Fiocchi Quality? - The Firearms Forum

GConn · 06-09-2011, 01:31 PM

Can anyone tell me please, if they have personal experience with this brand, or even if they've read much about it.

I am looking at this : Ammo 9mm Fiocchi Extrema Pistol Hornady XTP Jacketed Hollow Point 124 Grain 1290 fps 50 Round Box @ $22.96 ~~~

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/59059-5.html

This would be for PD/SD (Home Protection) in a Kel Tec PF-9.

Thank you all in advance,
g...

graehaven · 06-09-2011, 02:24 PM

I've found Fiocchi in general to be fine, if not a little "hot" as far as ammo goes. Don't know about that particular round though.

Buy a box, and run it through your gun. See how it shoots.

I carry Speer Gold Dots in my PF-9. It's what most police use.

Lapua Kid · 06-09-2011, 04:09 PM

I shot their 22 LR . match grade ammo years ago . And also their shotgun shells . Never shot any of the centerfire pistol . But what I did shoot was as good as anyothers on the market.Cost is not a factor when it comes to ammo for home protection.
I have a C C Permit . I purchase factory ammo because of liability reasons because I reload everything I shoot.

Mark Cline · 06-10-2011, 02:38 PM

I have no experience with these rounds as well, but I like the advice that graehaven said. I have found that if my friends or I haven't had any experience with a certain round, then we just chip in a fire a box between ourselves to see if we like it.

permafrost · 06-10-2011, 05:46 PM

I bought a couple of boxes of 32 XTP hollow points. It was very good ammo. Fed reliably in my little pistol and had a bit of extra kick. Can't say if it expanded at that velocity or not,(should have recovered some bullets) but I bet a 9mm would expand reliably.

mesinge2 · 06-10-2011, 07:03 PM

I have literally fired hundreds of these rounds, the specific ones your deciding on. I have never had a problem with them in three of my pistols (XDm 3.8" Compact, Beretta 92fs, Taurus PT-92). Its my current self-defense load for these guns. I like the cost 50 loads using Hornady bullets for the price of 20 Hornnady loads. I also use their 357 mag and 44 mag loads using the XTP bullets.

06-09-2011, 01:31 PM	#1
GConn V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: VA~USA Posts: 127	Fiocchi Quality? Can anyone tell me please, if they have personal experience with this brand, or even if they've read much about it. I am looking at this : Ammo 9mm Fiocchi Extrema Pistol Hornady XTP Jacketed Hollow Point 124 Grain 1290 fps 50 Round Box @ $22.96 ~~~ http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/59059-5.html This would be for PD/SD (Home Protection) in a Kel Tec PF-9. Thank you all in advance, g... -->

06-09-2011, 02:24 PM	#2
graehaven Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 2,853	Re: Fiocchi Quality? I've found Fiocchi in general to be fine, if not a little "hot" as far as ammo goes. Don't know about that particular round though. Buy a box, and run it through your gun. See how it shoots. I carry Speer Gold Dots in my PF-9. It's what most police use. __________________ The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." - Thomas Jefferson RESISTANCE IS FEUDAL... PREPARE TO SERVE.

06-09-2011, 04:09 PM	#3
Lapua Kid V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In the USA , VA Posts: 62	Re: Fiocchi Quality? I shot their 22 LR . match grade ammo years ago . And also their shotgun shells . Never shot any of the centerfire pistol . But what I did shoot was as good as anyothers on the market.Cost is not a factor when it comes to ammo for home protection. I have a C C Permit . I purchase factory ammo because of liability reasons because I reload everything I shoot. Last edited by Lapua Kid; 06-09-2011 at 04:12 PM..

06-10-2011, 02:38 PM	#4
Mark Cline Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 5	Re: Fiocchi Quality? I have no experience with these rounds as well, but I like the advice that graehaven said. I have found that if my friends or I haven't had any experience with a certain round, then we just chip in a fire a box between ourselves to see if we like it.

06-10-2011, 05:46 PM	#5
permafrost Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Oklahoma, USA Contributor Posts: 1,771	Re: Fiocchi Quality? I bought a couple of boxes of 32 XTP hollow points. It was very good ammo. Fed reliably in my little pistol and had a bit of extra kick. Can't say if it expanded at that velocity or not,(should have recovered some bullets) but I bet a 9mm would expand reliably. __________________ Stand and Fight

06-10-2011, 07:03 PM	#6
mesinge2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 538	Re: Fiocchi Quality? I have literally fired hundreds of these rounds, the specific ones your deciding on. I have never had a problem with them in three of my pistols (XDm 3.8" Compact, Beretta 92fs, Taurus PT-92). Its my current self-defense load for these guns. I like the cost 50 loads using Hornady bullets for the price of 20 Hornnady loads. I also use their 357 mag and 44 mag loads using the XTP bullets. __________________ NRA Certified Instructor "A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercise. I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind ... Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks." 1785, Thomas Jefferson. Last edited by mesinge2; 06-10-2011 at 07:04 PM..