Feeding a Beretta Storm Carbine 40 S&W
Thanks to my no. 1 son, I have his Carbine on "permanent loan." Any if you have any experience with them? I am wondering what to feed it.
Disclaimer: I might just be able to pick a Storm...
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Monday, January 09, 2017, 15:01 (2877 days ago) @ stonewalrus
out of a crowd....maybe.
That said, I don't see a reason a fella couldn't feed it just about anything of the 40 persuasion. Maybe it will balk on a bullet shape/weight but I'd think Beretta would have designed it to feed most/all contemporary ammunition.
I'd load 'er up and go make noise and see what it doesn't like. But that's me.
ballisticsbytheinch indicates I won't get much increase in
Velocity over a 4" pistol (100 fps or less). I think you get more with 9 mm. I KNOW you get more with 357. Quite impressive!
ballisticsbytheinch indicates I won't get much increase in
by Slow Hand 
, Indiana, Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 11:12 (2876 days ago) @ stonewalrus
My SUB 2000 in .40 usually eats a Lee tumble lubed 170 gr SWC over 5.0 of red dot. I did some experimentation several years back with 2400 and Lil Gun. I was able to bump up the velocity quite a bit but I'm not sure how good of an idea it is in a mostly polymer blowback rifle!
ballisticsbytheinch indicates I won't get much increase in
by Slow Hand , Indiana, Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 11:17 (2876 days ago) @ Slow Hand
Here's a thread where I did some chrono testing. I'm going to load some XTP's over 2400 and give it another try to see if the speed matches up
http://ingunowners.com/forums/ammunition-reloading/83262-40-s-w-reloading-chrono-result...
A good bit of various load data here:
http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/?Caliber=40+SqqqW&Weight=All&type=Handgun