I got the free 500 bullets from Hornady. I also went with the 115gr XTP. Its a very high quality bullet, and expensive, not something I'd go with for target shooting, but hey , free is free!

 

I haven't shot them yet, but I do have 100 rounds loaded with 5.3gr WSF and 1.07 oal in the rotation to try out the next time I get to the range.

Hmmmm.... I think i'm gonna take the free .45's and it would actually be 800rnds. And go with berry's RN 124gr in 9mm or something similar.

Let us know when you run out of free bullets. Ours are cheaper than Berry's, a better product, and local too!

 

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Let us know when you run out of free bullets. Ours are cheaper than Berry's, a better product, and local too!

 

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That's funny, I was just about to mention you and X-Treme bullets..

Welcome to the forum! I just saw your thread, looks i'll have to put an order in next pay check.

I've been running the Xtreme 9mm 124gr plated round nose. They work really well, but I do have some problems with them when loading my single stack 9mm 1911 mag to the maximum 10 count. I'm going to run HP's for now on. To use up my RN stash, I'm loading 7 round nose, then finishing the mag with 3 HP's. Works fine that way.

Is it an issue with the xtreme bullets or just RN in general? What is the issue?

I doubt it was the bullets, more the gun. It seems sensitive to OAL with RN bullets, and I didn't want to go shorter on the OAL. They work fine in my other 9mm HG's loaded to max mag capacity, this was specific to my 1911 9mm. Apparently they can be picky beasts.

That's actually not the first time i herd the 9mm 1911's being picky. and it has to be a pita to come up with a whole new load just for one 9mm pistol out of many.

Yea, its not my HD or SD HG by any means. Its built for and used for competition only, so I don't really mind. Most people hand-tailor loads that work best for their competition gun anyway. There may be some worthy ones out there that can eat any ammo, but personally, I wouldn't pick any single stack 1911 in 9mm for SD use.

 

Its running completely solid with 124gr HPs, no problems or hiccups so far.