9mm Over 38 Super/sc

[eric nielsen]

DMD

You could shoot it in a SC barrel but the side-effects would be

- early death for your extractor

- [probably] horrible accuracy

- [possibly] bad ignition: dud rounds

- erosion of your barrel at the front of the chamber

All that could be prevented by getting a 9x19 barrel & comp fitted to the gun.

[JDBraddy]

DMD

You could shoot it in a SC barrel but the side-effects would be

- early death for your extractor

- [probably] horrible accuracy

- [possibly] bad ignition: dud rounds

- erosion of your barrel at the front of the chamber

All that could be prevented by getting a 9x19 barrel & comp fitted to the gun.

Hmmm, so the advice is..... just suck it up and shoot SC till I decide if I'm even going to stick with open, try other peoples guns when/where I can, then once I'm sure of what I really want, fork over the big bucks to have it built, and either sell this one to another newby, or keep it as a backup?

[HSMITH]

If your open gun is fresh and tight it might be worth a new barrel and comp, figure $500ish for the parts and installation.

[JFD]

If I shot Open with a 9mm I could easily supply my needs with the once-fired brass I can find at the gun club. I'd feel safe with it since usually I can find the factory boxes in the trash that match up with the brass on the ground. That used to be the case with .40s until I actually bought a .40

[ChrisStock]

So with a little effort 9mm brass cost is basically zero.

I invariably take home a few hundred bright shiny new 9MM cases every trip to the range because some folks are just plumb lazy, and I don't mind picking up a few extra boxes every week. When I finally have enough to buy my 550B, I should have 10-15K 9MM to start with for free courtesy of my firing line neighbors.