Loading 9mm luger with bullseye powder

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Wondering if anyone has any thoughts or comments on the following load, 4.2 grs bullseye, cci small pistol magnum primers, 124 grain Speer jacketed bullet? Just because that is what I have on hand. Thanks in advance.
 
That's sounds about right. Try 4.0grs - 4.4grs in .2gr increments. I've used Bullseye in the past but it's a little too dirty for me.
 
I've used 3.9 grs of Bullseye, 124 gr Campro with CCI 500 primer using mixed brass. OAL = 1.155" Mean velocity of 1036 FPS out of my 1911. Accurate as hell to boot. YMMV.
 
It’ll work, but it’s filthy....like .22LR filthy. Like 200rds worth you can expect to start seeing some fail to feed or extract issues from fouling. I don’t like cleaning guns that much
 
Bullseye is a very energetic powder and entirely popular because of low throw weights & excellent results. All powder is dirty but its comes down to a tradeoff between using large, expensive volumes of medium to slow burning powder, or fast economical powder.
50 9mm reloads using 3.6 grains of Bullseye powder cost .880 cents. (C$34.36 divided by 7000 grains in a pound X 3.6 X 50 = .88)

You can easily get away with 3.6 grains to 3.8 grains.
 
There are many "fast economical powders" to choose from and although Bullseye works I definitely wouldn't make it my powder of choice for 9mm.
 
You mentioned CCI small pistol magnum primers, any advantage compared to the regular small pistol primer? I used Bullseye powder, Fed and Win SPP, when I started reloading 9mm. I used about 2 lbs in total before switching to Titegroup, W231 and HP38 powder. They all follow the same load data. We shoot indoors @ 20 m, bullseye shooting and it was like a freight train passing in front of me. Using 125 gr LRN/Coated Bullets, my SP01 Shadowline cycles perfectly @ 3.4 - 3.8 grs. @ 135 gr LRN/Coated Bullets, 3.2 gr to 3.4 gr are just perfect. If you can find 147 grs, I was successful in loading 3.0 - 3.2 grs with very soft recoil. But there is a catch, I do not have a chrono to measure the PF. So if you are shooting IPSC, 3.6 gr is the minimum load for 125 gr bullet to achieve 125 PF (mesaured using a borrowed chrono). But there are also several factors affecting your velocity and PF. Your OAL as crimped will push your pressure as you go shorter OAL. Go with the max OAL that will consistently feed without jams and lowest powder weight suitable to your purpose. Your best advantage using Bullseye is the coarse grain which makes it easy to dispense and measures accurately each drop into the casing. Good luck in your reloading. If you are not sure, ask. Do not guess and follow manufacturers load data to be on the safe side.
 
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I'm not sure that burning like 231 is a good thing, lol, it's dirty too.

To be completely honest everything's dirty when loaded light and clean when loaded near the top.
 
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