LC9s and factory ammunition

tsubaki · Jan 26, 2017

What factory ammunition are you owners of LC9s's using, for carry and/or at the range?

My wife went out and got her one today,
I don't own a 9mm nor do I intend to reload for it (yet).

This is coming from someone who has reloaded 32 S&W and 25acp.

Goldstar225 · Jan 26, 2017

My wife is using the Federal 124 grain HST in her LC9s. Have a look at the lucky gunner ballistic tests for the performance of a wide variety of defensive ammo in ballistic gelatin.

blume357 · Jan 26, 2017

I shoot Georgia Arms pretty much exclusively.. I practice with 115gr full metal jacket and carry their gold dot stuff.... this is remanufactured ammo that comes in bulk... fmj in 500 round ammo cans and the gold dot hydro shock stuff in bags of 50, I think. It has all shot 100%

vaguru · Jan 27, 2017

You can also check the 9mm ammo tests on shootingthebull.net, the 124 HST ammo is tops in the rating. My son and I both have the pro model, functions 100% with everything we have tried, Blazer brass, Blazer aluminum, WWB and my hand loads. We stay away from steel cased ammo.

woodsy · Jan 27, 2017

The LC9s will operate with any factory ammo out there, and a bunch of reloads beyond the limits of factory, both light and heavy (I know because I tried reloads of ALL possibilities). For self-defense, use hollow points. For practice, use solid round points of anything you can get, the cheaper the better, and the lighter the better to reduce recoil for the lady. My only caveat would be to avoid steel or aluminum cased stuff, in case you want to save the brass to (someday) reload them.

SR1911SHOOTER · Jan 29, 2017

woodsy said:
The LC9s will operate with any factory ammo out there, and a bunch of reloads beyond the limits of factory, both light and heavy (I know because I tried reloads of ALL possibilities). For self-defense, use hollow points. For practice, use solid round points of anything you can get, the cheaper the better, and the lighter the better to reduce recoil for the lady. My only caveat would be to avoid steel or aluminum cased stuff, in case you want to save the brass to (someday) reload them.

Woodsy,
My LC9 and LC9s both go BANG! on any ammo. I recently tried out 600 rounds of WInchester
USA Forged. Which is steel cased jacketed lead ammo. Never had a hiccup. In fact, I may start using
it on the range all the time. Loose casings, no problem, I carry a strong magnet on a string in my
range bag. Just swing it over the cases and voila, clean ground! I do not reload as that is above my
pay grade. (To clumsy)! Good shooting to you
Blackie

Toucan56 · Feb 4, 2017

Blazer brass for range, Lehigh Defense Maximum Expansion for EDC.

Elkhunter521 · Feb 8, 2017

I carry Hornady Critical Defence 115gr. Jhp. Practice is any reloadable 115 gr. (Cheapest).

SR1911SHOOTER · Feb 8, 2017

tsubaki said:
What factory ammunition are you owners of LC9s's using, for carry and/or at the range?

My wife went out and got her one today,
I don't own a 9mm nor do I intend to reload for it (yet).

This is coming from someone who has reloaded 32 S&W and 25acp.

tsubaki,
I use whatever I have on hand at the range, as it all works in my R51. For carry
I load with Ruger ARX ammo. Runs great in all my carry guns. (1911, 9MM, LC9s and
R51 9MM. I do not reload either.
Blackie

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