Out of curiosity anyone know how well 9mm soft point works? My dilemma is this. Wife isn’t happy with the collection I have and isn’t aware of my G17, which feeds JHP just fine.
She is aware of my Colt OP .38sp and my Walther P1. So far I’ve found no JHP that will reliably feed in it. I haven’t tried any of the “jhp simulators” like Hornady critical defense or federal bulldog yet.
I found a box of Magtech 9SD (I think that is the model) 124gr soft point for cheap so I picked it up to try out. I did read mixed and mostly bad reviews of Federal 90gr soft point 9mm where it tends to shed the jacket and also not expand much at all, but all those tests seem to be on water jugs and buckets.
I kind of suspect 124gr SP isn’t going to expand much unless it hits something hard, but I figure it had a better chance of some expansion, especially if it hits bone, than FMJ will and likely is no worse than FMJ.
No idea if my P1 will feed it, but I suspect yes and I’ll find out.
Anyway, I’ve got an AR (that wife knows about) setup as an HD gun, but I’d like to have a handgun ready to go also. 8 of 9mm and possibility of a fast reload makes me somewhat more confident than 6 and a slow reload of the revolver (P1 hasn’t had a single malfunction in the maybe 200 rounds of ball I’ve feed it since I got it. It has had FTF maybe 8 or 9 times in about 50 rounds of different types of JHP I’ve tried in it. All standard pressure JHP and FMJ 115gr. Not a mag issue as the mags have new Wolff springs in them and the rounds are getting hung on the feed ramp).
Thoughts? SP worth at all considering over FMJ? Any experience with soft points in 9mm? Should I try critical defense and/or guard dog if you have experience with them (especially if you have experience with them in feed sensitive guns that don’t like JHP. I don’t want to drop $50-80 on 75 or 100 rounds of critical defense or whatever so I can run enough rounds to be confident it’ll feed...only to find out it won’t. My G17 likes golden Sabre 124gr +P, but I won’t run +P in my P1 and I doubt it would feed anyway).
She is aware of my Colt OP .38sp and my Walther P1. So far I’ve found no JHP that will reliably feed in it. I haven’t tried any of the “jhp simulators” like Hornady critical defense or federal bulldog yet.
I found a box of Magtech 9SD (I think that is the model) 124gr soft point for cheap so I picked it up to try out. I did read mixed and mostly bad reviews of Federal 90gr soft point 9mm where it tends to shed the jacket and also not expand much at all, but all those tests seem to be on water jugs and buckets.
I kind of suspect 124gr SP isn’t going to expand much unless it hits something hard, but I figure it had a better chance of some expansion, especially if it hits bone, than FMJ will and likely is no worse than FMJ.
No idea if my P1 will feed it, but I suspect yes and I’ll find out.
Anyway, I’ve got an AR (that wife knows about) setup as an HD gun, but I’d like to have a handgun ready to go also. 8 of 9mm and possibility of a fast reload makes me somewhat more confident than 6 and a slow reload of the revolver (P1 hasn’t had a single malfunction in the maybe 200 rounds of ball I’ve feed it since I got it. It has had FTF maybe 8 or 9 times in about 50 rounds of different types of JHP I’ve tried in it. All standard pressure JHP and FMJ 115gr. Not a mag issue as the mags have new Wolff springs in them and the rounds are getting hung on the feed ramp).
Thoughts? SP worth at all considering over FMJ? Any experience with soft points in 9mm? Should I try critical defense and/or guard dog if you have experience with them (especially if you have experience with them in feed sensitive guns that don’t like JHP. I don’t want to drop $50-80 on 75 or 100 rounds of critical defense or whatever so I can run enough rounds to be confident it’ll feed...only to find out it won’t. My G17 likes golden Sabre 124gr +P, but I won’t run +P in my P1 and I doubt it would feed anyway).