Ok, so I reload 9mm, and reload a lot and shoot a lot....but I'm still less than a year into this. My goal is to get the most accurate load tailored to my guns and I am really close to recipes that almost guarantee quarter sized, 10 round groups at 21 feet when my trigger control and steadying of the gun is near perfect.
The thing is that I was recently shooting and a guy in the next lane offered to let me shoot his .40 after I inquired about accuracy and recoil. Turns out I shot his as accurate as my own, maybe a little better....but it was factory ammo.
My question is...for those of you that reload both 9 and 40, do you find that one caliber, once you nail down your recipe, is more accurate than the other? Is the length/weight or other "mysterious to me" attributes of the .40 inherently more accurate than the 9mm? Or can you get them both to shoot equally accurate so long as you do your part.
I'm using service type and compact pistols right now but the more I move toward bullseyes as my range goals, the more I think I may invest in a quality target pistol like a well-tuned 9mm 1911, S&W 952 or similar but wonder if I can outshoot my 9s with perhaps giving it a go with a 40 caliber pistol and 40 reloading.
Any personal experience thoughts are appreciated.
The thing is that I was recently shooting and a guy in the next lane offered to let me shoot his .40 after I inquired about accuracy and recoil. Turns out I shot his as accurate as my own, maybe a little better....but it was factory ammo.
My question is...for those of you that reload both 9 and 40, do you find that one caliber, once you nail down your recipe, is more accurate than the other? Is the length/weight or other "mysterious to me" attributes of the .40 inherently more accurate than the 9mm? Or can you get them both to shoot equally accurate so long as you do your part.
I'm using service type and compact pistols right now but the more I move toward bullseyes as my range goals, the more I think I may invest in a quality target pistol like a well-tuned 9mm 1911, S&W 952 or similar but wonder if I can outshoot my 9s with perhaps giving it a go with a 40 caliber pistol and 40 reloading.
Any personal experience thoughts are appreciated.