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BigJimP · July 31, 2008, 03:16 PM

I prefer a 124 grain bullet - Montana Gold CMJ 124 gr / Hodgdon TiteGroup powder at 4.3 grains - and I use CCI primers.

I shoot a variety of 9mm's - Sig 226, Wilson Combat 1911's, Les Baer 1911, Kimber 1911 - etc - and I find this load very accurate in all of my 9's.

TiteGroup meters well, is clean and consistent. A CMJ bullet smokes a little less than a FMJ bullet - and I shoot primarily at an indoor range.

Get a Dillon Case Gague - to check all your rounds as you box them up / it'll help identify a case with a small undetected crack or a resizing issue - so you won't have a feeding problem / and it checks for overall length as well. If a round drops in and out of a case gague / it should feed well. Enjoy the Dillon 550 - its a good press.

July 31, 2008, 03:16 PM	#9
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I prefer a 124 grain bullet - Montana Gold CMJ 124 gr / Hodgdon TiteGroup powder at 4.3 grains - and I use CCI primers. I shoot a variety of 9mm's - Sig 226, Wilson Combat 1911's, Les Baer 1911, Kimber 1911 - etc - and I find this load very accurate in all of my 9's. TiteGroup meters well, is clean and consistent. A CMJ bullet smokes a little less than a FMJ bullet - and I shoot primarily at an indoor range. Get a Dillon Case Gague - to check all your rounds as you box them up / it'll help identify a case with a small undetected crack or a resizing issue - so you won't have a feeding problem / and it checks for overall length as well. If a round drops in and out of a case gague / it should feed well. Enjoy the Dillon 550 - its a good press.