The Firing Line Forums

Go Back   The Firing Line Forums > The Skunkworks > Handloading, Reloading, and Bullet Casting

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old August 16, 2011, 03:47 PM   #1
MJ45
Member
 
Join Date: August 15, 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 51
berry's 9 and 45

I would like to know if there is a common powder for loading berry's plated bullets in 9mm 115gr and 45 acp in 200 or 230 gr. thanks
MJ45 is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 03:51 PM   #2
m.p.driver
Senior Member
 
Join Date: January 25, 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 552
Old favorite is bullseye or unique.
m.p.driver is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 03:52 PM   #3
m&p45acp10+1
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 3, 2009
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 3,930
Bulls's Eye, and TiteGroup are two very common powders used for both calibers. There are plenty of others out there. Those happen to be the two I use, and a vast majority of others use one, or both of those powders due to thier versatility.
__________________
No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.
m&p45acp10+1 is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 03:54 PM   #4
Eazmo
Senior Member
 
Join Date: April 15, 2011
Location: Arizona
Posts: 164
yuppers on bullseye
__________________
I'm just an average man
I drive a average van
My dog ain't got no pedigree!
Eazmo is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 04:55 PM   #5
praetorian97
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 9, 2011
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 455
Ive loaded up about a 1000 of Berrys MFG 230 GR RNDS 45 acp w/ Unique and Bullseye.

Had zero issues. I believe I use 5.4 and 5.7. I dont have my manual with me so dont take that as a usable recipe.

Last edited by praetorian97; August 16, 2011 at 05:39 PM.
praetorian97 is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 05:24 PM   #6
engineermike
Junior member
 
Join Date: March 14, 2010
Location: Oklahaoma City
Posts: 538
I like the HP-38 for the 9mm 115 grain.
engineermike is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 05:40 PM   #7
Billy Shears
Senior Member
 
Join Date: January 17, 2011
Posts: 606
UNIQUE!
Billy Shears is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 05:44 PM   #8
MJ45
Member
 
Join Date: August 15, 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 51
thanks, when i 've looked up the data i have trouble finding info that matches for one powder and the bullet i want to use. are bullet shapes critical, ie round nose vs flat vs hollow point?
MJ45 is offline  
Old August 16, 2011, 08:30 PM   #9
carsinc
Member
 
Join Date: March 10, 2011
Posts: 64
N310

N310 for 45 ACP. Cleaner than BE or Unique
__________________
Not All Who Wander Are Lost
carsinc is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 09:25 AM   #10
WESHOOT2
Senior Member
 
Join Date: February 20, 1999
Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country)
Posts: 14,324
are "cars" all the same?

Quote:
are bullet shapes critical, ie round nose vs flat vs hollow point?
Please assume that every different bullet is exactly that: Different.
Because they really are.

Best advice I can give is when starting with a new bullet, find as much data as you can for something similar, and start at the averaged 'Start' load.

Safety first.


Bullets vary in material, construction, bearing surface, malleability, length, weight, and friction coefficient. Even, sometimes, by lot....
__________________
.
"all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"
WESHOOT2 is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 09:54 AM   #11
engineermike
Junior member
 
Join Date: March 14, 2010
Location: Oklahaoma City
Posts: 538
Yes bullet shape is different and each brand of bullet might have a different shape even though it is round nose, flat, hollow point. They will have the same weight but a different shape. The bullet shape might mean you will have to seat one bullet at a different C.O.L. than the other.
In one case I had to seat a particular hollow point 124 grain bullet well past the C.O.L. that the data called for (Shorter) before it would fit into the barrel of my gun. However, another brand of hollow point 124 grain bullet would fit and was within the published data for C.O.L.
engineermike is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 10:29 AM   #12
jimbob86
Junior member
 
Join Date: October 4, 2007
Location: All the way to NEBRASKA
Posts: 8,722
I have loaded/shot Berry's in both 9 and .45 (and .38 special, too!) .... I have had the best luck by keeping the velocity below 1200 in 9mm ..... No worries with .38 or .45- they were not designed for jacketed bullet velocities in the first place.....

powders:

9mm- Unique (does not meter well for me) Power Pistol (current favorite pistol powder!)

.38- 700X (another flake powder my measure does not like), Unique (same relults) ..... have not tried PP yet, gotta use up all the flakes first.

.45- vN-340 (expensive and harder to find, but gave me best velocity for pins) Red Dot, 700X, Power Pistol. I tried a Blue Dot load once that gave inconsitant vleocities and left a lot of unburned powder laying around.....
jimbob86 is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 10:57 AM   #13
Berry's MfG
Senior Member
 
Join Date: June 7, 2010
Location: St. George, UT
Posts: 122
Thanks for the great input in regards to powder selection!
__________________
Jay R. Phillips
Berry's MFG
www.berrysmfg.com/products.aspx?n=57958
Berry's MfG is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 12:52 PM   #14
BigJimP
Senior Member
 
Join Date: February 23, 2005
Posts: 13,195
Hogdon Universal and Hodgdon TiteGroup are my preferred....
BigJimP is offline  
Old August 17, 2011, 01:03 PM   #15
pgdion
Senior Member
 
Join Date: April 22, 2010
Location: MPLS, MN
Posts: 1,214
I use Unique with the 9mm Berry's bullets. I've used from 4.5 to 5.1gr and have sort of settled in around 4.9gr loads. All shot well though. One note, it's putsy since Unique is flake powder, I measure each load on the scale. No complaints on performance though.
__________________
597 VTR, because there's so many cans and so little time!
pgdion is offline  
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:52 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This site and contents, including all posts, Copyright © 1998-2021 S.W.A.T. Magazine
Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: thefiringline.com
Page generated in 0.08813 seconds with 10 queries