9mm ammo

[MustangSally]

What is the least recoiling? I realize that there is not much recoil to begin with, just curious.

 

[leejack]

Technically speaking, I have no idea, but:

Lately I've been using Federal Champion 115gr from WallyWorld for practice in my incredable sigma. Cheapest I've found around here, too.

Very little recoil.

Lee

 

[handgunner356]

Unless you handload all the non-PlusP loads will seem pretty much the same. The lighter bullets have higher velocities then the heavy ones, but they all end up in the same energy range. A couple loads that seem somewhat on the light side are the 115gr Winchester USA(White box) or Remington UMC. If you do end up handloading a light load, it would most likely require a lighter recoil spring in order to work, and back then to stock for factory loads.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

I go with the 115 gr loads, either WWB for practice, or 115gr Personal Protection or 115gr WW Silvertips. They are not extremely heavy loads, controllable in my Sigma 9VE, which is my wife's primary defense weapon, my SWaMPy 9c and the little Kahr 9094. This weight seems to be the best compromise for me and my wife.

Geoff
Who notes the FBI penetration standard is not necessarily applicable to personal defense at very short ranges.

 

[mrwintr]

If you look around at some online ammo places you might be able to find a lighter buller weight, which would mean less recoil....Federal made a 95gr JSP and I see Magtech makes an 85gr. defense round. Check out a place like Midway USA and I think you find more lighter weight 9mm's.

 

[Dragon88]

For target or self defense ammo? For target, they are all about the same. One of the best deals you can find these days without reloading is the Federal 9mm at Wal-Mart, $9.50 a box, or the Rem 250 packs for ~$50. For self defense, and staying with the reasonably priced thing, I would get a box of Winchester white box JHP 50 rds. You can shoot some of the rounds to function test in your pistol and still have plenty left to load your magazines. Other than that, any of the non +P premium self defense ammo would serve you quite well, such as Gold Dot.

 

[mrwintr]

Lightweight, lower recoil ammo for self defense;
Glaser Blue Safety Slug Ammunition 9mm Luger +P 80 Grain Safety Slug Package of 6 - MidwayUSA or
Cor-Bon DPX Ammunition 9mm Luger 95 Grain Barnes XPB Hollow Point Lead-Free Box of 20 - MidwayUSA
And for target practice something lighter like;
RWS Copper-Matrix NTF Ammunition 9mm Luger 85 Grain Non-Toxic Frangible Box of 50 - MidwayUSA or
Magtech Sport Ammunition 9mm Luger 95 Grain Jacketed Soft Point Box of 50 - MidwayUSA
Actually if these Magtech 95grain JSP bullets run well through your gun, they may be good for both target and defense, they certainly are inexpensive. There are some other lower weight options, but most are out of stock and some are very pricey.

 

[WR Moore]

The pre-fragmented bullets like Glaser/Mag-Safe generally have a much lower point of impact than regular bullets. They're also too expensive to practice with to adjust to that. Add in that they have NO tactical penetration (through limbs of the body, for example) and they simply aren't a good self defense choice.

It's been well settled for decades that soft point bullets are vastly inferior to hollow point for defensive use.