9mm Reloads
- Thread starter Hamilton Nash
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Not 115 or 124 ??
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- West Quebec
Maybe 115 with less powder is what you want...
greywolf67nt
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Just lead or jacketed?
Could you use .380 projectiles? They are .355 and do come in 90 grain.
Could you use .380 projectiles? They are .355 and do come in 90 grain.
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You want to be careful with very light projectile loads unless you have tested them already with the firearm in question. There may not be enough energy created with a lightly loaded 90 or 100 grain projectile to cycle the slide reliably. You may well find yourself having to move up the charge scale to the point where you might have better off to use a heavier more common projectile anyway, or use a drastically lighter recoil spring (which may invite damage to the slide or rails). If I were you I would go with the more common 115grn projectiles and work with some different powders to see what you can get away with. If you are really stuck on getting down to 90grns, buy some 115s and drill a hole in the centre of the base until you remove enough lead to make it 90grn.
Recoil = Mass of firearm X Mass of Projectile X Velocity of Projectile - you can't beat the math.
Recoil = Mass of firearm X Mass of Projectile X Velocity of Projectile - you can't beat the math.
hatman1793
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Finding a much lighter bullet might be difficult. The LEE mold people make a 102 grain RN bullet. Make your own!
This is the route that I am taking. I have read in several places that the 147's with a light powder charge
will give less felt recoil and also the recoil itself is a bit slower making it feel even lighter.
Having said that, I have not tried them yet. I have the heads and just need to do some reloading.
I use the Lee TL356-95-RF with pretty good success over a moderate charge of 700X. I do get a bit of leading in the throat after 50 rounds or so. This is in a Beretta CX4 carbine though so felt recoil isn't really something I can comment on being less or more than normal. All loads feel the same to me out of the rifle. Does a wonder on gophers though! Pink mist!
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^^^ Agreed plus lots of recipes available
I reload 100gr 380 bullets into 9mm cases for a light speed steel load to shoot out of my S&W 929. It's a very low recoil load that feels like a .22 and very accurate. My load workups are below. I settled on 3.0gr of Titegroup. These are only good out of a revolver though. They would never work out of a semi-auto as there's not enough power to cycle the slide.
For a light, accurate load I shoot PPC with, I load 3.1gr of VV N320 under a 124gr Campro HP bullet. That gets me ~810fps and 100pf. It cycles my CZ SP01 Shadow fine once I installed an 11lb rebound spring.
For a light, accurate load I shoot PPC with, I load 3.1gr of VV N320 under a 124gr Campro HP bullet. That gets me ~810fps and 100pf. It cycles my CZ SP01 Shadow fine once I installed an 11lb rebound spring.
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It depends on what kind of shooting you are doing. For speed steel, if you load < 700fps, then the delay between bang and ping is a bit too long for me to get into a good rythm. I find ~850-900 fps makes for good timing, and is about the same speed as my IPSC Production 147gr load.
If you are not trying to make power factor, a 100gr bullet going 900fps has a lot lighter recoil then a 147gr bullet going 900fps. The challenge will be developing a light load that will properly cycle the slide of your semi-auto.
