tark
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I have an Astra 400 that I have been shooting extensively. It is a later gun, #92XXX and, since Largo ammo is rather hard to find, I buy 38 Supers, pull the bullets, drop the charge by 20% and reassemble. It is time consuming but it is a reliable source of ammo.
Long story short, I found a box of CCI Blazer 9mm Largo ammo and tried some in my 400. I was profoundly shocked by the greatly increased recoil and muzzle blast from the CCi ammo. Out of curiosity, and against my better judgement, I took seven of the Largo rounds and one factory loaded, untouched 38Super round, and loaded them in a mag without paying any attention to where the super was. I wanted to see if I could tell which one was the super.
Well, it was easy to pinpoint the super round. One of the rounds in the mag was noticeably weaker than the others. Yeah....that's what I said, too. Out came the chronograph.
Now, I don't know if I just got some hot loaded Largo ammo or some weak loaded Super ammo, but the 124gr Largo ammo was doing 1260. The super ammo was pretty close to the advertized 1240.
Two things here. Have the factories softened up Super loadings in recent years? I seem to remember that Supers featured a 130 gr bullet @ 1300 FPS. Current loads feature that bullet at 1200 and they call that +p!! Does anyone know if the ammo companies are loading Supers down to 9x19 levels.
The other thing is the Largo pressures. What the hell are they loading that stuff to? It feels noticeably hotter than a current Super. My 400 is in good shape, with all new springs, but I will hold off on shooting supers in it untill I get some answers Thanks, guys
Long story short, I found a box of CCI Blazer 9mm Largo ammo and tried some in my 400. I was profoundly shocked by the greatly increased recoil and muzzle blast from the CCi ammo. Out of curiosity, and against my better judgement, I took seven of the Largo rounds and one factory loaded, untouched 38Super round, and loaded them in a mag without paying any attention to where the super was. I wanted to see if I could tell which one was the super.
Well, it was easy to pinpoint the super round. One of the rounds in the mag was noticeably weaker than the others. Yeah....that's what I said, too. Out came the chronograph.
Now, I don't know if I just got some hot loaded Largo ammo or some weak loaded Super ammo, but the 124gr Largo ammo was doing 1260. The super ammo was pretty close to the advertized 1240.
Two things here. Have the factories softened up Super loadings in recent years? I seem to remember that Supers featured a 130 gr bullet @ 1300 FPS. Current loads feature that bullet at 1200 and they call that +p!! Does anyone know if the ammo companies are loading Supers down to 9x19 levels.
The other thing is the Largo pressures. What the hell are they loading that stuff to? It feels noticeably hotter than a current Super. My 400 is in good shape, with all new springs, but I will hold off on shooting supers in it untill I get some answers Thanks, guys