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Originally Posted by rwsmith
PS About anything could do better out of a Contender barrel than any semi auto. I realize that some semis are highly tuned and accurate, but that takes a lot of work where a Contender is more likely to perform right out of the box.
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I wasn't using the Contender as a gun to make it perform better. I did try loading for performance back quite a few years...but to be honest it didn't gain much because the 9mm runs at about all it will do ...safely anyway. I will admit to having a couple of leaky primers and only got about 70 more FPS over safe and sane loads. Even with the Contender you can only go so far! I loaded 160 gr round nose bullets in that Contender and only got about a hundred FPS more than you have gotten. With a 10 inch bbl... safe and sane. leaky primers add 74 FPS. I actually found my records. That was using a Crony... Not sure they are the most accurate chronograph. Also today's powders seem to be better and more varied