*Ding! Your first mistake! Hodgdon shows a COL of 1.150" Believe me that 50 thou can make a big difference.
Reloading is about precision, "close enough" isn't and can literally be deadly.
reloaded my first rounds last night
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*Ding! Your first mistake! Hodgdon shows a COL of 1.150" Believe me that 50 thou can make a big difference.
Reloading is about precision, "close enough" isn't and can literally be deadly.
So is my 1.10" bad then?
Potentially, depending on how accurately you measured a hopefully less than max load of powder.
If there are no signs of overpressure and it's not beating the recoil spring and slide, well.....
But if you do find that a particular COL works better for you then by all means use it and just develop your loads to suit. That's the beauty of reloading.
im staying away from max powder load. i have 3.8gr of titegroup right now
Do a drop test on your barrel with the 1.15" bullets. They might fit.
Regarding the bullets seated to 1.10" with 3.8 gns. of Titegroup, I'd shoot them but you use your own judgement. You are not at max. for that powder but Titegroup has a very narrow "safe" range.
Regarding the bullets seated to 1.10" with 3.8 gns. of Titegroup, I'd shoot them but you use your own judgement. You are not at max. for that powder but Titegroup has a very narrow "safe" range.
the normal/standard procedure is to load a dummy cartridge long, and then drop it into your barrel(s), reduce the OAL until it flushes with the barrel without touching the rifling. that's your max OAL, and then load it with 10 thousandth of an inch shorter. I did that for all my pistols one-by-one and find the shortest which happens to be the 9mm lone wolf in my G22 @ 1.105" right now. I might have to adjust it when my CZ75 tactical arrives as CZ is known to have shorter OAL requirement than others, some could be shorter than 1.1". I have read online with 1.08"(according to SAMMI, minimum is 1", but never saw any post of doing to that short).
Don't take shortcuts with reloading to avoid any potential issue down the road, especially for us newbies.
Don't take shortcuts with reloading to avoid any potential issue down the road, especially for us newbies.
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Listen... just throw those rounds into your mags and blow through them!!! Have fun and enjoy that natural high from shooting your own. I remember shooting my first reloads off (40 years ago) and it was a real rush.
Your loads at 3.8 TG and 1.1 to 1.2 OAL are just fine. They'll shoot just great and then you can bump it up a bit and fine tune the OAL. If things aren't perfect don't sweat it, blast away and make lots more. Many shooters settle at 4.0 or 4.1 of TG with the Campro 124 gr. My Tango likes 4.1 with an OAL of 1.150
Your loads at 3.8 TG and 1.1 to 1.2 OAL are just fine. They'll shoot just great and then you can bump it up a bit and fine tune the OAL. If things aren't perfect don't sweat it, blast away and make lots more. Many shooters settle at 4.0 or 4.1 of TG with the Campro 124 gr. My Tango likes 4.1 with an OAL of 1.150
I just loaded up my first batch of campro 9mm 124gr rnfcp last week and here is the email I received from campro about using titegroup
Hi Jon.
The data load for Cam Pro 9mm 124gr RN with Titegroup is 4.1 to 4.4gr
You can use the data load for 9mm 125 fmj.
And the OAL is 1.120 and taper crimp 0.376
Thank you for using Cam Pro products.
Best regards
Patrick
I ran mine with 4.1gr and out of 50 only had one hick up and that was the slide didn't lock open on last shot, on the second mag that I ran 2 rounds in to check function right off the bat. After that it ran flawless in my xdm9 and factory mags.
Same trip I found out my R700 absolutely loves 44gr varget under 168smk's it's a dangerously addictive hobby
Cheers
Hi Jon.
The data load for Cam Pro 9mm 124gr RN with Titegroup is 4.1 to 4.4gr
You can use the data load for 9mm 125 fmj.
And the OAL is 1.120 and taper crimp 0.376
Thank you for using Cam Pro products.
Best regards
Patrick
I ran mine with 4.1gr and out of 50 only had one hick up and that was the slide didn't lock open on last shot, on the second mag that I ran 2 rounds in to check function right off the bat. After that it ran flawless in my xdm9 and factory mags.
Same trip I found out my R700 absolutely loves 44gr varget under 168smk's it's a dangerously addictive hobby
Cheers
Should be no problem then. If you should start loading hotter, something to consider is that even .050" difference in COL could make like an 8% difference in case volume on a 9mm.
Buy a decent-ish caliper, even a cheap digital is going to be within a thou or two, and an inertia bullet puller.
All the inertia type pullers look and work about the same and they're all in the $30 +/- range. Real handy when you have doubts about just what is inside that round or if the COL is too short. A couple of light taps to move the bullet out and then reset it after adjusting the seating die.
Being able to find and fix mistakes before they can cause problems is way better.
I believe DirtyBarry to be incorrect with his statement.
Campro states in their FAQ to load as with FMJ
The Hodgdon data for a FMJ of the shape of Campro uses a COL of 1.09". (look at 125gr data)
It's another style bullet using COL of 1.15".
I just want to clarify that for others reading the thread, or if I'm incorrect, please explain.
