9mm Reload Data

[nwhpfan]

From a XDM 5.25

147g www.precisionbullets.com or www.missouribullet.com hard cast
3.8 WSF
Any SPP but usually CCI500
1.135ish
920 FPS

or

124g Montanna Gold FMJ
5.0 WSF
Any SPP but usually CCI500
1.169
1050 FPS

They are both very accurate. I like the 147 better. Softer feel to me.

[JV_]

124 gr Montana Gold
Mixed once fired cases
Federal 100 primers
1.165 OAL
7.5 gr AutoComp
Velocity Avg 1450-1475, depending on location and Wx.

Note for those not careful: This is 9 MAJOR.

[Ray Keith]

124g Montanna Gold FMJ
5.0 WSF
Any SPP but usually CCI500
1.169
1050 FPS

They are both very accurate. I like the 147 better. Softer feel to me.

Is this load compressed?

Thanks

[Odin Bravo One]

Note for those not careful: This is 9 MAJOR.

Yeah, bad assumption on my part.........

Another note.......

These will fit into some of my 9mm mags, and almost all of my 9mm chambers. Not all 9mm's have the proper support in the proper areas for the much higher pressures as compared to 9x19 NATO. I would advise against using that load data in a service pistol. At best, you are beating up your gun prematurely, and it will stop working long before it has reached what should have been it's service life. At worst, it blows your gun apart in your hand, sending plastic, and steel shrapnel into you, and anyone standing close enough to absorb the parts of the gun that either missed you, or went through you.

Don't look at the muzzle velocity and interpret that to mean you are getting "better" performance out of your hot off the LGS shelf, Hi-Point by upping your loading game to include a 124gr projectile at 1450fps.

[jumpthestack]

124 gr Precision Delta FMJ
5.0 gr Unique
1.15" OAL

I've also used
115 gr Precision Delta FMJ
5.3 gr Unique
1.15" OAL

115gr Missouri Bullet Company LRN
4.5 gr Unique
1.06" OAL

[EricP]

124 gr. Precision Delta FMJ
5.3 gr. Power Pistol
CCI SPP
1.145" OAL
~1025 FPS

This was my IDPA load. It makes power factor, but not by much.

124 gr. Precision Delta FMJ
5.8 gr. Power Pistol
CCI SPP
1.145" OAL
~1100 FPS

This better simulates defensive loads. It has a huge muzzle flash. Shooting it on an indoor range is distracting.

124 gr. Montana Gold FMJ
4.3 gr. VV N320
CCI SPP
1.140" OAL
~1000 FPS

This load was very accurate, producing single digit extreme spreads and standard deviations. This was close to a maximum powder charge. I could never get the velocity that I was after.

I'm primarily shooting on a indoor range. Anybody have any thoughts on low flash powders?

[nwhpfan]

Is this load compressed?

Thanks

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by "compressed." 5.0g of WSF maybe fills half the case. But I may have misled, I use 5.0 in my P2000 and M&P9. I use 4.8 in my XDM 5.25.

[JV_]

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by "compressed."

When you seat the bullet, it compresses the powder charge.

Imagine seating the bullet .250" in to a case that only has .220" of space between the top of the powder and the rim.

[perlslacker]

147gr cast lead from jkbullets.com
3.2gr Bullseye
Either Winchester or Fiocchi small pistol primers
1.14" COAL

It makes minor, and shoots softly and accurately. It's also really cheap to load. However, it smokes like a chimney and fouls the bore pretty badly. I tried some moly bullets from BBI and they're cleaner so I might switch to them.

[m91196]

147gr cast lead from jkbullets.com
3.2gr Bullseye
Either Winchester or Fiocchi small pistol primers
1.14" COAL

It makes minor, and shoots softly and accurately. It's also really cheap to load. However, it smokes like a chimney and fouls the bore pretty badly. I tried some moly bullets from BBI and they're cleaner so I might switch to them.

I have good luck with slower powders with moly bullets, Solo 1000 is soft and clean choice for me