What Good is a Tactical Sport in 9mm

[coolbox]

And above all, these look awesome...specially in pairs.

[gdawgs56]

And above all, these look awesome...specially in pairs.

I'm jealous. *drooling*

[Tok36]

A fine pair indeed.

[Dr_Sick_MMA]

Can't argue with that.

[Smitty79]

Here's real data:

This data is for Blue Bullets 147 RN bullets loaded to 1.09 OAL, CCI SPP, 3.25 gns Commercial 5(CSB-5) powder

Gun                Avg Velocity (FPS)
Kahr PM9        845
Glock 19         876
SP-01 Shdw    896
Tac Sport        919

Size matters.

For fun, I did it with a 45 load too.   Bayou 230 RN, Winchester Primers, OAL 1.235, CSB-5 4.4 gn

DW Heritage   829
S&W 625         836
SAR K2 45        801

I think this powder is medium burn rate for pistol powder.   I suspect that barrel length is more important than it would be with a faster powder.    I have some Clays, I'll repeat the experiment with that some day.

[Dr_Sick_MMA]

Looking forward to your clay's experiment Smitty79.

Thanks for posting. 

The velocity increase between the SP-01 and the Tac Sport was a little more than I had thought it would be.  Still, I have to wonder if the extra 24 feet per second is worth the extra expense and troubles to me. 

[IronicTwitch]

Just a clarifying point, the barrel on the TS is actually 5.1" (not the published 5.4"). 

So from the 4" barrel on the G19 to the 5.1" barrel on the TS you get about 45-50 fps delta with the extra inch of barrel. 

That matches my results chrono-ing my reloads between my P-01 (3.8" barrel) and my TS too.

[Dr_Sick_MMA]

Thanks for the intel IronicTwitch.  I don't know why but I would love to have those extra 50 fps.  But at the end of the day, I'm a pragmatist and I so far I can't figure a way to make the cost to benefit ratio make sense for me.

Great to hear that the TS is only 5.1  Makes the sting of not being able to get the build to work out the way I wanted a little less painful.  And that 50 fps would probably only be around 25-30 between my SP-01 and the TS. 

Meanwhile, I saved some more money by picking up parts from CGW and installing them myself.  Love their customer service and their stuff really improved the trigger on my piece.

[IDescribe]

I don't know why but I would love to have those extra 50 fps.

Then load with an extra .2-3 grains of powder.