Barnett3006
Regular Member
Just to add to the thread here...
My first CC gun was my P-64 and at the time the only modern HP self defense ammo available (and that I could find locally) in 9x18mm Mak was Hornady Custom ammo loaded with their 95 gr XTP bullet. I shot enough of it to be comfortable with it as my SD round, so I loaded up my mags, chambered a round, holstered the gun and went about my merry...
About a month later it was time to clean the carry fuzz out of my gun so I unloaded and noticed that the round that had been in the chamber had a significant amount of set-back. That bullet was deep deep in the case, like the ogive was past the case mouth deep. I then chambered several more of the Hornady XTP rounds and each one came out the same way with extreme set-back, after only one chambering.
I switched to Corbon Power Ball ammo after that.
Now, I don't know if it was just my particular P-64 not liking that ammo (it would feed just fine) or if that particular box of Hornady ammo was "bad" or what but I have not had that problem with any other brand of ammo or bullet type in that gun.
My first CC gun was my P-64 and at the time the only modern HP self defense ammo available (and that I could find locally) in 9x18mm Mak was Hornady Custom ammo loaded with their 95 gr XTP bullet. I shot enough of it to be comfortable with it as my SD round, so I loaded up my mags, chambered a round, holstered the gun and went about my merry...
About a month later it was time to clean the carry fuzz out of my gun so I unloaded and noticed that the round that had been in the chamber had a significant amount of set-back. That bullet was deep deep in the case, like the ogive was past the case mouth deep. I then chambered several more of the Hornady XTP rounds and each one came out the same way with extreme set-back, after only one chambering.
I switched to Corbon Power Ball ammo after that.
Now, I don't know if it was just my particular P-64 not liking that ammo (it would feed just fine) or if that particular box of Hornady ammo was "bad" or what but I have not had that problem with any other brand of ammo or bullet type in that gun.