I've had this 2011 chambered in 9mm for about a year. I've tried 147g jacketed, plated and cast bullets. All gave me poor accuracy at 25 yards regardless of the powder I used or the recipe/velocity. My experience with the 2011 in .40 S&W with heavier bullets loaded long at minor & major PF worked great. I figured that would work in 9mm too. I can say now that's not my experience with the 9mm in my 2011. After all my reloading and chrono tests with less than stellar performance I decided to try some el cheep-o WM Winchester 115g at 1150 fps. Jackpot!
For the first time I'm getting 1.5" groups at 25 yards, even in rapid fire. Does anybody have a better 9mm bullet/load/velocity hand load combo that gives them 1.5" accuracy or better at 25 yards in a 9mm 2011?