Ammo Review- Remington 9mm…

Lucky Gunner provided me a free box of Remington’s new nickel plated case target ammo in 115 gr 9mm for me to review, so here goes…


I shot three guns with the ammo, a Belgian Browning HP, a Glock 17, and my Kahr P-9 carry pistol.  I did a comparison with my match ammo, 5 rounds each vs 5 rounds of the Remington; all shots were offhand at 10 yards.

And no, the Chrony didn’t work… even though I tested it before I left the house and I KNOW the @#&*) batteries were good… sigh…

Left to right are G17, Kahr, and BHP. The flyers are marked, and the best groups were with the BHP, followed by the Glock, but for what ever reason, the Kahr really didn’t ‘like’ the Remington ammo (from the accuracy perspective).


From here, I moved over and did some Mozambique’s, using all three guns and shooting five round groups of Remington Target, followed by five round groups of Speer Gold Dot carry ammo. I had no failures to eject, feed or fire, and it did feel ‘lighter’ in the recoil department than the Gold Dot, which is 1100fps; so I’d estimate the Remington is around 1000-1050fps, even though Remington claims 1135fps.  


I was able to keep all the rounds in the A and head areas of a standard IDPA target at 10 yards with the remainder of the ammo; so I’d give it a ‘qualified’ recommendation for plinking, fun shooting, etc.  Sadly, I can’t recommend it for true “target” practice, when you’re trying to sight in/shoot VERY accurately.  


Thanks to Lucky Gunner for providing the ammo, and sorry it took me so long to actually get to the range and test it.


And if anybody actually gets a Chrony on this stuff, can you let me know what you see???

Comments

Ammo Review- Remington 9mm… — 5 Comments

  1. I have had bad luck with Chronographs too. Don’t take it personal! Thanks for the report, if we get any of that ammo we will run it and report!

  2. I have also tried these three guns , and i find that Glock 17 is the best among them because of its accuracy.