Stopped by LGS to pick up some ammo. Salesman observes I'm checking out 9mm and he hands me the Federal noted above. It appeared to me the bullet has a non-metal projectile. Has anyone tried this round? Problems with synthetic material clogging up twists in the barrel? Other comments?

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Originally posted by abnmacv:
Stopped by LGS to pick up some ammo. Salesman observes I'm checking out 9mm and he hands me the Federal noted above. It appeared to me the bullet has a non-metal projectile. Has anyone tried this round? Problems with synthetic material clogging up twists in the barrel? Other comments?

You do not specify which federal offering he showed you as there are more than 1

Federal Syntech was introduced about a decade ago.

It is a lead projectile surrounded by a synthetic jacket



This is a replacement for the Federal Nyclad ammunition that has been around for four decades or more now

The name Syntech just sounds higher tech and more modern than Nyclad

The original Syntech offerings were in the American Eagle Line and consisted of just round nose projectiles jacketed in red.



The line has expanded over the last 10 years to include hollow points loaded under the Federal name. Purple and dark blue jackets have now been added as well

Thanks for the info, all new to me.

I got some 9mm FMJ fairly cheap at the Brownells store a few years ago. It shot fine, but every time I loaded mags I left like I was handling a miniature tube of lipstick from Taylor Swift.

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Huma Abedin.

politics in an apolitical thread.

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Huma Abedin.

politics in an apolitical thread.

Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I've deleted her from the post.

Thanks for the info

Older thread revival…(despite Tom’s recent reply)

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This is a replacement for the Federal Nyclad ammunition that has been around for four decades or more now. The name Syntech just sounds higher tech and more modern than Nyclad

The above is a little misleading.

Federal Nyclad was basically a synthetic jacketed hollow point. It expanded okay but it’s claim to fame was less heat and no copper fouling.
The modern equivalent to Nyclad would be more along the lines of Syntech Defense. Link

The other Syntech lines are “Training loads” the purple colored rounds - 124 & 147gr - same recoil and trajectory as HST rounds but with less chance of backsplash when shooting steel.

The red colored rounds are all lead free --> either 124gr, 130gr for carbine, and my personal fave, the 150gr load at 890fps.
An absolute cream puff load that is easy to practice/compete with.

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Originally posted by KMitch200:
The red colored rounds are all lead free --> either 124gr, 130gr for carbine, and my personal fave, the 150gr load at 890fps.
An absolute cream puff load that is easy to practice/compete with.

It's also a favorite mainstay of the suppressed crowd. They're super quiet, pretty clean burning compared to a lot of 147gr rounds that use a lot of filler in the powder charge, and function pretty consistently and reliably in a lot of setups.