afvet_mp9c said:
Thanks everyone for your help. I'll give your recommendation a try in a couple of weeks. I love my M&P9c. Now, to get the right IWB concealed holster for it. I bought a High Noon Bare Assets holster and it's not as comfortable as I thought it'd be. It's a nice leather holster, but it's not to my liking. I'm kind of leaning towards the MTAC or even something similar that has a little more leather than the Bare Asset one. I don't care for most of the gun being up against my skin. Well, thanks again.
They did a test recently on Gunblast.com of various 9mm defense loads in the new Compact Walther PPS, which only has a 3 inch barrel, even shorter than what the M&P compact has.
Well, one round was a real eye-opener! It was Corbon's new Powerball +P 9mm load. It has a 100 gr bullet, and was chronographed at 1,435 fps from the 3 inch barrel!! That is incredible velocity to get out of such a short barrel. When you then work out the energy value at that velocity, you come up with a whopping 457 foot lbs of energy!!
I seriously doubt that any other load can outperform this in terms of energy from a shorter barrel. Use that load, and it will be like shooting a .357 magnum, in terms of velocity. But the recoil for it is said to not be that bad, due to the fact the bullet it only 100 gr in weight.
Anyway, give it a try. If it shoots accurately in your pistol, it would be the one to get. Otherwise, also try the standard Corbon Hollowpoint too. It did well in the test, coming up with 417 ft lbs of energy from a 3 inch. In comparison,the Corbon DPX +P 9mm load only generated 341 ft lbs of energy from a 3 inch barrel.
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