Reeder Custom Guns - I figure Irv or others might know...

what type of 9x19mm ammo does the military generally use? Doug was issued some truncated cone FMJ once (forget where he was abroad - Army, I think) that I saw in a pic. I have a supply of 124 gr. JRN but saw some bulk pack 147 gr. Truncated that looked interesting to me. My HP would really like them. Wondering if they were an over run or something else, an odd selection.

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interesting. As are the things that end up in play. In may military "movies" there is always a dedicated scrounge who comes up with optional things needed and greatly appreciated.

Out of necessity I am looking into varied FMJ utility ammo and it's performance. Thank goodness the ammo is getting very reasonable in price.

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I told a CO not to ask.

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from Ft. Campbell a good friend 1st Sargent would call me at the station and tell me to come by Gate 14 at the rear of the post when I got off the air and we would shoot a bit. He had just got back from a training exercise and had a Jeep full of all kinds of ammo. They weren't allowed to sign the ammo back in so he had to dispose of it somehow, which meant he and I would spend all afternoon shooting 9mm, 45 ACP, 308, 12 gauge and whatever else they had used in the training session. The good old days.

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that Winchester will be making ammo for the SIG pistol as part of the contract. They are going to make both ball and HP. Who knows what Doug might have been issued in a combat zone. I've had the experience of being told by the powers to be that something wasn't available in theatre, but I knew it was there. A little dealing with the SPEC OPS guys and we had it. You never can tell.

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147 grain tungsten cored ball

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I figure Irv or others might know...

You have what was normally used when I retired.

Military contracts and supplies are

More than once,

many years ago when I was at the radio station across

I've read

9MM ammo