Question on PPK Ammunition

william sussman · 03-06-2003, 12:27 PM

I inherited a real nise .38 PPK and am not sure what grain ammo I can shoot in it. Ive seen 92 gr , 95 gr, and others. What can/should I use in it?

NRAJOE · 03-06-2003, 02:16 PM

Historically available in .22 LR, 25 ACP .32 ACP and 380 ACP, The Current Stainless American/Walther/Smith and Wesson numbers come in the latter two calibers. The .32 has been considered an adequate police round in Europe and Asia while the .380, at least until recently, was considered the bare minimum defensive round in America. Recent .32 ACP loads have changed this to some extent but the .380 still has a clear advantage in the realm of kinetic energy. Most ammunition companies provide ball ammunition in the 95-Grain weight range and have also developed reliable functioning 85-90 grain Jacketed Hollow Point loads that really expand. In my PPK American, ball ammunition from PMC and CCI (Blazer) clocks circa 980 fps while the 90-Grain Speer Gold Dot is good for 1060 fps or thereabout. Corbon 90 grain JHPs seem to lead the pack in regard to velocity/energy with one batch I checked doing 1140 fps and another lot clicking off 1080 a few feet from the muzzle. Sometime back, Corbon supplied me with enough of their BeeSafe Pre-fragmented load for a good evaluation. These were doing high 1100s. Many lightweight pre-frags hit well below the sights but these Corbons were point on at 15 yards and performed as advertised when fired through a winter coat, plywood and grocery store beef.

http://www.milesfortis.com/mcump/mc12.htm

03-06-2003, 12:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
william sussman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Baton Rouge, La Posts: 12	Question on PPK Ammunition I inherited a real nise .38 PPK and am not sure what grain ammo I can shoot in it. Ive seen 92 gr , 95 gr, and others. What can/should I use in it?

03-06-2003, 02:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 18,802 Images: 3	Historically available in .22 LR, 25 ACP .32 ACP and 380 ACP, The Current Stainless American/Walther/Smith and Wesson numbers come in the latter two calibers. The .32 has been considered an adequate police round in Europe and Asia while the .380, at least until recently, was considered the bare minimum defensive round in America. Recent .32 ACP loads have changed this to some extent but the .380 still has a clear advantage in the realm of kinetic energy. Most ammunition companies provide ball ammunition in the 95-Grain weight range and have also developed reliable functioning 85-90 grain Jacketed Hollow Point loads that really expand. In my PPK American, ball ammunition from PMC and CCI (Blazer) clocks circa 980 fps while the 90-Grain Speer Gold Dot is good for 1060 fps or thereabout. Corbon 90 grain JHPs seem to lead the pack in regard to velocity/energy with one batch I checked doing 1140 fps and another lot clicking off 1080 a few feet from the muzzle. Sometime back, Corbon supplied me with enough of their BeeSafe Pre-fragmented load for a good evaluation. These were doing high 1100s. Many lightweight pre-frags hit well below the sights but these Corbons were point on at 15 yards and performed as advertised when fired through a winter coat, plywood and grocery store beef. http://www.milesfortis.com/mcump/mc12.htm __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

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