Palladan44
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Just bought a cmmg banshee in 10mm.
I love it. Whats not to love about a PDW chambered in arguably the most powerful semi automatic handgun cartridge of your "service calibers"? (I know it aint no 45 Win Mag or 44 Auto Mag)
I find your common WWB or Federal Champion or Rem UMC ammo to be watered down to almost .40 s&w power. In some cases it was found to be at .40 s&w power. Whats the point??
There is no point. Its just more expensive .40 ammo. Heck with that.
Now, with your more premium ammo such as underwood, Buffalo Bore or similar, you get back to the true original Norma spec. 10mm performance. Getting the 180 gr. Pill up to 1,300 or faster is what im talking about!!!
My solution to getting 10mm performance i want is to hand load. 180 grain jacketed whatever, under a max published charge (alliant website) of Blue dot or power pistol and off to the f#@kin races!!!
One problem with max loads the cases bulge out in front of the case head to beyond being able to reload them again, due to the unsupported chamber in the AR design (this happens in 9mm in uzi as well). So my loads for this PDW i water down to around 90% of max to get the most out of the caliber, but not to destroy the brass.
Thought id share this info and see what input may be out there on the matter.
I love it. Whats not to love about a PDW chambered in arguably the most powerful semi automatic handgun cartridge of your "service calibers"? (I know it aint no 45 Win Mag or 44 Auto Mag)
I find your common WWB or Federal Champion or Rem UMC ammo to be watered down to almost .40 s&w power. In some cases it was found to be at .40 s&w power. Whats the point??
There is no point. Its just more expensive .40 ammo. Heck with that.
Now, with your more premium ammo such as underwood, Buffalo Bore or similar, you get back to the true original Norma spec. 10mm performance. Getting the 180 gr. Pill up to 1,300 or faster is what im talking about!!!
My solution to getting 10mm performance i want is to hand load. 180 grain jacketed whatever, under a max published charge (alliant website) of Blue dot or power pistol and off to the f#@kin races!!!
One problem with max loads the cases bulge out in front of the case head to beyond being able to reload them again, due to the unsupported chamber in the AR design (this happens in 9mm in uzi as well). So my loads for this PDW i water down to around 90% of max to get the most out of the caliber, but not to destroy the brass.
Thought id share this info and see what input may be out there on the matter.
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