JHP for 9mm and .40

[RCH]

9 will rip your lungs out Jim

Fortay will have you drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic’s but you’re hair will be Perfect

I would carry a 9 mm with 124 +p Golddot when walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain.

 

[Huckleberry]

I would carry a 9 mm with 124 +p Golddot when walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain.

With…Ah-hoo, Werewolves of London then you may want to consider

 

[RCH]

Good choice Huckleberry, for that hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent.

 

[SkiPatrolDude]

I think you mean 9 vs ghey


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Haha

 

[SkiPatrolDude]

Depends on the bullet design. For most traditional hollowpoints, 9 will perform best with either 124+p or 147 grain. I personally prefer the 147 grain loads for having more of a push to recoil and not having the loud rapport or snap that the +p has. Heavy for caliber are longer, so they have the potential to open up wider and are efficient in short barrels due to inertia. Heavy loads tend to have more momentum, although they may have less energy than lighter/faster loads. I like loads with more momentum in general for handguns due to less deflection and the potential for more reliable performance across different barriers/media.

It changes for monolithic copper projectiles. For something like dpx, 115 grain performs similar to the 124+p or 147 grain in traditional hollowpoints, but tends to expand more reliably while also penetrating deep. Opening like a starfish allows the petals to each crush a wide channel on the sides, while allowing material to flow bewteen the petals for reduced drag over a mushroom design.

In .40, it could be either 165gr or 180 gr depending on the exact loading. Some 165 gr loads have both more energy and momentum over the 180 and other loads will favor the 180 gr due to an increase in momentum over their 165 gr counterparts. I'm intentionally differentiating between energy and momentum as they are two different things and have different effects on terminal ballistics.

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[Biggfoot44]

Yep, this again

No , it's the Other eternal debate with no resolution ; Light vs Heavy .

 

[Biggfoot44]

Ruh roh. 9 vs 40.

In a question of 9 vs .40 ( for semiautos ) , the best answers are .357 Sig and .45acp .

 

[babalou]

In a question of 9 vs .40 ( for semiautos ) , the best answers are .357 Sig and .45acp .

lol exactly I did love my Pop's GP100

 

[LAC_MD]

With all three of those being shorter barreled compacts, I would shoot 115grain for the 9, and 165grain for the 40. But every gun and shooter is different, best thing to do is practice and experiment with them all at the range and find out what you, and the gun each like best.

Why not just get a 120 or so grain frangible round for the 40s&w like sinterfire?