I was looking to purchase some ammo for target practice. Does it matter which grain to purchase? I understand lower grain travels faster. Is this important to consider for target ammo or just get what is cheaper?

Id just go with cheaper if its for range fun. Unless you are concerned about bullet behavior differences between range and self defense use.

I agree, what ever is cheaper, just note that some of the 115gr ammo some people had didn't make minor power factor at a USPSA match when it was chrono'd, so if you plan on shooting any matches, I'd get the 124gr.

 

Also the the ammo was different brands and some didn't make PF, and other IIRC were very very close.

Thanks!

I would go with the same weigh as sd if the price difference isn't too great at least you know both bullets will shoot close at the same sight in uh that'd my HO I shoot 230 gr fmj and use 230 gr jhp for sd

I would go with the same weigh as sd if the price difference isn't too great at least you know both bullets will shoot close at the same sight in uh that'd my HO I shoot 230 gr fmj and use 230 gr jhp for sd

 

While nice in theory, if its a gun you would use for HD/SD, shoot what ever ammo you will keep loaded in it for that purpose and shoot that every once in a while. You want to know it feeds correctly, you also want to know how she shoots with it, but where on target and how and if the recoil feels..

While nice in theory, if its a gun you would use for HD/SD, shoot what ever ammo you will keep loaded in it for that purpose and shoot that every once in a while. You want to know it feeds correctly, you also want to know how she shoots with it, but where on target and how and if the recoil feels..

 

I actually go through some SD ammo once a month just to make sure I know how it shoots through the gun. In 9mm, I tend to stick with 124 gr ammo in factory and reloads. I get it roughly for the same cost as 115gr.

I agree with the above posters who said 1 - buy whatever is cheapest and 2 - if shooting comp, get some 124gr to make power factor.

 

But buy whatever is cheapest, usually both can be had for the same price.

I've shot 115gr and 124gr from my EMP and they function flawlessly, and seem to perform about the same. I've also shot a couple hundred rounds of 147gr from the same EMP and while the gun did function, I noticed a bit of copper on the feed ramp that I didn't see when I shot the 115 or 124gr stuff.