.40SW Range Ammo

[Coles5515]

Title pretty much states it all but what are you all using at the range? I'm a newbie on this as I just purchase my first handgun and I want to go to the range and begin practicing. From what I've read 180gr is where I need to be, but I am open to hear from you guys on what I should be looking into and where I can get the best pricing.

Thanks.

 

[smokindog]

If you have a Cabelas near you they have this in the store too. Otherwise it's $5 shipping right now. $30 rebate makes this a pretty good deal.

American Eagle&#174 Bulk Pistol Ammunition – Per 300 : Cabela's

 

[Coles5515]

Not a bad deal at all, about .23 cents after the rebate. I found some on Freedom Muntions for the same price with free shipping.

 

[martybee]

I use the FM 180gr. range ammo. I am very pleased with it!

mb

 

[Arik]

For range I use whatever is available. You don't need to stick to 180 at all unless you have some odd special handgun that only works with 180. There are no reason for it. The most common types you'll find are 155, 165 and 180. Any one of those will work.

I shoot whatever I can find on sale. I have Winchester, Magtech, PPU, PMC and recently Geco was on sale

SGAMMO has Speer Lawman and S&B for $13 + shipping

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[Ballistic147]

My 40c will eat 155, 165, and 180 with no issues. I prefer 180 but that's just me. I've got over 3k rounds of Speer Lawman and Blazer Brass that I ordered from SGAmmo. I buy it by the case to save a little money plus it's good quality ammo. Recently I started reloading to maybe save money but mostly to have a constant ammo supply if the need arises.

 

[Ron AZ]

As another poster indicated, all bullet weights should function well. But I find my 2 .40's group better with 180 gr FMJ's as others have stated.

Along a similar vein, my M&P .40 groups best with Fed American Eagle 180 gr FMJ, with Fed Champion a close second, and Magtech 180 grain a decent 3rd. The handful of other FMJ's I have shot in my gun all open up larger groups than those.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I admit I prefer the 155 myself for .40 but if all you are doing is punching paper and you don't reload shoot what you can get cheaply.

 

[cp2146]

Normally I use Winchester White Box FMJ 165 grain for range work. However, I may have to change that after what I encountered yesterday. I'm shooting a M&P 40 Shield. I had a round that wouldn't feed properly (wouldn't go quite all the way in the chamber). I'm thinking...what's going on with this silly thing. Then I saw the reason why. It had a huge chunk missing out of the top of the brass casing, almost all the way down to the bottom of the bullet. Had it been just a hair lower, there would have been a hole and all of the powder would have fallen out. Not only was the brass missing, but just under the missing section, there was a slight bulge. No wonder it wouldn't load. Two things strike me as alarming. First, how did this get past quality control at Winchester, and second, why didn't I see it when loading the magazine? Could this have caused a catastrophic failure of the weapon if it had loaded and fired? Perhaps. I'm just glad I saw it before attempting to load it again.

But to answer your question, as others have said, there are lots of good range ammo options to choose from. I use WWB because it's generally cheaper at my local retailer. I will be watching it more closely from now on, though.

 

[Wishoot]

I bought a few hundred rounds of Herters 180gr brass ammo from Cabela's a while back and it's been 100%. Then again, my 4006 eats everything.