Ty Cobb Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 Does the type (brand) of shells matter to how well a hand gun performs? I have a Smith & Wesson 9mm that keeps jamming when I shoot cheaper shells. I clean my pistol on a regular basis so I don't think this has anything to do with it. I started thinking my gun sucked but I saw a Berreta 9mm do the same thing with the same shells. Any information will be helpful and appreciated.
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 [quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1121941" timestamp="1321637050"]Does the type (brand) of shells matter to how well a hand gun performs? I have a Smith & Wesson 9mm that keeps jamming when I shoot cheaper shells. I clean my pistol on a regular basis so I don't think this has anything to do with it. I started thinking my gun sucked but I saw a Berreta 9mm do the same thing with the same shells. Any information will be helpful and appreciated.[/quote]Yes, it matters for some guns. Some guns will eat anything you feed it and others will run premium brands and some are even more selective. Some ammo is just plain crap. We have shot some cheap stuff while qualifying with our pistols and had a significant number of different brands of pistols malfunction. Normally the good brands though will feed but some of the really cheap (usually foreign) stuff is just nasty. What kind of S&W do you have? If it is a more modern one like an M&P then it shouldn't be having misfeeds except with some really crappy ammo.
Ty Cobb Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Posted November 18, 2011 I'm not a huge gun guy so I don't know the in's and out's. I just enjoy firing off a few rounds when I get the chance. I bought it in 2001 so I'm assuming that it would be considered fairly modern.
Texasminuteman Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 I have a Ruger P-89 that shoots about anything,but I bought some target loads that comes from BLAZER that kept jamming on me.Any brand with aluminum casings dont fair well either.
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 [quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1122041" timestamp="1321644227"]I'm not a huge gun guy so I don't know the in's and out's. I just enjoy firing off a few rounds when I get the chance. I bought it in 2001 so I'm assuming that it would be considered fairly modern. [/quote]The M&P came out in 2005 so it isn't one of them. Is it a polymer/plastic frame like a Glock or an all metal gun? Any of them should be feeding most ammo okay but the polymer Sigma is not the most reliable thing on the market. Do you know what kind of ammo you used? If it didn't feed into a Beretta correctly then it is probably just the ammo.
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 I've never been a fan of Ruger pistols and they generally have no following in the police market at all. I think they have completely stopped making the P series pistols. They really made a dent with the little LCP and LC9 pocket pistols though and almost changed the market with the rest of the industry coming out with LCP clones. They have recently come out with the new SR series which is basically a Glock clone or striker fire type pistol. I have never fired one but they look like a very nice gun and might be a player in the market. With the slightly smaller handle they might actually get some traction among strike fired pistol market (since striker fire and similar pistols are the current and future of handguns).
Ty Cobb Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Posted November 18, 2011 [quote name="tvc184" post="1122121" timestamp="1321648146"][quote author=Ty Cobb link=topic=91779.msg1122041#msg1122041 date=1321644227]I'm not a huge gun guy so I don't know the in's and out's. I just enjoy firing off a few rounds when I get the chance. I bought it in 2001 so I'm assuming that it would be considered fairly modern. [/quote]The M&P came out in 2005 so it isn't one of them. Is it a polymer/plastic frame like a Glock or an all metal gun? Any of them should be feeding most ammo okay but the polymer Sigma is not the most reliable thing on the market. Do you know what kind of ammo you used? If it didn't feed into a Beretta correctly then it is probably just the ammo.[/quote]My gun has a plastic frame. I can't remember the exact name of the ammo. Monarch, i think. I went through mine pretty quickly so my uncle let me shoot some of his. I had never heard of the name brand before. He told me they were just a cheap shell. Hopefully the problem is in the shells not the gun.
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 [quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1122160" timestamp="1321649961"][quote author=tvc184 link=topic=91779.msg1122121#msg1122121 date=1321648146][quote author=Ty Cobb link=topic=91779.msg1122041#msg1122041 date=1321644227]I'm not a huge gun guy so I don't know the in's and out's. I just enjoy firing off a few rounds when I get the chance. I bought it in 2001 so I'm assuming that it would be considered fairly modern. [/quote]The M&P came out in 2005 so it isn't one of them. Is it a polymer/plastic frame like a Glock or an all metal gun? Any of them should be feeding most ammo okay but the polymer Sigma is not the most reliable thing on the market. Do you know what kind of ammo you used? If it didn't feed into a Beretta correctly then it is probably just the ammo.[/quote]My gun has a plastic frame. I can't remember the exact name of the ammo. Monarch, i think. I went through mine pretty quickly so my uncle let me shoot some of his. I had never heard of the name brand before. He told me they were just a cheap shell. Hopefully the problem is in the shells not the gun. [/quote]That sounds like the S&W Sigma which isn't their best pistol on the market but should still work okay. Monarch ammo is generally considered as trash. I think it is made in Russia or Serbia. There are problems at times with some of their loads being squibs or underpowered. That doesn't blow the slide back far enough to eject the spent casing or far enough back to pick up the new round from the magazine. In some pistols and some of their rifle ammo it works okay though and is generally some of the cheapest ammo on the market. I would not want my life to depend on it but if it feeds good enough to practice I might shoot some. Usually it is plenty dirty though and makes for a bigger cleanup job. If I had a malfunction or two a box it might be okay. It is was hanging up every magazine then I wouldn't shoot it.
Ty Cobb Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Posted November 18, 2011 Thanks for the info guys. What is the best ammo to shoot that isn't too expensive?
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 [quote name="Ty Cobb" post="1122197" timestamp="1321651812"]Thanks for the info guys. What is the best ammo to shoot that isn't too expensive? [/quote]UMC by Remington, American Eagle by Federal or Winchester "whitebox". The Winchester doesn't have a catchy name for its practice ammo like UMC or American Eagle but is an all white box, hence the name it is called in shooting circles, Winchester White Box.
tvc184 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 I would check Walmart for 100 round boxes of whitebox ammo.
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