9mm Reload

[eapples]

I'll be using Bullseye powder.  I have a Glock 34.  Competition, primarily modified action pistol, modified IPSC and steel plates.  Power factor not an issue in that the club doesn't check that stuff.

Any recommendation re: bullet to use?

Thanks for your input.

Eapples  :wink:

[Blackhawk44]

With 115 gr bullet and Bullseye, 4.7gr is my field load (HK P-7, works great on turkey).  4.8 is absolute tops.  If using a GOOD powder measure and technique, I would stay with 4.5 or 4.6 and not have to worry about working too close to the edge, especially for club shooting ammo.  Hornady and Golden West 115's with 4.7 feed fine in everything tried.  Reliable, that's the word.  Accuracy is consistantly good, maybe not always the very best but consistant.  115's help consistantcy.  124's too slow, work OK in most guns.  90's and 100's very load sensitive.  My friends' Glocks don't normally like lead bullets.  Polygon rifling.  Try Golden West, Montana Gold, and Berry's plated, all are nearly as cheap as cast.

[eapples]

Mr. Hawk:

Thanks for the info.  I purchased factory ammo, 115 grains, to use to test fire and sight in the gun.  I'll purchase a few more boxes to use the first time out before I start reloading officially for the 9mm.

Eapples  :wink:

[Mikey]

eapples:  Blackhawk44's advice and loads are pretty darn good.  I just don't really like using the fastest burning powders out there as I have often felt there may be a greater margin for error, especially if you are rolling whole bunches of your own stuff, and I just don't like to live that dangerously any more.  I will however use a slightly slower burning powder and one of my favorites for target work is Winchester 231. Great consistency and easy to load.  

But, you mentioned target work.... so, if you are going to load your own, please pay strict attention to the powder charge weight and assure your own weight consistency.  I don't rely on a powder measure for anything more consistent than mass produced factory ammo.  Now, some of that stuff is pretty darn good but it may not be as not as good as you can handload, especially if you weight out your charges.

I used to do that when shooting silhouette and although time consuming, it was worth the effort to attain that additional accuracy.  I would suggest that technique to give you the best indication of how well your pistol will group.  Then you can purchase whatever factory produced loads give you the same (doubtful) or acceptably close accuracy.  Sellier and Bellt produce a couple of different 9mm jacketted loads that group very well in a number of different 9mms I've fired.  Hope this helps.  Mikey.

[Louis Farrugia]

With 115 gr bullet and Bullseye, 4.7gr is my field load (HK P-7, works great on turkey).  4.8 is absolute tops.  If using a GOOD powder measure and technique, I would stay with 4.5 or 4.6 and not have to worry about working too close to the edge, especially for club shooting ammo.  Hornady and Golden West 115's with 4.7 feed fine in everything tried.  Reliable, that's the word.  Accuracy is consistantly good, maybe not always the very best but consistant.  115's help consistantcy.  124's too slow, work OK in most guns.  90's and 100's very load sensitive.  My friends' Glocks don't normally like lead bullets.  Polygon rifling.  Try Golden West, Montana Gold, and Berry's plated, all are nearly as cheap as cast.