Flat Point or Round Nose for 9mm?

[area51]

Getting ready to get some 9mm from Xtreme. Any truth to the fact that the RNFP are more "accurate" than the round nose ?

124 or 147 ?

[JMP]

JHPs, which Xtreme doesn't make are the way to go. Weight, I'd do 124/125.

[ptmn]

You really need to try some out in the specific gun you are loading for. You can have 2 Glock 17's with consecutive serial numbers, firing the same load...one may like it and the other might group like a shotgun.

If I were you, I would bum about 5 flat points and 5 round nose from a fellow shooter and try them out in your gun.

Some guns eat up everything and some don't like to feed flat points.

I would rather find feeding and potential accuracy before investing in a large bulk order.

BTW, my Glock 19 doesn't group that we'll with 147 gr plated flat points, but my Beretta 92FS shoots the same load extremely accurate.

[area51]

I've tried some 124gr rn and they ran pretty good on both g19 and a s&w...
Think I'll try a box of FP just to tried them out...

[CEDaytonaRydr]

You really need to try some out in the specific gun you are loading for

^^This.

Some are more finicky about ammo. If you were loading for a Luger, P38/P1, or something else WWI/WWII era, I'd say stick with round now. Most modern handguns should be okay with either, the exception being maybe some 9mm 1911 pistols.

[rm1911]

Accuracy will be affected far more by things other than the bullet shape. At least at normal 9mm distances. If you were shooting 500 yds with a 308 I'd say differently.

Things like overall length, powder charge consistency, and other factors like camber dimensions will have more bearing in your accuracy. My sig 228 shoots the 124 fp's great. 6gr AA #5 or 5.8gr power pistol. Both been good to me.