[glock.40s&w]

I know that there are a ton of different manufactures out there that provide ammo for target and competition shooting. My question is how do you decide which is the best (I will also be glad to take any recommendations)? The reason for my posting is because I’m working on getting WAY more involved in sport shooting this summer and possibly signing up and doing some Comps. My problem is I’m really confused on choosing my ammo. I will be using my Glock H22 Gen3 (.40S&W) as my comp. Any pointers, comments and etc. would be much appreciated. Sorry for the n00b post, but I got to start somewhere (Moderators, if I posted in wrong place please let me know). :thanx:

 

[Beladran]

easy fix.
Ditch the factory barrel and pick up a lone wolf or efk barrel
http://www.glockwarehouse.com/
http://www.lonewolfdist.com/
http://www.efkfiredragon.com/products.php?cat=43
we have a few members on here that carry lone wolf products, im sure they will chime in

 

[Xd357]

I'm guessing the competitions you speak of is uspsa and steel?

 

[jbpmidas]

My advice would be the cheapest stuff that functions 100% and is adequately accurate.

Second, find a reloading mentor and start reloading. Unless you are independently wealthy, you are going to burn up some money shooting.

 

[DBChaffin]

My advice would be the cheapest stuff that functions 100% and is adequately accurate.

Second, find a reloading mentor and start reloading. Unless you are independently wealthy, you are going to burn up some money shooting.

Good advice here. Most any decent quality FMJ will function very well and be plenty accurate enough for USPSA, IDPA, Steel, etc. I wouldn't switch barrels if it were me. While lead bullets are a little cheaper, they smoke more than I prefer. Shooting jacketed, I see little to no advantage to an aftermarket barrel.

Go for the best jacketed bullet value you can find and shoot a few matches, saving as much of your brass as you can. Walmart will probably be most convenient and not bad on the price, although online vendors will sometimes beat them if bought in bulk. I couldn't tell you what Walmart's price is on .40, but www.ammoman.com has Speer Lawman for $179/500 rounds or $289/1000 rounds, and note that shipping is included in these prices. You may very well be able to beat these prices at Walmart or with other online vendors, but this was just a first stop to get a baseline, and Speer Lawman is pretty decent stuff, as is Winchester "White Box", Remington "UMC", Federal "American Eagle", PMC, etc. I would go with brass case stuff if it were me and as I mentioned above, save as much of it as you can.

One note about factory ammunition is that you won't be able to tailor it to the power factor of the sport you are shooting like you can with reloads. The 155 Speer I mentioned above most likely won't make "major" power factor, but it will be well above what is needed for "minor". Most factory 180 loads are well above major. Feel free to post or PM what you are considering competing in and we can help you with power factor.

If you are going to shoot a lot, reloading is the way to go. Although it is a little expensive to get into, it will pay for itself quickly if you shoot a lot, and you can tailor your loads to your gun and to the power level required for the particular sport/division. Head out to a couple matches with some factory ammunition, and you will meet many folks that reload and are willing to help you get started.

 

[glock.40s&w]

Wow thanks for the info guys! I guess my biggest issue at the moment is what comps. I will be shooting. I’ve never done this, so can honestly say “I don’t know.” I plan on going out and watching some comps, I’m just now getting into my research for comp. and to be honest, there’s a lot of into about. I really don’t know what the differences of “uspsa and steel” are, so as you guys can see I’m in my infancy stages of getting involved.

 

[Xd357]

Go check out the comp sub-forms.

 

[Guest]

I would suggest that you buy a box of each cartridge that you can find (Winchester, Federal, Blazer, ect) and see which one shoots the best in your pistol before you make a bulk buy of one brand. One of the brands will probably shoot better than the others. When buying, buy the same bullet weight in order to get a good comparison of how they shoot. If you buy a 125 grain in one brand, a 150 grain in another brand, and a 180 grain in another brand, you won't get the benefit of the comparison of equal loads.

 

[M1GarandFan]

You might want to check with Outfitters in Florence/Richland area. I heard from somewhere in the forum that they have really good prices on Blazer ammo, better than Walmart's prices on Federal.