Getting ready for my new arrival...

WVBassFan · July 13, 2014, 02:28 PM

I have a M&P Pro 5" in layaway and I get to pick it up in a week or so and I want to have a few rounds ready for it's arrival...I have great success shooting my XDS with reloads so now I want to develop a good setup for my 9mm ... I have some 120 grain Truncated 9mm lead bullets and plenty of brass with win primers...I use a Lee 4-die Turret and Lee dies... I have IMR 700 powder.... Anyone with recommendations of a charge for this load? I will only be using the M&P Pro... I would like a nice target load... not to much power at all... something I can tame and shoot lots of rounds in a day...

Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks

g.willikers · July 13, 2014, 06:42 PM

Have you checked the Hodgdon web site loading data page?

WVBassFan · July 13, 2014, 06:54 PM

Yes, the closest they have is a lead nose cone 125 grain... it says starting load would be 2.9.... I'm guessing 2.7 or 2.8 would be safe but I was just wondering if anyone shoots reloads near this size in a M&P pro 5" and how well it performs with reloads... is 120gr a good size to reload with ? does that gun prefer hot, mild or middle of the road? that kind of stuff.... hopefully someone with a similar setup will comment... thanks to all though... any info will help///

Wreck-n-Crew · July 13, 2014, 09:05 PM

Just FME more accurate loads have been with middle to max loads. YMMV. As far as OAL I would wait to plunk the barrel before making a batch.

GL and report back!

WVBassFan · July 14, 2014, 03:58 PM

Will do... AS soon as I get results (good or bad) i'll report... hopefully I can help someone else...

WESHOOT2 · July 14, 2014, 04:01 PM

Most highly recommend a start of 3.0g 700X.

WVBassFan · August 1, 2014, 05:11 AM

Reporting back in case this helps anyone... I use a Lee Autoindex powder measure so I can get real accurate with Loads... I ended up using 3.2 grains of IMR 700x and a 120 gr lead cast bullet.... The M&P pro 5" performed great with this load....

Wreck-n-Crew · August 1, 2014, 05:19 AM

Awesome. I take it there was no leading and accuracy was on point.just off the top of my head you should get over 2000 rounds per pound. The way powder is hard to find, that's a plus!

lee n. field · August 1, 2014, 07:58 AM

Quote:

I have some 120 grain Truncated 9mm lead bullets and plenty of brass with win primers...I use a Lee 4-die Turret and Lee dies... I have IMR 700 powder.... Anyone with recommendations of a charge for this load?

Those bullets would be out of Lee's mold?

I've loaded a bunch of them with 3.7 grains of Bullseye, which is very coindicently the exact same load I use for 158 grain lwc .38 special. Handy.

I know, Bullseye is hard to find right now, so I hear.

July 13, 2014, 02:28 PM	#1
WVBassFan Member Join Date: October 19, 2013 Posts: 25	Getting ready for my new arrival... I have a M&P Pro 5" in layaway and I get to pick it up in a week or so and I want to have a few rounds ready for it's arrival...I have great success shooting my XDS with reloads so now I want to develop a good setup for my 9mm ... I have some 120 grain Truncated 9mm lead bullets and plenty of brass with win primers...I use a Lee 4-die Turret and Lee dies... I have IMR 700 powder.... Anyone with recommendations of a charge for this load? I will only be using the M&P Pro... I would like a nice target load... not to much power at all... something I can tame and shoot lots of rounds in a day... Any help would be greatly appreciated... Thanks __________________ "Guns are a lot like parachutes ~ If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again"

July 13, 2014, 06:42 PM	#2
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Have you checked the Hodgdon web site loading data page? __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

July 13, 2014, 06:54 PM	#3
WVBassFan Member Join Date: October 19, 2013 Posts: 25	Yes, the closest they have is a lead nose cone 125 grain... it says starting load would be 2.9.... I'm guessing 2.7 or 2.8 would be safe but I was just wondering if anyone shoots reloads near this size in a M&P pro 5" and how well it performs with reloads... is 120gr a good size to reload with ? does that gun prefer hot, mild or middle of the road? that kind of stuff.... hopefully someone with a similar setup will comment... thanks to all though... any info will help/// __________________ "Guns are a lot like parachutes ~ If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again"

July 13, 2014, 09:05 PM	#4
Wreck-n-Crew Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,820	Just FME more accurate loads have been with middle to max loads. YMMV. As far as OAL I would wait to plunk the barrel before making a batch. GL and report back! __________________ If you ever have to use a firearm, *you don't get to pick the scenario!*

July 14, 2014, 03:58 PM	#5
WVBassFan Member Join Date: October 19, 2013 Posts: 25	Will do... AS soon as I get results (good or bad) i'll report... hopefully I can help someone else... __________________ "Guns are a lot like parachutes ~ If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again"

July 14, 2014, 04:01 PM	#6
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	Most highly recommend a start of 3.0g 700X. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

August 1, 2014, 05:11 AM	#7
WVBassFan Member Join Date: October 19, 2013 Posts: 25	Reporting back in case this helps anyone... I use a Lee Autoindex powder measure so I can get real accurate with Loads... I ended up using 3.2 grains of IMR 700x and a 120 gr lead cast bullet.... The M&P pro 5" performed great with this load.... __________________ "Guns are a lot like parachutes ~ If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again"

August 1, 2014, 05:19 AM	#8
Wreck-n-Crew Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2013 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,820	Awesome. I take it there was no leading and accuracy was on point.just off the top of my head you should get over 2000 rounds per pound. The way powder is hard to find, that's a plus! __________________ If you ever have to use a firearm, *you don't get to pick the scenario!*