2400 fps with Barnes 110gr TAC-TX from this barrel.
9-inch with a Vortex Gen 1 Spitfire 3x prism and SBA3 pistol brass (hopefully this does not have to go away shortly). Almost exclusively used with subsonic ammo, I like the quiet.
5-inch on the same SBA3 braced lower. Vortex Spark AR reddot and 3x magnifier. I only shoot subs in this upper. Not much point to supers in a 5-inch barrel and why abuse my suppressor with that.
I really enjoy 300 BO but I use the best bullet for the application. The above are what I am loading for 300 BO.
Left to right:
Maker REX 220gr all copper projectile. Many an up-armored opossum has been vanquished by this projectile.
Berry's 220gr Spritzer plated bullet. Shoots to almost exactly the same point of aim as the Maker out to about 150 yards but at less than 1/3 the cost.
Speer 125gr TNT. Cheap super sonic plinking ammo that still works really well on the varmints.
Barnes 110gr TAC-TX the round all other 300 BO supers are judged against. Hard to beat this round and if I was going to hunt deer with 300 BO this would be the load of choice. This would also be my load of choice if I was going to run on of my 300 BO as a home defense gun. There is not much point in running less in that particular situation.
This Maker REX 220gr projectile was recover (with the aid of a metal detector) from the ground under the first (of 14) armadillo of 2022. I have never seen a 9mm expand this well.
-rambling with pictures