January 16, 2011, 07:17 PM | #1 |
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Load info needed
Hi,
I just tried my hand at casting my own bullets. They came out decent, not as good as I want, but usable. They are from the Lee 2 cavity mold for .356 diameter 124 grain round nose. The cast bullets I made weigh 123.44 grains (these have not been lubed and sized yet). I want to load for 9mm Luger. I have Alliant Blue Dot powder and Winchester small pistol primers on hand. I have searched with google and haven't been able to find load data for 124 grain lead round nose bullets using blue dot powder. Any recommendations would be welcome. Thanks, Vance |
January 16, 2011, 08:49 PM | #2 |
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Alliant receipe
I'm not sure how accurate this might be, but the Alliant powder web site has a reciepe for 124 gr.
URL is http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloade...tid=26&bdid=34 This for Speer GDHP bullet, so how it might relate to a lead unjacketed, I don't know. Best wishes. |
January 16, 2011, 09:04 PM | #3 |
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The current Alliant Reloader's Guide lists only Speer GDHP bullets. Speer and Alliant are both part of ATK. In an older (pre-ATK) guide, they have the following maximum load:
9mm Luger, 125-gr L bullet, Win. primer, 8.2-gr Blue Dot, 1190-FPS, 29700-PSI BlueDot is a slower powder and is typically used in magnum shot-shells and large magnum handgun loads. Although it will work in your application, you can get similar performance from a faster powder, like Bullseye with much less powder. At my LGS, powder is sold by weight. |
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Thank you Zippy. I just want to use up the blue dot. I had gotten the recommendation for bullseye before and will change to that.
I will reduce that maximum load by 10% and start there. Vance |
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Congrats on makin your own!!!
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January 17, 2011, 06:54 PM | #6 |
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Bluedot works fine in 9mm. Start at 7.2 and work up.
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January 17, 2011, 08:06 PM | #7 |
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CherokeeT,
Yes, you're absolutely correct, BlueDot works well in the 9mm. Especially if you're looking for a performance load; yet, for the OP's home casts it may not be the best choice. Consider the following: 4.5-gr of RedDot will deliver 1,145*-FPS, whileThat's an 82% increase in powder (and powder cost) to get a 4% velocity increase, is it worth it? Not for me; but, the OP already has some BlueDot. I'm just trying to point out that powder selection effects reloading cost. In this case the difference is about $1.50 per 100 rounds. |
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7.3 grains was what I was figuring to start with. Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it.
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