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Old November 2, 2013, 02:48 AM   #34
rock185
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Join Date: September 2, 2001
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Pond, I really don't think there will be much difference in terminal effectiveness between 115,124,147,158,etc. ball 9MM ammo. For SD/HD, the main thing to me would be reliable function. That being said, for the last ~15 years, my most used factory practice and plinking ammo has been the Winchester Q4318 124 grain NATO ball ammo. I have used literally thousands of rounds of this in multiple 9MM pistols, revolvers and Marlin carbines. Reliabilty has been excellent, in fact, I cannot recall a single malfuction in any of my guns while using the NATO ammo. It is sealed at the case mouth and the primer is sealed and crimped. I suspect it would be very weather resistant. I have chronographed the NATO ammo in quite a few different guns, and it is loaded a little warmer than most of our standard U.S. SAAMI spec. ammo of the same weight. I would think similar European, etc. ammo would be available to you if actual NATO 9MM is not...ymmv
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