9mm load recipe

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Ruger SR9/9EMixedFiocchiTitegroup3.2grCamPro 147gr RNFP1.135834301012227° C
Ruger SR9/9EMixedFiocchiTitegroup3.4grCamPro 147gr RNFP1.13586518512727° C
Ruger SR9/9EMixedFiocchiTitegroup3.6grCamPro 147gr RNFP1.1359008213223° C
 
that is exactly what I am doing as we speak - going with a 3.3/3.4 combo. Cannot get a reliable throw with the dillon and titegroup with 147, however, for 124 was better. I think it is because TG is not perfectly shaped and every throw is going to be slightly different every time. I tried for 2 hours with 2 scales so it is not the scale.
I am switching to 320 as soon as I am done with TG.
 
I don't have a Shadow, but I do load for a CZ75. It has a short throat.

I suggest you load a round long, chamber it and look for rifling/throat marks. Then set another one a bit deeper and look for marks. Keep seating deeper until the marks are not made. Make a note in your log book for that bullet and gun of the MAX length it will tolerate.

For some guns the Max length is determined by the magazine. For others, like my CZ and my Norcs, it is determined by the short chamber throat.
 
Ganderite said:
I suggest you load a round long, chamber it and look for rifling/throat marks.
For some guns the Max length is determined by the magazine.
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This doesn't get said very often, but it's completely true. In my PPQ 5" for example, a round with a COL of 1.200" will pass a plunk and rotate test, but that's irrelevant since a round needs to be less than 1.170" to reliably feed in and out of the magazine.
 
Ganderite said:
I don't have a Shadow, but I do load for a CZ75. It has a short throat.

I suggest you load a round long, chamber it and look for rifling/throat marks. Then set another one a bit deeper and look for marks. Keep seating deeper until the marks are not made. Make a note in your log book for that bullet and gun of the MAX length it will tolerate.

For some guns the Max length is determined by the magazine. For others, like my CZ and my Norcs, it is determined by the short chamber throat.
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It's faster and easier to do a push test. Pull the barrel, barely seat the projectile in a fired case, drop the round into the barrel and push slowly and with even pressure until it stops on the case mouth, slowly remove the round and minus .015 from that length which will give you the max OAL for that combo.

You're definitely right about the magazine being a concern with some firearms. My OAL's for Glocks were all limited by the magazine, not the barrel.
 
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all are valid, my test is much faster. load a round, drop in chamber, rotate round. If it rubs the rifling and won't come out when barrel is muzzle up, then it is too long.
Simple and effective.
my Stock II likes 1090.
 
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