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Coolray · January 25, 2001, 10:53 AM

I went shooting with a few friends saturday (10) and everybody brings 3-5 guns an we share and have a great day. that Springfield M1A1 was a blast.

One guy offered me some of his 9MM rounds to try out,I asked him the specs, he said 10.5 gr Blue Dot 115gr LRN 1478fps I thought this was to hot for my gun and declined to shoot his ammo, When he shot it, it sounded HUGE.
I questioned him because he told me that he has to "tamp" the powder in to seat the bullet. I commented that it was to much and he told me this was a load from an old book and was O.K. and that Powder companies reduce the loads in thier manuals for Liability reasons.

I looked up in my Speer#13 it shows max at 8.5 1258fps with Blue Dot. I have never used BD and I don't think I'd load his load,But is this an old Load or is he full of crap?

My first inclination is that he is just one round away from disaster. IMHO.

January 25, 2001, 10:53 AM	#1
Coolray Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2000 Location: Spokane ,wa Posts: 290	I went shooting with a few friends saturday (10) and everybody brings 3-5 guns an we share and have a great day. that Springfield M1A1 was a blast. One guy offered me some of his 9MM rounds to try out,I asked him the specs, he said 10.5 gr Blue Dot 115gr LRN 1478fps I thought this was to hot for my gun and declined to shoot his ammo, When he shot it, it sounded HUGE. I questioned him because he told me that he has to "tamp" the powder in to seat the bullet. I commented that it was to much and he told me this was a load from an old book and was O.K. and that Powder companies reduce the loads in thier manuals for Liability reasons. I looked up in my Speer#13 it shows max at 8.5 1258fps with Blue Dot. I have never used BD and I don't think I'd load his load,But is this an old Load or is he full of crap? My first inclination is that he is just one round away from disaster. IMHO. __________________ Hello My name is Coolray.............And I'm an Addict