I’d rock V Crowns at factory standard pressure all day long... I would however skip the +p options as they separate from the jacket when I hand load them on the hot side.
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Sig V-Crown 9mm for self defense?
- Thread starter Porter Rockwell
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It what I keep in my 10mm. Seemed like the best choice at the time. It's been a while but I saw a ballistics chart on four or five current offerings. It was much better. Higher velocity and more energy in ft. lbs by a pretty substantial margin.
I looked them up a few years ago when a friend got his first 9mm pistol.
I bought a box to give him as a gift, and I bought a box for myself too.
They were pretty good on the price-- I think I only paid $19 for a box of 20 rounds.
LUCKYGUNNER dot-com did a very thorough test of popular defensive handgun rounds in various calibers at blocks of ballistic gelatin. They did test the Sig Sauer 124 grain V-crown load.
It had an average muzzle velocity of 1072, right at the verge of being supersonic from a duty-sized pistol. (Remember, this is a standard pressure load, not +P).
Its bullets penetrated 15-18 deep in the gelatin, and the average was 17.3 inches).
All the bullets expanded nicely, and the recovered bullets were found to average .52" diameter.
(Of course at some point in their path through the gel blocks, they were much wider, but then the petals folded back and this actually narrowed the bullet down from its temporary widest point.)
www.luckygunner.com
I bought a box to give him as a gift, and I bought a box for myself too.
They were pretty good on the price-- I think I only paid $19 for a box of 20 rounds.
LUCKYGUNNER dot-com did a very thorough test of popular defensive handgun rounds in various calibers at blocks of ballistic gelatin. They did test the Sig Sauer 124 grain V-crown load.
It had an average muzzle velocity of 1072, right at the verge of being supersonic from a duty-sized pistol. (Remember, this is a standard pressure load, not +P).
Its bullets penetrated 15-18 deep in the gelatin, and the average was 17.3 inches).
All the bullets expanded nicely, and the recovered bullets were found to average .52" diameter.
(Of course at some point in their path through the gel blocks, they were much wider, but then the petals folded back and this actually narrowed the bullet down from its temporary widest point.)
Handgun Self-Defense Ammunition - Ballistic Testing Data
Lucky Gunner tests more than 110 different 9mm, 45 ACP, 40 S&W and 380 ACP handgun self-defense ammunition loads in ballistic gel with analysis and video.
www.luckygunner.com
I’m sold on the Sig V-Crown , been carrying them for about 3years now. No complaints on the shoot or feed in Sig P365.
Had a stupid moment and somehow my brain went from clearing gun to disassembling gun before I had ejected the round in the chamber. 9mm Sig V crown into the B pillar of my truck while standing by the back door. It didn't make it very far.
Wow, that could have hurt. Thank God the truck stopped it and not your knee or shin.
My hand caught a little of the blast and unburnt powder from the ejection port. That hurt bad enough. At least managed to have it pointed in a somewhat safe direction when it off.
Nothing better…if there is please let me know!
The V-Crown bullet is made by Sierra. I bet Sierra probably loads the cartridge for Sig, but I don't have a box of them to confirm that.
