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I have had and been carriing my 642 for about 7 months now. I use some 158 SWC handloaded ammo for practice mostly. Last week I shot up some of my carry loads, and shot them into a couple of phonebooks dry for comparison.
The two loads I carry are Federal 110gr Personal defense, and Corbon 110 gr +p.
I fired a few of each in double taps at 10 yards. What I found surprised me a bit. The federals which are not +P penetrated 1.25 phone books. The corbons which are +P penetrated the same amount!!! The recoil and noise from both types of ammo are about the same. ( I dont own a chrono but it would be interesting to chrono them).
Here is what alarmed me about the Corbons which I thought were the best stuff going:
When I fired some double taps I fired two corbons out of a cylinder full, and went to do a tac reload, when I took the remaining three Corbons out of the cylinder and inspected them, they had pulled out of the case by the entire width of the crimp groove on the bullet
.
I fired federals and this did not happen to the remaining federals in the cylinder the crimp on them held tight.
I repeated with fresh corbons and the same thing happened fired three and the two remaining in the gun, bullets were pulled past the crimp groove.
I understand why it happens, inertial force and all, but this does not happen with my reloads which are tightly crimped, and it does not happen with the federals.
I expected better from Corbon.
The two loads I carry are Federal 110gr Personal defense, and Corbon 110 gr +p.
I fired a few of each in double taps at 10 yards. What I found surprised me a bit. The federals which are not +P penetrated 1.25 phone books. The corbons which are +P penetrated the same amount!!! The recoil and noise from both types of ammo are about the same. ( I dont own a chrono but it would be interesting to chrono them).
Here is what alarmed me about the Corbons which I thought were the best stuff going:
When I fired some double taps I fired two corbons out of a cylinder full, and went to do a tac reload, when I took the remaining three Corbons out of the cylinder and inspected them, they had pulled out of the case by the entire width of the crimp groove on the bullet
.I fired federals and this did not happen to the remaining federals in the cylinder the crimp on them held tight.
I repeated with fresh corbons and the same thing happened fired three and the two remaining in the gun, bullets were pulled past the crimp groove.
I understand why it happens, inertial force and all, but this does not happen with my reloads which are tightly crimped, and it does not happen with the federals.
I expected better from Corbon.
