What 9mm ammo for self-defense when running a can on your PCC?

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dump1567 Member Joined Feb 2002 Posts 6005 EE 100% (127) AZ, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 12:13:02 PM EDT For those that use a 9mm PCC with a can for home defense, what ammo do you prefer? Subs or Supers? HP or FMJ? Seems most heavier Sub rounds are all FMJ's (150 gr+). Will 147 gr. HP (HST, Gold Dot, Golden Saber, etc.) stay at Sub velocity in a shorter barrel? I'm probably going to use my SP5k-PDW for home defense now that I just got my R9 approved. Thanks.

GlockPride Joined Jul 2007 Posts 2928 EE 0% (0) OK, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 12:46:13 PM EDT [#1] Federal HST 147gr is what I have in a couple suppressed 9mm fun guns, but not the HK style yet, unfortunately. Just an AR9 and a CZ.

WriterClarke Joined Feb 2015 Posts 877 EE 100% (21) AZ, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 4:53:10 PM EDT [#2] I've been thinking about giving the G9 126gr Subsonics a go. I hear their normal 80gr 9mm is pretty fantastic, so I wonder how the 126gr does. Just rather expensive.

backbencher Managing Member of Mischief Joined Nov 2005 Posts 75390 EE 100% (2) TX, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 5:05:38 PM EDT [#3] 147 grn WWB HPs stay subsonic in my 16" SUB-2000.
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John-in-austin Joined Jul 2012 Posts 41019 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 5:14:05 PM EDT [#4] 147 gr hollowpoints. Does not matter what brand.

RDTCU Member Joined Oct 2008 Posts 46118 EE 100% (29) SC, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 5:32:53 PM EDT [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By GlockPride: Federal HST 147gr View Quote End of thread

SideCarGT Member Joined Mar 2012 Posts 9047 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 6:23:26 PM EDT [#6] FPNI

scostu Member Joined Nov 2021 Posts 55 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 3/1/2024 8:33:09 PM EDT [#7] Quote History Originally Posted By RDTCU: End of thread View Quote ….THIS.

joesrcool Member Joined Nov 2008 Posts 601 EE 100% (40) KS, USA	Posted: 3/2/2024 12:05:58 AM EDT [#8] Yup, 147gr HST's in all of mine. Except for the APC9-SD, where I run 124gr+p Gold Dots (my pistol carry ammo). The 147's slow down too much in the SD, something like 700fps. The 124+p's hover right around 1000fps.

3-gun Member Joined Jan 2001 Posts 12052 EE 100% (5) AL, USA	Posted: 3/5/2024 9:52:35 AM EDT [#9] HD gun does not have a can. Cz scorpion with light,dot and federal 147 jhp.
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Third_Rail Joined Jun 2004 Posts 19693 EE 100% (2) MT, USA	Posted: 3/5/2024 10:18:09 AM EDT [#10] P9HST2 is what I run in all silenced 9mm guns unless I'm just plinking. 147gr and barely subsonic out of any barrel length.

chevrofreak Member Joined May 2005 Posts 1307 EE 100% (1) MT, USA	Posted: 3/7/2024 3:36:35 AM EDT [Last Edit: chevrofreak] [#11] Standard pressure HST for factory ammo. I have had some of my handloads go supersonic in the winter from even an 8" barrel using slow powder like N350 or BE-86. Those loads were doing 1050fps from a 4" handgun and mimic 147gr HST +P at standard pressures.

What 9mm ammo for self-defense when running a can on your PCC?

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