After much back and forth and back and forth my wife settled on a smith 60 357mag snubbie loaded with 38spl. To start then moves to 357 mag with no problem
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NEED SOME 9mm Ammo Advice - Low Recoil
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The question was about the Glock 43 in 9 mm chambering, correct ?
Then I say that if 115 grn. standard pressure ball ammo is too much recoil, start reloading! Use 85-grain .355" bullets that were made for the the 380 ACP, but load them in the 9 mm cases .
Give them a powder charge equivalent to a 380 or maybe just a little higher. Perhaps you might need to buy a second recoil spring for that Glock pistol and clip a couple coils off of it to accommodate the lower pressured ammo .
Then I say that if 115 grn. standard pressure ball ammo is too much recoil, start reloading! Use 85-grain .355" bullets that were made for the the 380 ACP, but load them in the 9 mm cases .
Give them a powder charge equivalent to a 380 or maybe just a little higher. Perhaps you might need to buy a second recoil spring for that Glock pistol and clip a couple coils off of it to accommodate the lower pressured ammo .
As others have pointed out, you can download 9mm, but to get any real reduction in recoil, you'll need to change the springs-- and then you'll potentially damage the gun if you do shoot factory ammo. We do this all the time with competition guns, to get an edge when trying to shoot super quickly. But it's not a solution for you.
Never mind that there's probably no market for lighter Glock 43 springs, so they probably don't exist.
You're up against basic physics. Light gun, heavy recoil. That's just reality. Keltec P3AT (the .380)? 7 oz empty. Kicks like a little demon. Smith Airweight .38? No thanks. Kicks like a mule. Ruger SP101 shooting .38s? Sweet as sugar. But it weighs a heck of a lot more than the Smith Airweight.
Get her a heavier gun, or a lighter caliber. Or practice, practice, practice with a bigger/heavier gun.
I used to couldn't shoot accurately with a pocket 9 either. But I can now. There is no simple path to that status other than practice practice practice. And preferable with something else-- you wannna shoot a .22 like a champ? Practice with a 9mm. You want to be aces with a 9mm? Practice with a .45. Etc.
Handguns, especially light small ones, are the hardest ones to shoot, Hollywood be damned.
Never mind that there's probably no market for lighter Glock 43 springs, so they probably don't exist.
You're up against basic physics. Light gun, heavy recoil. That's just reality. Keltec P3AT (the .380)? 7 oz empty. Kicks like a little demon. Smith Airweight .38? No thanks. Kicks like a mule. Ruger SP101 shooting .38s? Sweet as sugar. But it weighs a heck of a lot more than the Smith Airweight.
Get her a heavier gun, or a lighter caliber. Or practice, practice, practice with a bigger/heavier gun.
I used to couldn't shoot accurately with a pocket 9 either. But I can now. There is no simple path to that status other than practice practice practice. And preferable with something else-- you wannna shoot a .22 like a champ? Practice with a 9mm. You want to be aces with a 9mm? Practice with a .45. Etc.
Handguns, especially light small ones, are the hardest ones to shoot, Hollywood be damned.
Gotta agree-- a STEEL framed .38/.357 shooting .38 wadcutters solves several problems. Hand/arm strength for racking the slide becomes a non-issue, and the recoil is completely tame. Love the SP101 myself, though not with full-house loads. Ouch. Great with .38 +Ps though.
