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I just got a Hi-point 9mm carbine on a whim that I want to reload for and was just wanting some opinions from you guys with more experience than myself.
These reloads are just for fun and plinking purposes no hunting or self defence or anything so this thread is more about being a fun learning experience for me than anything else.
Basically I'm wanting to work up two new loads. One load for the Hi-point carbine and another for a Sig p226. The bullets I have on hand are both lead Missouri's. The first is (parabellum) which is their 115gr round nose with a BH of 18. The second is their (subsonic) a 147 gr. flat nose with a BH of 15. I plan on loading both using Unique and cci 500 primers.
What type of round do you think would benefit the most when reloading for a carbine instead of pistol? Light and fast or heavy and slow? Now obviously they both will gain more velocity out of a 16in barrel but what do you think would benefit more energy wise? I'm sure the lighter bullets will gain more velocity than the heavy but which would get the most performance boost? A 115gr bullet gaining "lets just say" 300fps or a 147gr bullet gaining 100fps?
I think the answer for me is to keep the 147gr. sub sonic's "sub sonic" in the pistol, and try to drive the 115gr bullets faster and keep them supersonic longer but this question is honestly more about the theory of which will get the most gain using the longer barrel.
These reloads are just for fun and plinking purposes no hunting or self defence or anything so this thread is more about being a fun learning experience for me than anything else.
Basically I'm wanting to work up two new loads. One load for the Hi-point carbine and another for a Sig p226. The bullets I have on hand are both lead Missouri's. The first is (parabellum) which is their 115gr round nose with a BH of 18. The second is their (subsonic) a 147 gr. flat nose with a BH of 15. I plan on loading both using Unique and cci 500 primers.
What type of round do you think would benefit the most when reloading for a carbine instead of pistol? Light and fast or heavy and slow? Now obviously they both will gain more velocity out of a 16in barrel but what do you think would benefit more energy wise? I'm sure the lighter bullets will gain more velocity than the heavy but which would get the most performance boost? A 115gr bullet gaining "lets just say" 300fps or a 147gr bullet gaining 100fps?
I think the answer for me is to keep the 147gr. sub sonic's "sub sonic" in the pistol, and try to drive the 115gr bullets faster and keep them supersonic longer but this question is honestly more about the theory of which will get the most gain using the longer barrel.
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