Oh Gawd, here we go again.Short answer....Yep. I would'nt shoot ALOT of them. It could speed up the wear and tear of your weapon.
You're on ignore :mrgreen:+P+ 124 grain hydrashoks step out at a whopping 1170fps. Geco 124 grain ball you get at walmart steps out at 1220fps and the box does not wear a +P+.
Which load will wear your pistol out faster?
+1Even though the XD will digest and handel the +P ammo, I would shoot only enough of it to know that it feeds reliably in your weapon, and that your proficient with it.
Why would ya want to hammer it all the time for just target practice??
Ya got a couple hundered rounds. Fire off 50 or so at each one of your range "dates". Keep enough to keep all your mags. full.
If the gun is rated for the ammo, I don't worry about it. There is no spec for +p+, so it could be anything. As previously stated, there are several hotter loads out there, including Corbon DPX at 1220, and others.Why would ya want to hammer it all the time for just target practice??
Ya got a couple hundered rounds. Fire off 50 or so at each one of your range "dates". Keep enough to keep all your mags. full.
Keep in mind that the 124 +P+ hydrashok is only stepping out at 1170fps. Blackhills +P 124 load hits a solid 1250. with no extra + behind the PWhoa, whoa, whoa, before we get too far down the road lets clarify.
As was alluded to by AZXD +P ammo is a "hotter" load than regular ammo but it has an industry maximum pressure rating and many/most pistol manufacturers these days build to those standards. However +P+ ammo has no industry standard at all and can be ANY pressure rating.
Without knowing the pressures of the rounds, Boris it's purely speculative as to what's +P and +P+. Velocity does not tell you what pressure each load has, there are more variables that need to be taking into consideration.
For someone who claims to have a score of reloading books you don't seem to understand that powder, bullet shape, and yes even case brand, barrel length, and even rifling are all variables that effect pressure and velocity. Ammo companies don't all use the same powder, case, primer and bullets. Making a blanket statement that because this round has X velocity and that round has Y velocity they have Z pressure is idiotic. Assuming what Federal does is just that an assumption.Federal and Winchester +P+ are not loaded past 38,500psi. That means they are really just good ole +P. Alot of people shoot BlackHills 124 grain +P that hits 1250fps and dont think twice because it dont wear that extra +. It is pretty plain and simple that the same weight BH +P load would have to be loaded to a higher pressure to reach a higher velocity. Too easy to understand. 1170fps is pretty anemic compared to most service grade 124s for 9mm. Now take a look at 9AP, Gecco 124 ball, M882 ball, S&B POLICE label. Not a single one of them boxes wear a + a P or an extra + and people will believe they are doing no extra wear (as some say) based on the simple fact the box does not have a gimmicky +P+ on it even though they are loaded much more hot than the Hydrashok +P+ loads. The Federal 124 Hydrashok is the weakest +P+ you can get. Most simple +P loads the same weight are faster. You would have to compress a load with Norma R1 or similar powder to raise pressures to a dangerous level in regular 9x19mm loads that would yield lower velocity with a higher pressure. I doubt Federal uses powders that damn near detonate just to raise pressure so they can get slower velocity just so they can label it +P+.
Assuming what Federal does is just that an assumption.