CW9 and Federal 9BPLE [Archive]

kgturner

08-14-2011, 05:43 PM

I purchased a CW9 back in June and I'm trying to decide on a good SD ammo to carry. I'm leaning towards the Federal 9BPLE or Federal HST 124gr +P. The +P+ designation of the 9BPLE kinda makes me leery. Anybody have any opinion of this ammo? I searched this forum and around the net and most everything I could find said the 9BPLE is fine, just use it sparingly.

Kevin T

OldLincoln

08-14-2011, 06:35 PM

Federal HST 124gr +P is en excellent round for all Kahrs and they will shoot it all day long every day. The 124gr P9HST3 is good but for personal preference I chose 147gr P9HST4. Kyles Gunshop (http://www.kylesgunshop.com/) has both for $29/50rds.

Kahr does NOT state support for the +P+ family so I wouldn't go that route.

Vanzpp

08-14-2011, 07:06 PM

I purchased a CW9 back in June and I'm trying to decide on a good SD ammo to carry. I'm leaning towards the Federal 9BPLE or Federal HST 124gr +P. The +P+ designation of the 9BPLE kinda makes me leery. Anybody have any opinion of this ammo? I searched this forum and around the net and most everything I could find said the 9BPLE is fine, just use it sparingly.

Kevin T

I carry the 9BPLE in my CW9 all the time. It's good stuff. Federal loads its ammo pretty conservatively, I suspect for legal reasons. I emailed Federal a while back to ask about the pressures for their +P+ rounds, and they told me they are loaded between 38,000-40,000 PSI. The +P SAAMI maximum for 9mm is 38,500 psi. If you compare the PBLE load to CorBon's regular 115 grain +P load, the ballistics are about the same.

Don't worry about it. It won't wear your gun out any faster than regular +P loads.

yqtszhj

08-14-2011, 10:01 PM

That looks like good stuff. I may have to get some to try out next time. I carry the same thing only standard pressure and it feeds really well. The price is right too.

kgturner

08-15-2011, 09:41 PM

Thanks for the help, guys. I ended up purchasing some Federal HST 147gr instead. Those dang YouTube expansion videos got me.

Kevin T

bamaman

08-16-2011, 05:48 PM

I was able to score some of the HST 147 + P a while back. Wow great rounds. That's my carry ammo now. ;)