FYI:
For those wondering what the heck 9 major is: 9mm loaded well above the industry standard limits of pressure in order to achieve the same power as a larger caliber, in order to allow them to receive the same scores as a 40, or larger caliber gun in competitive events that penalize lower power calibers for having an unfair advantage. The power of a 9major runs close to a 357mag, 40, or 357 Sig.
The brass in normally only loaded once and then thrown away, and the load requires a tight fully supported chamber to be safe.
For reference, 9major still is no more powerful than 40. That is not to say you should shoot stuff found on the floor, but the danger is not a nine major load’s power and recoil, the danger is brass failure/case rupture while firing amateur reloaded brass at 9 major pressures in an unsupported barrel. The case may rupture and damage the grips of a 1911, crack a plastic frame, or blow the mag bottom off—all of this can also happen with any caliber if not not properly loaded.
I started to move this rant to a separate thread over in the reloading section of this forum, but then I realized that this post IS in the Reloading section, so I left it here.
For those wondering what the heck 9 major is: 9mm loaded well above the industry standard limits of pressure in order to achieve the same power as a larger caliber, in order to allow them to receive the same scores as a 40, or larger caliber gun in competitive events that penalize lower power calibers for having an unfair advantage. The power of a 9major runs close to a 357mag, 40, or 357 Sig.
The brass in normally only loaded once and then thrown away, and the load requires a tight fully supported chamber to be safe.
For reference, 9major still is no more powerful than 40. That is not to say you should shoot stuff found on the floor, but the danger is not a nine major load’s power and recoil, the danger is brass failure/case rupture while firing amateur reloaded brass at 9 major pressures in an unsupported barrel. The case may rupture and damage the grips of a 1911, crack a plastic frame, or blow the mag bottom off—all of this can also happen with any caliber if not not properly loaded.
I started to move this rant to a separate thread over in the reloading section of this forum, but then I realized that this post IS in the Reloading section, so I left it here.
