Background: Ive recently gotten some nice 1911's and 2011's and have gone down a rabbit hole of 25yd accuracy load development. I built a 10mm 2011 over the last year as a subsonic, suppressed host and the first load I threw together shot consistent, repeated 1" or better 5rd groups at 25. Suppressed. That's not particularly amazing but it's pretty good, especially considering how much work I put into it and the fact that there's a 8" suppressor hanging off the end of it, lol. Not to mention the fact that I built it and believe me, I ain't no gunsmith. I recently picked up a Staccato XC and after seeing Accuracy X's YouTube videos, and reading a thread on factory ammo accuracy tests on 1911Addicts, I decided I wanted to see how accurate a pistol made to be an action shooting blaster could be so I started doing 9mm load development with about 5 different powders, and 8 different bullets. I've made good progress but I'm not yet finished. I can shoot 5rd 1" groups but not with the repetitive predictability of the 10mm. And my goal is two or three 10rd groups in a row at 1" or better.
Problem Statement: The last couple of days of shooting, I've started to wonder which cartridge is inherently more prone to accuracy at some sort of distance. 9mm? 38Super? 40S&W? 10mm? 45ACP?
(Again, I don't really want to be exclusive but I would appreciate it if we limit it to the Big 5 competition and SD rounds and Semi-Auto guns or else we'll need to pack our bags for the rabbit holes, also not helpful if some sort of amateur historian/ maven type brings up the 32 SuperSnot invented in 1965 by COL Ned Flanders, only 8 barrels were chambered and it was made by necking up the 22LR and soaking it in platypus feces.)
Challenge: State your position and support it with pictures of possible. I asked a similar question on 1911Addicts about known accuracy loads for 9mm and there were very few definitive opinions, much less substantiated load data by way of groups on paper. A lot of, "4.2gr of Ignito under a 176gr Precision Peephole flat nose shoots great out of my guns". I'm not trying to throw shade on anyone, but pictures in a thread just make it more interesting and impressive. There's value in people participating and some folks have great write-ups, but pictures really add to the enjoyment of the thread.
Motivator:
www.1911addicts.com
Where's the @Molon of pisterlo's?
ETA: extra internet points for anything shot from a ransom rest!
Problem Statement: The last couple of days of shooting, I've started to wonder which cartridge is inherently more prone to accuracy at some sort of distance. 9mm? 38Super? 40S&W? 10mm? 45ACP?
(Again, I don't really want to be exclusive but I would appreciate it if we limit it to the Big 5 competition and SD rounds and Semi-Auto guns or else we'll need to pack our bags for the rabbit holes, also not helpful if some sort of amateur historian/ maven type brings up the 32 SuperSnot invented in 1965 by COL Ned Flanders, only 8 barrels were chambered and it was made by necking up the 22LR and soaking it in platypus feces.)
Challenge: State your position and support it with pictures of possible. I asked a similar question on 1911Addicts about known accuracy loads for 9mm and there were very few definitive opinions, much less substantiated load data by way of groups on paper. A lot of, "4.2gr of Ignito under a 176gr Precision Peephole flat nose shoots great out of my guns". I'm not trying to throw shade on anyone, but pictures in a thread just make it more interesting and impressive. There's value in people participating and some folks have great write-ups, but pictures really add to the enjoyment of the thread.
Motivator:
9mm 115 grain Match and Duty Ammo Accuracy Test
www.1911addicts.com Where's the @Molon of pisterlo's?
ETA: extra internet points for anything shot from a ransom rest!
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