#Gorilla ammo plus#

380 through my TCP plus both 9mms through my Nano: If thereвЂ™s enough interest in the comments, IвЂ™ll chrono the. The TCP has no accessory rail so doesnвЂ™t really work with the MagnetoSpeed without a tripod setup, and the GLOCKвЂ™s rail isnвЂ™t quite standard, so I only ended up chronographing each 9mm load through the Discretion and the Scorpion. I brought my MagnetoSpeed V3 chronographВ out to the woods to do some velocity testing, both to see how consistently the ammo is loaded - Gorilla says theyвЂ™re holding each round to within 1/10th of a grain max powder load deviation - and to get some вЂњreal lifeвЂќ readings, especially on the subsonic 135 grain. I expected the Silverback to run, and after 10 flawless rounds of 115 grain and 20 flawless rounds of 135 grain IвЂ™m already confident that it will continue to functionВ in the Scorp like everything else has. The Scorpion has also been a very reliable firearm for me and has fed Federal HST, Winchester Defend, and other hollow points plus some flat nose rounds without issue. The 135 was clearly staying subsonic and was pleasantly quiet. A bit more than half of those total rounds were shot suppressed. In total, 40 rounds of 135 grain and 40 rounds of 115 grain went through the 1911 without a hitch. Next up was the Discretion, which saw the most use as, again, I know it can be picky. If ammo wonвЂ™t run in a GLOCK then thereвЂ™s something seriously wrong with it. I only put five rounds of the 135 and five of the 115 through it. While I didnвЂ™t test it for groups - mostly because the TCP barely has usable sights - it shot as straight as IвЂ™ve come to expect from the TCP.ДЇor 9mm testing I chose three guns: the recently-reviewed Dan Wesson Discretion was chosen since it has a really tight, match-grade chamber and has proven itself as a bit ammo picky, then a GLOCK 19 MOS to represent a typical self-defense carry gun, and finally my CZ Scorpion Evo SBR to see how the Silverback runs in the longer barrel and to test if the 135 grain stays subsonic. Indeed, IвЂ™ve now put 60 rounds of it through the TCP, shooting normally and one-handed with both strong and weak hand, and encountered no hiccups. While some rounds really smash into the near-vertical feed ramp of this and other micro pistols, the Silverback fed smoothly, providing a measure of confidence that it would run for me on the range. 380s and very slowly fed one after another into the chamber by easing the slide forwards. I loaded upВ two Taurus TCP magazines with the. Function TestingДЇirst step: finding out if theВ ammo runs reliably. TheyвЂ™re still within SAAMI spec, of course. 380, the 9mm loads have longer overall lengths than most. Once again, the Silverback offerings sport comparatively large cavities.В A reversal from the. (9mm) Left-to-Right: Fiocchi Extrema 147, Federal HST 147, Gorilla Silverback 135, Gorilla Silverback 115, Winchester Defend 147, Remington HTP 147, IMI X-Star 115 Basically, itвЂ™s shooting for law enforcement penetration requirements. The 115 grain, on the other hand, is designed to penetrate more deeply. 380, the bullet has a groove machined through all of the engineered petals. The subsonic, 135 grain Silverback is designed for maximum expansion while limiting over penetration. Left-to-right, this time all in 9mm, youвЂ™re looking at Fiocchi Extrema 147 grain, Federal HST 147 grain, Gorilla Silverback 135 grain, Gorilla Silverback 115 grain, Winchester Defend 147 grain, Remington HTP 147 grain, and IMI X-Star 115 grain. The Silverback is clearly the cleanest, most consistent looking of the bunch, for whatever thatвЂ™s worth. Looking down at the business ends of the Fiocchi Extrema, Gorilla Silverback, and Federal Hydra-Shok. WeвЂ™ll talk about how it ran in my Taurus TCP later on. 380 pistols on the market that are known to be somewhat picky eaters. My guess is that, more often than not, this will facilitate feeding in many of the pocket. (.380) Left-to-Right: Fiocchi Extrema, Gorilla Silverback, Federal Hydra-ShokД¬ompared to the Fiocchi Extrema (uses a 90 grain Hornady XTP projectile) on the left and the Federal Hydra-Shok on the right, the Silverback round is obviously shorter. That groove is actually pretty handy for plucking the rounds out of the container, but the real reason itвЂ™s there is apparently to ensure reliable and consistent expansion. Hard to miss the huge hollow point cavity and the unique groove machined into the bullet around its circumference. As close to the old joke about вЂњflying ashtraysвЂќ as IвЂ™ve seen from a. 380 showed up first, and theyвЂ™re certainly impressive looking little buggers.