[DontShootMe]

What is the heaviest (high grain), load for 9mm? .22lr? 357mag? that you have used?

I'm beginning to buy into the logic that a heavier bullet is better than a faster one.

Thanks...

[Blueduck]

I tend to like heavy bullets as well, maybe not the explosive exapansion and performance exhibited by lightweights sometimes, but good reliable penetration nearly all the time :)

I use 147 grain in 9mm, same in 38 special and 230 in .45. Have played with 180's in 357 but don't really have a regular load with them.

[Standing Wolf]

I'll stick with lighter and faster, thanks all the same. Heavy and faster would be even better, but since I have to choose between heavy and fast, I'll go with fast.

[WESHOOT2]

(sounds of insane laughter still echoing.....)

[cobb]

The heaviest .357 is a 230 gr. over a dose of Blue Dot. The lightest for .357 is 65 gr. pill, which I have not really had a chance to play with.

[agtman]

"Hot 'n' Heavy loads."


Okay, .... :scrutiny:



Caliber: 10mm Auto.

Bullet-weight: 200 gns.

Velocity: 1250 fps.

Impact: 694 fpe.

Looks like:

http://image1ex.villagephotos.com/2133785.jpg




In short, a 10mm High 'n' Hard. :eek:


But I like it that way. :cool:

[Porter Rockwell]

hello can I play"
I'll call your sissy 10mm load and raise it to a .452 caliber 200gn XTP at 1400fps from the trusty .45 Super!
In 9mm I've used 150s but they're considerably slower than my favorite 115s@1500fps.

[Desert Dog]

I got your 200 at 1400 and raise you a 250 gr. @ 1450 FPS out of a .45 Colt... :D

Mike

[blades67]

How about a 147 grain bullet on top of a 9X25 Dillon to ensure expansion?:neener:

[mtnbkr]

The heaviest I use in my 357mag: 180gr@1250fps
The heaviest I've shot in my 357mag: 220gr@800fps.

The 180gr load is my "woods walking" load. The 220gr load was just to try the bullet, a 220gr wadcutter. Neat load, fairly accurate, but shoots 4" high at 25' with the rear sight all the way down.

The lightest I use in 38spec or 357mag is the 158gr SWC.

Chris