any benefit? +P in 3.5" bbl?

[gmcjetpilot]

Chronograph must for Reloading

Well I bought a Chronograph and found some interesting info. First the
obvious, the Glock 26 with a 3.42" barrel produced about 2%-8% faster
velocities than my Kahr CM9... no shock.

My 115Gr was averaging 1055 fps out of the Glock and 1001 fps from the
Kahr. I am very happy with my recipe which is:

• Berry or Rainer Plated 115Gr RN Bullet
• Winchester 231 = 4.50 Gr to 4.63 Gr (tolerance of my powder thrower)
• Recommended Win 231 start/max is 4.3Gr/4.8Gr for lead, conservative for plated
• I have seen up to 4.7Gr/5.1Gr max for Speer GDHP bullets with 231 powder.
• OAL = 1.140" +/-0.002" (max spec OAL for 9mm 1.169)
• I use Lee hand press and Lee 4 piece die set, do the crimp separate.

From my data I could lower the OAL a little to get a little more pressure. I
am still fairly new to reloading, having loaded about 250 rounds and
shot about 200 of them. I have been improving my techniques. However
they all have fed great, were accurate, great rounds to practice with. I
paid a lot for supplies but figure I am reloading at 0.20 a round. Not great
but then again I bought supplies during the recent ammo craze; paying
20% to 30% more for some supplies.

[muggsy]

seems like there is more +P ammo brands and variations available over standard stuff in the 9's. I have no particular brand in mind but my kahrs all have +P in them . WHY? for me it just seemd allt he reading Ihad done showed that +P was the round of choice for most all 9 shooters. I went with the majority and saved my brain any further thinking

I don't think that there is any danger of you straining your brain, Jocko. Just sayin.

[jocko]

thank u muggs, I consider that a compliment. jUST SAYIN.

[Bawanna]

With 9's you need to soup them up anyway you can so they hurt people when hit. Sort of like throwing pebbles versus say a sling shot. Sling shot hurts worse.

[yqtszhj]

With 9's you need to soup them up anyway you can so they hurt people when hit. Sort of like throwing pebbles versus say a sling shot. Sling shot hurts worse.

There we go....