So my wife's favorite uncle is getting older and starting to give his things away. He gave us a beautiful 95% condition Browning Hi Power. He is, for the record, my favorite Uncle as well.
First time to the range shot 50 FMJs, I think Norma 124gr, and it was flawless
Second trip tonight shot two flawless magazines of Blazer 124gr. FMJ
Looking for hollow points now, I loaded a magazine of Winchester White Box 115gr JHP. I figured its older design might be beneficial. It jammed with a failure to eject on the 6th round.
I then loaded a magazine of Federal HST 147gr and it wouldn't even chamber the round. The bullet just kept jamming against the ramp.
OK, that's all the SD ammo I brought, but I also had a box of Speer Lawman 147gr TMJ and it shot it beautifully. The gun is remarkably accurate.
Now I don't have any plans to use this gun anywhere outside of the range, but I do like to know what my guns are capable of and would like to keep some reliable SD ammo on hand, you know, just in case.
Does anyone have any experience that could help?
I am currently of two minds. One is to shoot another hundred or so rounds of the WWB and see if it was a fluke. But I shoot that stuff a lot and it is generally very reliable out of everything else I own. Second thought was Hornady FTX with the little red plug thingy, probably in 124gr if I can find it. If not then 115gr.
Thanks in advance for the feedback. I will post a picture of the gun later.
First time to the range shot 50 FMJs, I think Norma 124gr, and it was flawless
Second trip tonight shot two flawless magazines of Blazer 124gr. FMJ
Looking for hollow points now, I loaded a magazine of Winchester White Box 115gr JHP. I figured its older design might be beneficial. It jammed with a failure to eject on the 6th round.
I then loaded a magazine of Federal HST 147gr and it wouldn't even chamber the round. The bullet just kept jamming against the ramp.
OK, that's all the SD ammo I brought, but I also had a box of Speer Lawman 147gr TMJ and it shot it beautifully. The gun is remarkably accurate.
Now I don't have any plans to use this gun anywhere outside of the range, but I do like to know what my guns are capable of and would like to keep some reliable SD ammo on hand, you know, just in case.
Does anyone have any experience that could help?
I am currently of two minds. One is to shoot another hundred or so rounds of the WWB and see if it was a fluke. But I shoot that stuff a lot and it is generally very reliable out of everything else I own. Second thought was Hornady FTX with the little red plug thingy, probably in 124gr if I can find it. If not then 115gr.
Thanks in advance for the feedback. I will post a picture of the gun later.