I just acquired a Taurus 905 and am curious as to what is a good SD ammo choice. I am just curious about what advice people who have had the 905 or the Smith 940 have towards ammo choice, especially in regards to penetration and expansion. I am not particularly recoil sensitive, but would like something that allows for a timely follow-up shot.

I think it will depend on what shoots to POA with the fixed sights. I had a Ruger SP-101 in 9mm and it took the heavier weight bullets to hit POA. Ruger used the same front sight on their 101's whether it was a .38 Special, .357, or 9mm, which was not a wise thing to do. I'd say try different bullet weights to see what hits where you aim it, then pick the type of bullet you want in that weight class.

I give the same advice regardless of a gun's caliber.

There's not a nickle's worth of difference in today's high tech premium JHP ammo; so try a number of brands and carry what "YOU" shoot the best in this particular gun.

Then practice, practice, practice...

MOONDAWG

I was thinking of picking one of these up as a backup so I can stay in one caliber for ammo purchasing. I was told the 905’s are discontinued?

I hear talk of moon clip and other weird ways of loading and unloading on the 9MM revolvers. They don't load and unload like a .38 with speed loader and ejector rod?

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Originally posted by JBONES:
I was thinking of picking one of these up as a backup so I can stay in one caliber for ammo purchasing. I was told the 905’s are discontinued?

I hear talk of moon clip and other weird ways of loading and unloading on the 9MM revolvers. They don't load and unload like a .38 with speed loader and ejector rod?

You indeed use moon clips and load the ammo into them (instead of into a speed loader). You just drop the ammo in the gun, shoot, remove all 5 rounds together and slide another charged moon clip in. Put a bunch through it today without any issues.

We were shooting my friends 325, and I have to say I like the Smith moon clips better as one of my Taurus ones kept dropping a round.

Do they eject with the same method as a standard revolver (ejector rod)?

They eject the same way. The only difference is the rounds all come out together in the moon clip. You can actually load and fire them without the moon clip, but need to use it for easy ejection.

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Originally posted by Philvis:
I just acquired a Taurus 905 and am curious as to what is a good SD ammo choice. I am just curious about what advice people who have had the 905 or the Smith 940 have towards ammo choice, especially in regards to penetration and expansion. I am not particularly recoil sensitive, but would like something that allows for a timely follow-up shot.

I'm assuming that the Taurus 905 is a snubby, and please take into consideration that I'm not as studied up on 9mm ammo as some others here are. That said, I would see what short barrel load Speer offers in that caliber and see how Speer stacks up against better offerings from other manufacturers. Ultimately settle on the load that you and the gun shoot best with. If you're really dedicated to your practice, you can get scary fast and accurate with a snubby and hotrod ammo. Good luck.

Thanks for the input here. I do practice with what I carry, and have been a snubbie shooter for quite some time. My question is probably geared more towards measured ballistics...so if anyone has any input in those regards, please let me know.

www.stoppingpower.net will have enough 9mm data to tie your brain in a knot in the test bed forum.

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Originally posted by flop-shank:
www.stoppingpower.net will have enough 9mm data to tie your brain in a knot in the test bed forum.

Marshall & Sanow? No, thank you.

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Originally posted by flop-shank:
www.stoppingpower.net will have enough 9mm data to tie your brain in a knot in the test bed forum.

Marshall & Sanow? No, thank you.

The calibrated 10% gelatin Marshall shoots in a room full of other people is a good test media. Sanow has nothing to do with that website so far as I know. We can debate Marshall's street results all day long (I'm not going to), but your mistrust of it doesn't invalidate everything the guy ever said or did. To those willing to listen, he's a wealth of information, and the gel shooting results are free. They can be a great aid in selecting ammo, and I've used them myself in that capacity. As I've said in other threads, the P3AT/.380 Gold Dot results on www.stoppingpower.net are consistent with my own results shooting Perma-Gel.

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We can debate Marshall's street results all day long (I'm not going to), but your mistrust of it doesn't invalidate everything the guy ever said or did.

I'm not debating any "results". For anyone who cares to look, the information is out there to make a decision as to Marshall's credibility. I was around for the bad old days when he and Sanow were presenting junk statistics and outright speculation in the form of "one-shot-stop percentages"... as if it was even remotely valid science.
If he has reformed himself since his Marshall & Sanow days, kudos to him. But just about anything he says will get a double-dose of scrutiny from me because of what he has done in the past.

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The only reason I can see for getting a revolver that shoots an autoloader round is the ammo is free.

Then, why not shoot it in an autoloader?

Just cause somebody can make it doesn't mean it's worth squat. Yeah, I'm old. But old doesn't make you dumb (usually).

Find a good HP, (I use hydra shoks in 9mm and 45acp just because I know this ammo runs 110% in my guns. I also like Federal ammo).
Secondly make sure you can hit with it and can reload it without too much difficulty. On some S&W 940s the guns are ammo sensitive, so the reloading part is important too.

What the bullet hits is much more important then what caliber it is.