Target Shooting Handgun Ammo
9mm • .40 S&W • .45 ACP • .380 ACP • FMJ Range Loads
Full Metal Jacket range and training ammunition across every common modern handgun caliber — 9mm Luger, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .380 ACP, .32 ACP, .38 Super, and the NATO 5.7x28mm. Built for volume practice and matched to the purpose-tested training lines from Federal American Eagle, Winchester Service Grade and Q4172, PMC Bronze, Magtech Range & Training, CCI Blazer, and Sellier & Bellot — the value-tier lines specifically designed for box-after-box trigger time without the premium-defense pricing. Plus suppressor- friendly subsonic loads from Ammo Inc Stelth and Winchester Super Suppressed, and the rare SuperNova green and red tracer offerings for visible-trajectory range fun.
About Target Shooting Handgun Ammo at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting's Target Shooting Handgun Ammo catalog is the high-volume, value-tier ammunition selection for range practice, target shooting, and trigger-time-intensive training — distinct from our defense-and- carry oriented Personal Defense Handgun Ammo selection. Roughly two dozen FMJ (full-metal-jacket) loads across 9mm Luger, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, .380 ACP, .32 ACP, .38 Super, and the FN Belgian 5.7x28mm NATO, from the purpose-built training lines: Federal American Eagle (Federal Premium's range- ammunition line), Winchester Service Grade and Q4172, PMC Bronze (Korean Poongsan's value tier), Magtech Range & Training (Brazilian CBC), CCI Blazer, Sellier & Bellot (Czech, since 1825), Armscor, Fiocchi (Italian, founded 1876), and the rare SuperNova green and red tracer ammunition.
Why FMJ for target shooting. Full Metal Jacket bullets — a lead core fully encased in a copper-alloy jacket — are the universal choice for high-volume range practice for three reasons. First, cost: FMJ bullets are simpler and cheaper to produce than expanding hollow points, and the price difference (typically 30 to 50 percent) compounds quickly across the thousands of rounds a serious shooter fires per year. Second, feeding reliability: the smooth round-nose profile of a typical FMJ bullet feeds reliably from any magazine and into any chamber, which matters less for purpose- designed defensive hollow points but means an FMJ box is the safer choice for testing a new pistol or training a new shooter. Third, range rules: many indoor and outdoor commercial ranges require FMJ-only ammunition, both because steel-core or armor-piercing components damage backstops and because exposed lead-core bullets produce more airborne lead at target impact (a respiratory hazard with sustained indoor exposure). FMJ is the standard range cartridge the industry has standardized around.
9mm Luger — the dominant target caliber. The 9mm Luger (also called 9x19mm Parabellum or 9mm NATO) is by a wide margin the most-fired centerfire pistol caliber in the modern American market — a product of decades of military and law-enforcement adoption (the US military adopted the M9 Beretta in 9mm in 1985, replacing the decades-old 1911 in .45 ACP), the comparatively low recoil that makes the cartridge accessible to new shooters, and bulk-pricing economies of scale on high-volume production. Our 9mm target catalog covers the major loadings:
- Federal American Eagle 9mm 115-grain ($20.70) — the standard 9mm range load in Federal's American Eagle line, the lightest of the three common bullet weights at the highest velocity (~1,180 fps).
- Federal American Eagle 9mm 124-grain FMJ ($18.13) — the NATO-standard bullet weight, slightly heavier and slightly slower for most shooters' subjective preference.
- Federal American Eagle 9mm 147-grain FMJ ($25.46) — the heavy-bullet subsonic load, lower recoil and quieter than the 115-grain equivalent.
- PMC Bronze 9mm ($17.24) — the Korean value-tier offering at one of the lowest reliable per-round prices in the catalog.
- Magtech Range & Training 9mm ($17.54) — the Brazilian CBC equivalent at the same value tier.
- CCI Blazer Brass 9mm ($16.86) — CCI's brass-cased offering (note: distinct from CCI Blazer aluminum-cased ammo, which is cheaper but cannot be reloaded and may be prohibited at some ranges — Blazer Brass is the reloadable cased version).
- Winchester Q4172 9mm ($17.95) — the Winchester USA white-box equivalent, one of the most common American 9mm range cartridges in continuous production.
The American Eagle line — Federal's training tradition. The American Eagle line was introduced by Federal in the late 1980s as the company's dedicated range-and-training product family — distinct from the Federal Premium hunting and defense lines. The line uses the same brass cases, primers, and manufacturing standards as Federal Premium, but with cost-optimized FMJ bullets and bulk packaging (50-round and 100-round boxes). American Eagle is one of the most widely-stocked American range ammunition lines in commercial circulation. The Federal brand collection covers the broader Federal Premium line as well.
PMC Bronze — Korean precision at the value tier. PMC stands for Precision Made Cartridges and is the trade name of the Korean Poongsan Corporation, which has been producing ammunition since 1973. PMC's Bronze line is the company's value tier — non-premium FMJ training ammunition, commercially priced to compete with American value brands while maintaining the manufacturing consistency for which PMC is known in the international market. PMC also produces the X-Tac military-spec line (5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO from their contract production runs) and the Starfire defensive hollow-point line. Our Bronze catalog covers 9mm, .380 ACP, .32 ACP, and .38 Super — the latter being a relative rarity in modern American FMJ ammunition.
Magtech Range & Training — Brazilian production scale. Magtech Ammunition is the export brand of Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos (CBC), the Brazilian state-licensed ammunition manufacturer founded in 1926. CBC is one of the largest ammunition manufacturers in the world by volume — they produce ammunition for Brazilian military and police contracts as well as commercial export lines under the Magtech and CBC brand names. The Range & Training line is Magtech's commercial range-ammunition tier, priced competitively against American value brands and PMC Bronze. The 9mm Range & Training at $17.54 is one of the most cost-effective 115-grain FMJ rounds in the catalog.
CCI Blazer — brass vs. aluminum. An important distinction: CCI produces two Blazer-line cased offerings, and the difference matters. CCI Blazer Brass uses standard brass-cased ammunition that can be reloaded by the shooter or sold to scrap-brass collectors — it functions identically to standard commercial brass-cased range cartridges. CCI Blazer (aluminum) uses aluminum-cased ammunition, which is cheaper to produce (typically 15 to 25 percent below brass) but cannot be reloaded and is prohibited at some commercial ranges (the aluminum cases interfere with the magnetic case-pickup systems used for brass recovery). Our CCI Blazer 40 S&W FMJ ($23.25) and CCI Blazer Brass 9mm ($16.86) cover both case-material choices — check the individual product page for which case material the SKU uses, and check with your range before showing up with aluminum-cased ammunition.
Sellier & Bellot — Czech ammunition since 1825. Sellier & Bellot of VlaÅ¡im, Czech Republic is one of the oldest continuously-operating ammunition manufacturers in Europe — founded in 1825 in Prague when the Czech lands were still part of the Austrian Empire, surviving the Czechoslovak first republic, the Nazi occupation, the Soviet bloc, and the modern Czech Republic through nearly two centuries of political change. The S&B offerings here cover 9mm 140-grain subsonic ($18.59), .45 ACP 230-grain FMJ ($25.36 — the original 1905 John Browning ball loading), and the unusual .32 ACP 73-grain FMJ ($33.77 — a small-caliber European cartridge common in police and pocket pistols throughout the 20th century, still used in some European service pistols).
.40 S&W — the FBI cartridge. The .40 Smith & Wesson cartridge has an unusual history. It was developed in 1990 by Smith & Wesson and Winchester in direct response to the FBI's post-1986 Miami shootout re-evaluation of pistol calibers — the Bureau wanted a round more powerful than 9mm but with less recoil than the 10mm they had briefly adopted. The .40 S&W was the result, and it dominated American law enforcement and defense markets through the 1990s and 2000s. In 2016 the FBI publicly returned to 9mm, citing improved 9mm bullet technology and lower training-cost comparisons — and most major American police departments followed suit over the next decade. The .40 remains in active use but is no longer the default service caliber it once was. Our Federal American Eagle 40 S&W 155-grain FMJ ($33.22), CCI Blazer 40 S&W FMJ ($23.25), and Winchester Service Grade 40 S&W 165-grain FMJ ($31.48) cover the major modern loadings. The Service Grade line is Winchester's mil-spec equivalent training ammunition — comparable to the law-enforcement contract loads of the Bureau's operational era.
.45 ACP — the 1905 cartridge. The .45 ACP (Automatic Colt Pistol) was developed by John Moses Browning in 1905 for the Colt M1905 prototype that became the legendary M1911 service pistol. The 230-grain ball bullet at ~850 fps was specifically engineered for the threshold below the speed of sound, producing the characteristic heavy-bullet terminal effect at lower velocity that .45 ACP shooters know. The cartridge served as the US military service round from 1911 through the 1985 transition to 9mm M9. Our catalog covers Sellier & Bellot 45 ACP 230-grain FMJ ($25.36) for traditional full-power range work and the Ammo Inc Stelth 45 ACP Subsonic 230-grain FMJ ($38.58) for shooters running suppressors on a 1911 or HK USP. See also the SuperNova Red Tracer 45 ACP ($30.39) and SuperNova Green Tracer 45 ACP ($30.39) for visible-trajectory range use.
.380 ACP and .32 ACP — the pocket pistol cartridges. Two smaller-caliber European-origin cartridges that fill specific roles in our catalog. The .380 ACP (also called 9mm Browning Short or 9mm Kurz) was developed by John Browning in 1908 for the Colt Model 1908 Pocket Hammerless and is the dominant cartridge for American pocket pistols (Ruger LCP, Sig P365 .380, S&W Bodyguard, etc.). Our PMC Bronze 380 ACP ($23.71) and Winchester Service Grade 380 ACP 95-grain FMJ ($22.53) cover the major commercial offerings. The .32 ACP (also called 7.65mm Browning) was developed by John Browning in 1899 — actually predating .380 and .45 ACP — and was widely adopted by European police and military forces through the 20th century. The PMC Bronze 32 ACP FMJ ($24.24) and Sellier & Bellot 32 ACP 73-grain FMJ ($33.77) keep the cartridge available for collectors and owners of European pocket pistols (Walther PPK, CZ 70, Beretta 81, Sauer 38H, etc.).
.38 Super — the forgotten high-velocity cartridge. The .38 Super +P ($39.12 in our PMC Bronze offering) is one of the more specialized cartridges in the catalog. Introduced by Colt in 1929 for the Colt M1911 Government in .38 Super, the cartridge was designed to defeat the body armor and automobile bodies of the Prohibition-era crime wave — a 130-grain bullet at ~1,300 fps, considerably hotter than the .38 ACP / .380 ACP cartridges that share its bullet diameter. The .38 Super never achieved the commercial success of 9mm or .45 ACP in the United States but became one of the dominant IPSC competition cartridges globally, especially in Mexico and Latin America where civilian .45 ACP ownership is restricted. Modern .38 Super shooters are mostly competition shooters and Colt 1911 collectors keeping the cartridge in active use.
5.7x28mm — the Belgian high-velocity round. The FN Belgian 5.7x28mm NATO cartridge was developed in the late 1980s for the FN P90 personal defense weapon and the FN Five-seveN pistol — a small-bore high-velocity round (40-grain bullet at over 2,000 fps from the pistol, over 2,300 fps from the carbine) designed to penetrate modern body armor at close to moderate ranges. Our Fiocchi Range Dynamics 5.7x28mm Subsonic 62-grain FMJ ($46.10) is the deliberately-heavy subsonic loading for suppressor pairing on the Five-seveN, one of the rare commercial 5.7x28 subsonic offerings. Standard supersonic 5.7x28 is widely available; the subsonic loading exists almost exclusively as a suppressor- compatible specialty round.
SuperNova tracer ammunition. SuperNova is one of the rare commercial producers of tracer pistol ammunition for civilian use. Tracer ammunition uses a bullet base loaded with a pyrotechnic compound that ignites on firing and produces a visible glowing trail along the bullet's flight path — green tracers (using barium-based pyrotechnics) are the easiest to see in most lighting; red tracers (using strontium-based pyrotechnics) are the historical military tracer color. Our catalog stocks the SuperNova Green Tracer 9mm ($27.01), SuperNova Green Tracer 45 ACP ($30.39), and SuperNova Red Tracer 45 ACP ($30.39). Important: tracer ammunition is restricted in many jurisdictions — notably California (where it is prohibited outright), most US public-land BLM and US Forest Service shooting areas (due to wildfire risk), and most commercial indoor ranges (due to the burning pyrotechnic compound and fire risk). Where legal it provides genuinely spectacular visual feedback for outdoor plinking and night-range use. Check your state and local regulations and your range's rules before ordering tracer ammunition.
Subsonic crossover ammunition. Several cartridges in this catalog are also stocked in our Suppressor-Ready Handgun Ammo selection — the Ammo Inc Stelth 9mm and 45 ACP subsonic loads, the Armscor 9mm subsonic, the Fiocchi 9mm and 5.7x28 subsonic, the Sellier & Bellot 9mm subsonic, and the Winchester Super Suppressed 9mm. These work as both target practice and suppressor ammunition. If you are running a 9mm or .45 ACP suppressor, the suppressor category is the more focused starting point.
Companion ammunition categories. For carry and defense ammunition see our Personal Defense Handgun Ammo selection (jacketed hollow points and purpose-engineered defensive rounds). For hunting use see our Handgun Hunting Ammo. For the consolidated 9mm landing page see our 9mm top-caliber page. For all rifle, rimfire, and shotgun ammunition see the Rifle Ammo, Rimfire Ammo, and Shotgun Ammo sections. For range equipment see our Eye and Ear Protection selection and the Pistols catalog for the platforms these cartridges feed.
Keep Shooting ships all target ammunition from our Pennsylvania warehouse with free shipping on orders over $49.95 and hassle-free returns. Whether you are a Glock 17 owner stocking PMC Bronze and Federal American Eagle 9mm for weekly range work, an M1911 .45 owner running Sellier & Bellot 230-grain ball, a Beretta 92FS shooter alternating between Magtech Range & Training and Winchester Q4172, a Sig P365 .380 owner stocking Winchester Service Grade and PMC Bronze, an FN Five-seveN owner pairing Fiocchi 5.7x28 subsonic with a suppressor, or an IPSC competitor running PMC Bronze .38 Super through a custom 1911 — every cartridge in this catalog is from a respected American, European, Korean, or Brazilian manufacturer with ammunition-house pedigree, priced for the box-after-box trigger time that builds real shooter skill.
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