I shoot semi-wadcutters in my 45 all the time, as do many folks. Might feed in your pistol, might not - worth a try, assuming you trust whoever loaded it.Wadcutter ammo for the range? Good or bad idea? Never shot it before, but it's damn cheap. Is it worth a try in a couple on 9mm pistols?
Great idea. Like the name says, it cuts clean holes in the target.Wadcutter ammo for the range? Good or bad idea?
That's not my experience. Where is this cheap wadcutter ammo available?...it's damn cheap.
Hang on. Do you mean wadcutter or semi-wadcutter?Is it worth a try in a couple on 9mm pistols?
Wadcutter ammo for the range? Good or bad idea?
Great idea. Like the name says, it cuts clean holes in the target.
That's not my experience. Where is this cheap wadcutter ammo available?
Hang on. Do you mean wadcutter or semi-wadcutter?
I never thought it was good for, or intended for, anything but range use.
You gotta love a clean hole.
I guess I should have explained. I was at my brother-in-laws farm yesterday shooting my new S&W Shield. My brother-in-law, the taxidermist, does his own reloading. He offered to reload some wedcutters for me. He has a range set up on his farm and wadcutters are all he shoots for targets. He's an old revolver guy and hates semi-auto pistols. But anyway, I can get all the wadcutter I can shoot for almost nothing (He still owes me money for doing his taxes). I'm OK shooting it in my revolvers, but I think I'll hold off on my pistols for now.
Wadcutters were the most effective anti-personnel round prior to the introduction of hollowpoints. The flat face causes a lot more damage than a round-nose bullet does. Wadcutters were quite popular in .38 Special revolvers before hollowpoints were commonplace.
With the .38 Special wadcutters or .32 S&W Long wadcutters for which they were designed, the Smith and Wesson Model 52 (.38),I've never seen wad cutters for an auto... Seems like it wouldn't want to feed.
JB, you're probably talking about Semi-Wad Cutters, which function fine through any pistol I've shot them in. Over the decades from shooting IPSC competitions I've probably hand loaded and fired 40 to 50,000 .45 and 9mm rounds with nary a hiccup. The only caveat is to keep velocities around 1,000 f.p.s. or lower, depending upon the lead alloy, to avoid lead stripping and fouling your rifling.Wadcutter ammo for the range? Good or bad idea? Never shot it before, but it's damn cheap. Is it worth a try in a couple on 9mm pistols?