Known good pistol loads

[JRV]

I loaded up a batch of a gentle softball load for plinking recently.

Berry's 230gr plated RN
3.8gr Clays
Mixed brass
Rem LPP
1.260" COAL
0.471" crimp

Feeds in all my stock sprung 1911s, ejects cases about 5 feet to the right, and recoils more like a 147gr 9mm load than a hardball .45.

It's plated, so it's not going to give you X-ring results, but it's good enough for 10-ring at 25.

I haven't begun loading it yet, but I will be doing a run with the same projectiles and specs except I will be loading 7.0gr of BE-86 and using Win LPPs. So, instead of a low-to-mid 700s for velocity downrange... should be more like low-to-mid 900s. Might be fun for bowling pins.

[JRV]

Found a decent mid-range defensive load with XTPs that my TRP enjoys:

200gr Hornady XTP
7.0gr BE-86
1.230” COAL
0.469” crimp
Starline brass
Win LPP



I use a 6 o’clock hold for consistency when load testing. This load shoots to POA, right on top of the front sight.

[GyroF-16]

This is the load I’ve worked up to emulate the soft recoil of Federal 150 gr Syntech, with better precision and less than half the cost.
I use in Beretta 92s, but it’s been reliable and accurate in a USPc9 and a G19.5, as well as my CX-4 carbine.
It does NOT have enough energy to run a Glock 26.5.

9mm load to make IDPA PF
147 gr X-Treme RN plated
3.5 gr HP-38
1.105COAL
WSP primer (also good with Federal Match and GINEX)

In order to make SSP PF with 147 gr bullet, needs to be 851+

Chrono’d in Mar 2023 from a 4.7” barrel:
Avg: 880 fps
Low: 860
High: 906