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due to some discussions going on around here recently, i started doing some additional reading regarding .380 ammo tests and am slightly discouraged at what i found. i bought .380 that i was able to find locally, namely because buying online would have been VERY expensive, and believe i had read that several users happily use rem express 88gr jhps. so i bought what multiple stores had, which totaled up to being WWB and the remmy's.
and then to read that the testing done by various people on the 88 grainers netted no expansion doesn't encourage me too much. (and a recent suggestion that fmj ammo is already lower velocity from JHP)
so, for now, i've switched my little P3 to nothing but the JHPs until 1) i have enough money to find a new round and buy enough ammo, 2) i decide which HP i wish to buy. i am still entirely confident in my JHP that i have, although i do want something known more for it's expansion. plus, it's been added that AE FMJ is one of the hottest ball rounds out there, if i can find somewhere that's GOT the stuff, i'll continue my previous course of interleaving FMJ and HP. i read and understand those who choose not to, but yet again, it boils down to the "shoot what's comfortable".
it's not that i'm cheap (with the "what's your life worth" argument), it's just that RIGHT at the moment there's really no money to buy ammo in the first place (i've got one box of carry ammo and one box practice ammo that have to tide me over til there's money to buy more). when the money comes, online will likely be the place to go, lord knows i've bought enough from natchez over the years.
plus, does anyone know if there's a significant difference between the express 88gr JHP and the UMC 88gr JHP? since i moved, i'm much farther from any place that retails much ammo. WM is the only handy place and they don't have the express, but they do have UMC (at a much lower price than i was buying express for!
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i am indeed using UMC 115 gr JHP in the P11 for carry and have done some limited milk jug testing with it and was perfectly pleased with the results and expansion of that particular round, so i'm not afraid of UMC HPs.
that is my rambling thoughts regarding my (somewhat foolish) choice of ammo selection.
spence
and then to read that the testing done by various people on the 88 grainers netted no expansion doesn't encourage me too much. (and a recent suggestion that fmj ammo is already lower velocity from JHP)
so, for now, i've switched my little P3 to nothing but the JHPs until 1) i have enough money to find a new round and buy enough ammo, 2) i decide which HP i wish to buy. i am still entirely confident in my JHP that i have, although i do want something known more for it's expansion. plus, it's been added that AE FMJ is one of the hottest ball rounds out there, if i can find somewhere that's GOT the stuff, i'll continue my previous course of interleaving FMJ and HP. i read and understand those who choose not to, but yet again, it boils down to the "shoot what's comfortable".
it's not that i'm cheap (with the "what's your life worth" argument), it's just that RIGHT at the moment there's really no money to buy ammo in the first place (i've got one box of carry ammo and one box practice ammo that have to tide me over til there's money to buy more). when the money comes, online will likely be the place to go, lord knows i've bought enough from natchez over the years.
plus, does anyone know if there's a significant difference between the express 88gr JHP and the UMC 88gr JHP? since i moved, i'm much farther from any place that retails much ammo. WM is the only handy place and they don't have the express, but they do have UMC (at a much lower price than i was buying express for!
i am indeed using UMC 115 gr JHP in the P11 for carry and have done some limited milk jug testing with it and was perfectly pleased with the results and expansion of that particular round, so i'm not afraid of UMC HPs.
that is my rambling thoughts regarding my (somewhat foolish) choice of ammo selection.
spence