Reload data for 9MM 124gr CamPro FCP RN?

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Hello All,

Noob reloader here.

Within a few months I'll be reloading for 9MM. I've purchased a load of CamPro 9MM bullets that weigh 124gr; they're fully copper plated, nice solid base, round nose. Using the Hodgdon RDB the data I got is for a "124 GR. BERB HBRN TP" and the starting load for the powder I'll be using (Hodgdon Longshot) is 4.8gr; the max load is 5.8gr.

CamPro/Metoplus site says that their bullets can be used with "standard reloading charts for jacketed bullets"... but given that the data is for a bullet with a hollow base, how might this impact my reloads? Should I being using a starting load even lower then the Hodgdon RDB?
 
I wouldn't worry about it, start at the starting load and work your way up. Find the over all length that fits your gun/mags first though.
 
Here's the replay to the exact same question I asked of Campro few weeks ago...

9 MM 124 RN
overall 1.120
crimp 0.376

HP-38: 4.4 - 4.8
W231: 4.4 - 4.8
TiteGroup: 4.1 - 4.4
HS-6: 6.4 - 6.8
Bullseye: 4.4 - 5.0 (5.0 it's a hot load, try light load on first)
Unique: 5.5 - 5.9
 
Great Crouton said:
I've read in a number of places that it's the weight of the bullet that's most important, not the shape.
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hollow base bullets add more case capacity so the pressures would be lower for the same bullet/weight/seating depth/powder charge. but as logic dictates, always start low and work up.
 
Smcx said:
A longer OAL is fine if it cycles though right?
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Correct, more space means less pressure.

Ideally you should use what ever bullet you plan to shoot and find the longest length that will easily drop in and out of the specific gun you plan to use (if multiple guns, pick the shortest length so it works in all guns) and start with the lowest powder charge listed. Then work up the load for accuracy.
 
1.12 won't fit in most CZ's. We pretty much need 1.10 to fit the CZ's. If you're not shooting a CZ then go with the data you got. If you are shooting in a CZ then go down to the 1.10 OAL and reduce the max load by .2gn in each case. That should give you enough safety margin to compensate for the reduction in internal volume. This assumes that you even want to load up to the max. Most guns will cycle just fine at middle to upper middle loads.
 
BCRider said:
1.12 won't fit in most CZ's. We pretty much need 1.10 to fit the CZ's. If you're not shooting a CZ then go with the data you got. If you are shooting in a CZ then go down to the 1.10 OAL and reduce the max load by .2gn in each case. That should give you enough safety margin to compensate for the reduction in internal volume. This assumes that you even want to load up to the max. Most guns will cycle just fine at middle to upper middle loads.
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Depends on the bullets you're using. I'm able to load to 1.135 with my Frontier 124 or 147gr bullets with no problems in a cz shadow.
 
125 grain data will do. One grain won't matter. I don't believe any company that says a plated bullet can use jacketed data though.
 
I wonder at what point a plating is thick enough that it effectively becomes a jacket. Or is the defining difference one is electrochemically plated and the other is swaged on, and that's that, never the twain shall meet?
 
blsonne said:
I wonder at what point a plating is thick enough that it effectively becomes a jacket. Or is the defining difference one is electrochemically plated and the other is swaged on, and that's that, never the twain shall meet?
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Some copper plated bullets are swaged and some are cast. A jacketed bullet thickness is about 12 thousands per side. Most plated bullets range from 3 to 10 thousands per side.
 
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