M&P AMMUNITION

[drshooter]

I recently bought an Smith and wesson M&P(9) 9mm. i want to know what good ammo for target ractice and to use in an emergency for home defend? cheap ammo? i am new to this , also a good website for bulk ammo.

thanks

 

[matt]

For target- Cheap 9mm 115 fmj.

Cabellas usually has decent prices, ammoman.com (price is shipped)
Georgia arms makes nice stuff

 

[Indiana Jones]

Federal, American eagle, fiochi, Winchester white box, and PMC are all cheap choices for range shooting. There are a ton of different defensive rounds. Most of the companies make them.

Surplusammo.com
Ammoman.com
Cheaper than dirt

Free state usually has bulk too

 

[BSAN]

Target and cheap ammo, walmart winchester white box, or federal.

 

[Johnthetoolguy]

I have a couple M&P's and never found any ammo that they don't like.

 

[Keystone70]

I have a couple M&P's and never found any ammo that they don't like.

Same here

 

[iobidder]

Speer makes excellent 'personal protection' ammo

http://www.speer-bullets.com/ballistics/detail.aspx?id=151

 

[FFMike]

For target I buy Walmart WWB, Federal, sometimes I get bulk Wolf... For self defense I use Hornady Citical Defense. All cycle perfectly and are reliable in my Glock 19, M&P 9C.....

 

[Mikey]

Both my M&P 9mm pistols prefer heavy bullets. I reload and now only shoot 147gr ammo. If your shooting is limited to less than 15yds, any weight works well. At 25yds I was able to go from 8" with WWB to 3" with my reloads. If your M&P is newer (2012) S&W has made some barrel changes that is supposed to help with all loads.

 

[HT4]

I have yet to find a commercial load that my M&P's will not devour reliably.

 

[smokey]

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=84717
Target=anything cheap


defense:
speer- gold dot 124+p/147
federal- hst 124+p/147/147+p
winchester- pdx1 147
rangers too
remington- golden saber bonded 124+p/147
hornady- critical duty 135+p
cor-bon- 115+p dpx

underwood- 147+p+ gold dot.....this load is an asskicker and is what I'm currently carrying.

any of the above will be relatively similar in performance and do you well. They'll all penetrate past 12" and they'll all expand to 1.5 times diameter(the underwood loading expanding to .8"!!). The biggest factor is shot placement, followed by penetration followed by expansion. Other loadings like the glaser "safety slugs" don't penetrate reliably to 12" or fail in other ways.

I put heavy-for-caliber loads on here along with 124+p. the 147's tend to recoil less and be quieter than the 124+p while performing similar or better. The 147's will tend to favor penetration over expansion(unless they're like that underwood load...super fast for the weight...pdx1 is actually pretty hot too). Be sure to run the load you plan on using for defense through your gun to make sure it reliably cycles with it. I've shot a little over 1000 defensive loadings through my p99 in the time i've had it and a few hundred through my m&p compact to make sure they're both completely reliable with the loads I've carried at any given time. It helps give you peace of mind. you don't want to find out your gun is picky on longer 147's at the wrong time.

 

[Boom Boom]

Hornady Critical Defense/Duty and Speer Gold Dot for defense

 

[Kevmo]

wallyworld fed 100 pack

+1 for Underwood

 

[drewhall]

Mine hates the critical defense. I get lots of half chambered rounds, usually caught in the feed ramp.

 

[Mr H]

I recently bought an Smith and wesson M&P(9) 9mm. i want to know what good ammo for target ractice and to use in an emergency for home defend? cheap ammo? i am new to this , also a good website for bulk ammo.

thanks

Mine eats anything I shove down its throat.

Other than the little extra dirty, Win whitebox is as good as any

YMMV

 

[556ready]

My M&P 9c shoots anything I put in her. Keep Speer Gold Dot on hand for HD but I'd grab the 870 in a HD situation, anyway...

 

[OH IT'S KINO]

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=84717


underwood- 147+p+ gold dot.....this load is an asskicker and is what I'm currently carrying.

Yup.

 

[cryptoman]

My M&P shoots any target ammo I put in it (I do not use steel case ammo, however). For self defense recommend:

Standard Pressure Self Defense Round: Federal Hi-Shok 115 grain JHP 9bp
+P Self Defense Round: Cor-Bon 9mm 115 grain +P Jacketed Hollowpoint

 

[Turbo2Point4]

your not really suppose to fire the +p or +p+ out of the M&P's are you? i know it says about only shooting ammo with SAAMI ratings, so i suppose the +p would be fine, but not +p+ since there is no known SAAMI rating that i know of