What do you feed your pistol caliber carbine?

[Jericho_223]

Title says it. I've got a Beretta Cx4 in .40 and I'm just wondering what other owners are feeding theirs and what's giving best accuracy for the money. Personally I've tried Federal 180gr. FMJ and Fiocchi 165gr. JHP. Both were decent, with the Fiocchi being a little more accurate and also a little cheaper. Anybody else? How about other pistol caliber carbines in .40? Any Hi-Point or Sub 2k owners want to chime in?

 

[B!ngo]

It's a fair question but truth is that there is a lot of variance between brands, models, calibers and individual instances of a given gun with regard to ammo compatibility. Best is to do some testing. I usually by two boxes of a dozen or so brands, in a price range that I'm willing to buy again and have a, um, shoot off. Shoot half a box or so of each first round. Take a few notes regarding accuracy, feeding, failures (if at all), flash, dirt et al. Throw out the bad ones, take another lap through the remaining ones and so on and end up with two or three that seem preferable.
Not exactly the scientific method but better than nothing.
Or, go to Walmart and buy some WWB.
B

 

[nyc71]

I reloads for this calibers;
AR 9mm 147gr TC
1894c .357 mag 158gr rn
1894 44 mag 240 rn
M92 45c 200gr & 250gr rn

 

[Jericho_223]

@B!ingo- Yeah I'll definitely have to test some more brands out. While I'm pretty happy with the Fiocchi stuff I've been using, it would be nice to have some other stuff around that I know shoots well too. Also curious about the WWB recommendation. What makes this ammo stand out?

 

[Saddlebag Preacher]

Rossi 92 carbine 45LC using LeverEvolution Hornadys.

 

[meanmrmustard]

Hi Point .40 S&W, federal for practice, but keep a mag loaded in win pdx1 for varmints, deer, zombies, unicorns, Sasquatch....

 

[jim243]

What makes this ammo stand out?

It's cheap junk, he is just pulling your leg.


Jim

 

[taraquian]

My carbine is the infamous Calico Libery and for the first few years I had it it would ONLY shoot Remington UMC. Recently I rebuilt the firing assembly and now I feed it Tula...which is good for a 100 rnd mag. Ironicly the only stovepipe after the rework was with UMC...go figure

 

[Jericho_223]

Quote:
What makes this ammo stand out?
It's cheap junk, he is just pulling your leg.

Haha! Ok I was trying to remember but pretty sure I've heard mostly bad about that ammo...

My carbine is the infamous Calico Libery and for the first few years I had it it would ONLY shoot Remington UMC.

Oh man! I'd love to get my hands on something like that! Seems like a lot of fun.

 

[Dreamliner787]

AR9mm with Aero Precision lower and RRA upper fed with any cheap 115gr ammo that I can find from Sellier Bellot, Fiochi, UMC, etc. but no steel case; and yeah lubed with Frog Lube.

 

[mainmech48]

In all of my three .38 Spl/.357 Mag. carbines (two pre-Taurus Rossi M92 LAs and my beloved IMI Timberwolf Pump) I usually shoot my standard, general purpose handloads. That consists of a 158 gr. LSWC over 5.0 gr. of Unique in .357 cases with a WW or CCI SP primer.

It's inexpensive to produce, quite accurate, generates very little in the way of noise or recoil and is powerful enough to handle the vast majority of my regular shooting needs.

 

[BrainOnSigs]

I own 2 RRA 9mm carbines. They are more fun than a barrel full of monkeys.

 

[whetrock]

I feed my Rossi R92 in 45LC a hand load that consists of a 255 grain Oregon Trail Laser Cut hard cast with 10 grains of unique behind it with a CCI magnum pistol primer. My Highpoint 995 however gets the cheapest factory ammo I can find.