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spacecoast · January 28, 2011, 08:33 AM

I use 5.3 gr. of Unique under my 115 gr. Berry's bullets and size all of my 9mm loads to 1.14". They run fine through both my P95 and my Hi-Point carbine. I had a bit of a problem early-on with the copper coating wanting to fold up when the bullets were seated, make sure you bell the cases enough so that doesn't happen.

Alliant shows a max of 6.3 grains under a GDHP (a jacketed bullet) so working 10-20% under that number should be fine. I also use www.handloads.com and www.reloadammo.com, in addition to the Lee data sheets and powder manufacturers' web sites, to correlate my loads and ensure I'm working with safe combinations.

January 28, 2011, 08:33 AM	#8
spacecoast Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: Sunshine and Keystone States Posts: 4,461	I use 5.3 gr. of Unique under my 115 gr. Berry's bullets and size all of my 9mm loads to 1.14". They run fine through both my P95 and my Hi-Point carbine. I had a bit of a problem early-on with the copper coating wanting to fold up when the bullets were seated, make sure you bell the cases enough so that doesn't happen. Alliant shows a max of 6.3 grains under a GDHP (a jacketed bullet) so working 10-20% under that number should be fine. I also use www.handloads.com and www.reloadammo.com, in addition to the Lee data sheets and powder manufacturers' web sites, to correlate my loads and ensure I'm working with safe combinations. Last edited by spacecoast; January 28, 2011 at 08:43 AM.