X-treme 115gr 9mm loads?

flipexed · November 19, 2008, 03:04 AM

Bought 500 count box of 9mm x-treme at Sportsman's Warehouse.
I can't seem to find any reload data on this plated bullet. Has anybody used this particular bullet with bullseye or tite group powder?

sargenv · November 19, 2008, 11:02 AM

You want to be careful with those bullets. I still have about 5 or 6k of these from before when they were still "West coast plated bullets". They tend not to like being pushed over about 900 fps.. When I loaded them to standard 9mm velocity (1150 fps), they tumbled like crazy and were very inaccurate. Since these are plated and not jacketed, they act similar to lead bullets and you can use that data with them. I'd go with a starting load foor a similar lead bullet and check for accuracy/functionality. Maybe load 10 to make sure they cycle your action and see if they are accurate.

The funny thing is, your gun might actually shoot these. You need to load some and see if they shoot or if they tumble. Then you can work upwards in powder charge and then check accuracy again.

045804 · November 19, 2008, 12:53 PM

I also use x-treme bullets. Called and spoke with the nice lady at x-treme customer service and she told me to use the jacked load data from Speer. You, too, may wish to call x-treme's support line. It's toll free. Hope this helps.

flipexed · November 19, 2008, 03:34 PM

Thanx you for the help guys.

cgaengineer · November 19, 2008, 04:00 PM

If they are similar to Rainier bullets I just loaded some using 4gr of Bullseye and they were pretty accurate. Its probably going to be difficult to get to get an OAL thats really consistant so watch out. I will continue to use them as I am cheap, I even use them in my Glocks.

flipexed · November 19, 2008, 06:47 PM

Just posting this recipe to help the next soul that searches this forum. Co-worker uses this load with the 115gr X-treme rn bullets with great success in his glock19 and ruger P95.

4.3gr Hodgdon Titegroup
1.115" COL

November 19, 2008, 03:04 AM	#1
flipexed Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Posts: 37	X-treme 115gr 9mm loads? Bought 500 count box of 9mm x-treme at Sportsman's Warehouse. I can't seem to find any reload data on this plated bullet. Has anybody used this particular bullet with bullseye or tite group powder?

November 19, 2008, 11:02 AM	#2
sargenv Member Join Date: May 29, 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 72	You want to be careful with those bullets. I still have about 5 or 6k of these from before when they were still "West coast plated bullets". They tend not to like being pushed over about 900 fps.. When I loaded them to standard 9mm velocity (1150 fps), they tumbled like crazy and were very inaccurate. Since these are plated and not jacketed, they act similar to lead bullets and you can use that data with them. I'd go with a starting load foor a similar lead bullet and check for accuracy/functionality. Maybe load 10 to make sure they cycle your action and see if they are accurate. The funny thing is, your gun might actually shoot these. You need to load some and see if they shoot or if they tumble. Then you can work upwards in powder charge and then check accuracy again.

November 19, 2008, 12:53 PM	#3
045804 Junior Member Join Date: March 25, 2008 Posts: 1	I also use x-treme bullets. Called and spoke with the nice lady at x-treme customer service and she told me to use the jacked load data from Speer. You, too, may wish to call x-treme's support line. It's toll free. Hope this helps.

November 19, 2008, 03:34 PM	#4
flipexed Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Posts: 37	Thanx you for the help guys.

November 19, 2008, 04:00 PM	#5
cgaengineer Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2008 Posts: 264	If they are similar to Rainier bullets I just loaded some using 4gr of Bullseye and they were pretty accurate. Its probably going to be difficult to get to get an OAL thats really consistant so watch out. I will continue to use them as I am cheap, I even use them in my Glocks.

November 19, 2008, 06:47 PM	#6
flipexed Member Join Date: April 14, 2008 Posts: 37	Just posting this recipe to help the next soul that searches this forum. Co-worker uses this load with the 115gr X-treme rn bullets with great success in his glock19 and ruger P95. 4.3gr Hodgdon Titegroup 1.115" COL