I don't recall if I've posted this before or not, but it's interesting enough for it's own thread.
9mm spanks .38 Special and rivals .357 magnum!
9mm spanks .38 Special and rivals .357 magnum!
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Re: 9mm spanks .38 Special and rivals .357 magnum!
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Spanks?
Spanks?
Re: 9mm spanks .38 Special and rivals .357 magnum!
I had (and foolishly let go) a 940 no-dash back in the late Nineties. Put over 2k rounds of Blazer through it, as well as lots of other stuff. (The aluminum Blazer and the +P rounds tended to stick in the cylinder, which I believe was the reason for the later -1 variant of this gun.) I presently have a SP-101 in 9x19 (one of the new versions - the moon clips don't interchange.)
I can report that shooting the 9x19 in a J-frame revolver leaves a fellow with a healthy respect for the round - it's certainly more akin (in velocity and recoil) to a .357 than a standard pressure .38. (The SP is a lot more pleasant to shoot than the 940 was.) And the rounds are so, so cheap for practice (I recall I was giving $4.88 per box of 50 Blazers delivered back then.) And the reloads . . . well, they were faster in my S&W and in the old-model SP-101s (the new model SPs use stupid easy-to-load/unload moons that jiggle too much for fast reloads): I got to where I was essentially throwing the 5-shot Ranch Products full moons into the J-frame's open cylinder. Practice really helps.
Just for kicks, I offer the following chrono data (5980'>sea level, c. 65 degrees F, c. 15% humid) from my 2.25" SP-101 9x19:
S&B 124-gr ball - M 1085 fps/spread 20.33/deviation 8.36
Remington Golden Saber 124-gr +P BJHP bonded M 1174/S 28.40/D 12.24
Winchester Ranger 127-gr +P+ RA9TA M 1249/S 34.06/D 14.10
Speer Gold Dot 147-gr JHP M 954.9/S 33.92/D 13.41
Federal 115-gr +P JHP 9BPLE M 1246/S 42.60/D 17.80
I can report that shooting the 9x19 in a J-frame revolver leaves a fellow with a healthy respect for the round - it's certainly more akin (in velocity and recoil) to a .357 than a standard pressure .38. (The SP is a lot more pleasant to shoot than the 940 was.) And the rounds are so, so cheap for practice (I recall I was giving $4.88 per box of 50 Blazers delivered back then.) And the reloads . . . well, they were faster in my S&W and in the old-model SP-101s (the new model SPs use stupid easy-to-load/unload moons that jiggle too much for fast reloads): I got to where I was essentially throwing the 5-shot Ranch Products full moons into the J-frame's open cylinder. Practice really helps.
Just for kicks, I offer the following chrono data (5980'>sea level, c. 65 degrees F, c. 15% humid) from my 2.25" SP-101 9x19:
S&B 124-gr ball - M 1085 fps/spread 20.33/deviation 8.36
Remington Golden Saber 124-gr +P BJHP bonded M 1174/S 28.40/D 12.24
Winchester Ranger 127-gr +P+ RA9TA M 1249/S 34.06/D 14.10
Speer Gold Dot 147-gr JHP M 954.9/S 33.92/D 13.41
Federal 115-gr +P JHP 9BPLE M 1246/S 42.60/D 17.80