9mm: What Brand Ammo and Grain do you use for 3gun?

Mondo Garcia · May 29, 2014

What Brand Ammo and Grain 9mm do you use for 3gun?

Thnx
Mondo

1911-45 · May 29, 2014

Zero 124gr. FMJ
MC

Matt1911 · May 29, 2014

X-Treme 147 grain.

ShaneP · May 29, 2014

Matt Rigsby said:
X-Treme 147 grain.

same here(for reloading). x-treme is also owned by freedom munitions.
If you're looking for loaded ammo, freedom has that too.

Cajun0007 · May 29, 2014

Stand 1 Armory 147gr -P (Chubbies) and the best part is they are located in Dallas. Check it out at stand1armory.com

jtischauser · May 29, 2014

Freedom ammo w/124's

LuckyDucky · May 29, 2014

freedom munitions whatever reman 9mm is in stock when I buy

or

walmart federal 9mm

Jonathan Brooks · Jun 2, 2014

I reload Berry's 115s...with SR 7625 powder. Mild load and cheap.

Daniel Charbonneau · Jun 3, 2014

Freedom 115 and 124 has been great for me. I've used a combo of their reman and new ammo and haven't had any issues after 3000 rounds.

RigPig · Jun 3, 2014

124gr Berry's on top of 3.6gr TiteGroup.

wgm2011 · Jun 3, 2014

RigPig (Matthew Hoff) said:
124gr Berry's on top of 3.6gr TiteGroup.

That's pretty light. Do you have any problems taking down poppers?

ShaneP · Jun 3, 2014

Flatland Shooter said:
That's pretty light. Do you have any problems taking down poppers?

That's what I thought also.
Do you have trouble making minor PF? Seems like most recipe's that I've seen with 124's and titegroup are around 4.0gr +/-

wgm2011 · Jun 4, 2014

Shane P said:
That's what I thought also.
Do you have trouble making minor PF? Seems like most recipe's that I've seen with 124's and titegroup are around 4.0gr +/-

That's one of the nice things about 3 gun. No power factor requirements. Just the embarrassment factor of leaving copious amounts of the steel standing.

RigPig · Jun 4, 2014

Flatland Shooter said:
That's one of the nice things about 3 gun. No power factor requirements. Just the embarrassment factor of leaving copious amounts of the steel standing.

This. I don't shoot USPSA unfortunately because I live 3 or 4 hours from the nearest range that hosts a regular match. For outlaw 3-gun, it knocks over steel just fine. At Zombies in the Heartland last weekend, we had to shoot a popper at 50yds for a -5 bonus, and I was able to knock it down. If there is a stubborn popper, as we all have encountered from time to time, I'll have the same trouble everyone has getting it to fall, but I can rip off faster doubles or triples due to the light load. I'm running it in a factory STI Eagle and have had no malfunctions with it, shoots flat and with little recoil.

ShaneP · Jun 4, 2014

Good to know. I'm pretty sure if the setup a chrono at a random local match there would be some people not making PF anyway.

TheRealKoop · Jun 4, 2014

Xtreme 147g .356 diameter.

3.2g E3.

1.155 OAL.

Hits about 920 fps.

jtischauser · Jun 5, 2014

Shane P said:
Good to know. I'm pretty sure if the setup a chrono at a random local match there would be some people not making PF anyway.

That would be fun as hell!

hunter_dmw12 · Jun 5, 2014

RigPig (Matthew Hoff) said:
This. I don't shoot USPSA unfortunately because I live 3 or 4 hours from the nearest range that hosts a regular match. For outlaw 3-gun, it knocks over steel just fine. At Zombies in the Heartland last weekend, we had to shoot a popper at 50yds for a -5 bonus, and I was able to knock it down. If there is a stubborn popper, as we all have encountered from time to time, I'll have the same trouble everyone has getting it to fall, but I can rip off faster doubles or triples due to the light load. I'm running it in a factory STI Eagle and have had no malfunctions with it, shoots flat and with little recoil.

i had no problems knocking over the bonus at 50 with 3.3 tight group and 124 xtream. some of the heads on the plate racks gave me problems but they were positioned more forward. just had to give them a double tap or hit them high. I dont see the need to waste powder if i dont have to meet pf. powder is hard to find around here so i have to save where i can.

RigPig · Jun 5, 2014

hunter_dmw12 said:
i had no problems knocking over the bonus at 50 with 3.3 tight group and 124 xtream. some of the heads on the plate racks gave me problems but they were positioned more forward. just had to give them a double tap or hit them high. I dont see the need to waste powder if i dont have to meet pf. powder is hard to find around here so i have to save where i can.

Nice! I can get almost 2k rounds out of a pound of TG. I bought 3 kegs last summer when it was getting hard to find, I'm glad I have it now that it's rarely seen. I paid $18/lb a year ago. I've seen it on GB lately for $60/lb+

Operator_1 · Feb 28, 2017

Been shooting Freedom Munitions 147 gr 9mm. Recently tried some Stand 1 Armory 147 gr "chubbies" which are loaded with to minor power factor. The cubbies seem to shoot smoother to me personally, and at basically the same price as Freedom I've made the switch.