CZ 75 9mm shooters, what are your favorite loads?

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Getting my new CZ 75 SP-01 Shadow delivered on Monday and I'm looking for some ideas on what loads work well for you all. I've got a few preliminary loads made up with Hornady 147gr. FMJ over Blue Dot and Titegroup. Hopefully, one of those will work well.

Cast lead bullets in either 124gr. or 147gr. will definitely be used in the future if they don't lead up the bore too badly. Making "minor" with 147's will likely produce a soft shooting round.
 
I use the Berry's 124 gr bullets, with W231. I'm not home right now, so I don't want to tell you how much W231 until I can confirm it. Also, I don't do IPSC, I just load for slow target shooting, so I'm not concerned about power factors.

I can tell you that Shadows are known to have relatively short chambers, so expect that when you go to figure out your OAL. Mine for example, is 1.087, which as far as I know is shorter than most Shadows I've heard about.

Also, I strongly recommend you replace the stock 18lb mainspring with a CZ Custom 13lb spring. While the Shadow has a great trigger right out of the box, the improvement with the lighter spring is immediate and noticeable. It's also not at all difficult to do yourself. Contact member "Ceezer" here, that's where I got mine.


ok, home now, and mine is 4.3gr of W231.
 
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125 Zero JHP-C, 4.8gr Unique, 1.080"OAL, CCI primer. Still messing with it. Also have an N320 load but that one is still not good enough to post yet. 15lb hammer spring.
 
Mine has a very strong preference for the 135gr DRG cast lead RN bullet over a mild load of TiteGroup 3.3gr. When I test a pistol to find a good load, I start very mild and work up in 0.3 gr increments. Sometimes the initial load or two is too mild to cycle the action. If power is not required, check the full spectrum.

20 yrds. Two hands:
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N320 and W231 are the powders to beat but I haven't had a chance to snap up a bottle yet so I'm using 4.3gr of HS-6 with Berry's 124gr RNHB as an accurate plinker.

edit: Haven't had a chance to chrono it yet so I'm not sure if it makes factor. I should have a chance this weekend.
 
I mostly shoot 124gn Berry's plated because they are cheapest to buy. I push them with 4.1gns Tightgroup to make sure they meet the power factor for my competitions. I've also used Bullseye in the past.

I've only shot some 125gn LRN cast bullets a couple of times. But I did find that the CZ really likes cast bullets. The groups for that batch of 500 tended to be noticeably tighter when shooting for accuracy. Most were shot with a little less care but more speed during matches. But it's something to consider if you're plinking for fun and shooting nice tight groups matters to you. The powder for these was old Bullseye I had. I would not even try to recall the load amount and the records I kept at the time are lost just now.
 
124RN Berries, 4.6gr unique and I believe 1.15oal.

Ganderite said:
Mine has a very strong preference for the 135gr DRG cast lead RN bullet over a mild load of TiteGroup 3.3gr. When I test a pistol to find a good load, I start very mild and work up in 0.3 gr increments. Sometimes the initial load or two is too mild to cycle the action. If power is not required, check the full spectrum.

20 yrds. Two hands:
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How do you do that!!! Great shooting. At 20 yards the target is too small to focus in.
 
unstableryan said:
Where in Canada can you buy a good 9mm 6 at a time bullet mold? In something that the shadow would like.
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LEE makes six-cavity aluminum moulds in 9mm. Take a look at what they have to offer and see if it suits your shooting style. Having used them in the past, I can say my preference is for the four-cavity. They don't take as long to heat up and they handle a lot easier than the six-cavity.
 
3.4 gr Tightgroup with Campro 147 gr plated truncated round nose and OAL of 1.1 works awesome in the two CZ 75 SP01 Shadows we run in Production.

Very little recoil and easily makes minor power factor and shoots point of aim to 25 meters.
 
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