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March 31, 2008, 01:53 PM | #1 |
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First pistol reloading experiment. (9mm)
heres the required standard
CAUTION: HOT LOAD, MAY NOT BE SUITABLE IN YOUR PISTOL. PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THIS LOAD, IT WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF HIGH PRESSURE IN MY PISTOL. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY SAFETY NOT YOURS, SO IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH EXPERIMENTING DONT USE THIS LOAD. I AM AT NO WAY IN FAULT IF YOU DONT LISTEN TO MY WARNINGS AND HURT YOURSELF. Ok, now for the data. I used once fired winchester 9mm cases, CCI 500 small pistol primers 8.5gr of Alliant power pistol, and Magtech 77gr SCHP. Load resulted in ragged hole groups at 7 yards rested at 1547 fps avg velocity out of a 3.25" barrel. Cases showed no signs of bulgeing. Primers came out slightly flattened but no cratering. Recoil was very fast but no were near that of a standard winchester target load. |
March 31, 2008, 02:13 PM | #2 |
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What is the length of that bullet and what COL did you use? COL is critical to pressure in short straight and nearly straight cases.
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March 31, 2008, 02:25 PM | #3 |
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Gah, knew I forgot something.
The bullets seem to average around .507" my COL is 1.070". They were 100% reliable in feed on my gun, and fit with room in the mag. |
March 31, 2008, 03:09 PM | #4 |
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I read somewhere that 90gr 380 bullets, shot very accurately out of the 9mm.
You got yourself a barn burner load, right there See how they do at 25yrds, and let us know |
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