Berry's 9mm OAL & load info

Rig Magician · July 1, 2010, 12:16 PM

Hey I am just starting to load up some 9mm with Berry's 115g FP and Bullseye. I looked up the laod in my manuals and will start with 3.8 and work up to 4.6g of bullseye. I have been trying to set up the OAL and the listed OAL of 1.075 to 1.100 looks long for these bullets. I seated them down to 1.050 and the look good and cycle good from the mag to the gun. I need to pull the barrel and see how they head space in the barrel. Will the load of 3.8 to 4.6 be to high for this OAL or should I reset the die for a longer OAL?
These will be shot in a Glock 19
Thanks,
Mark

Ninth and Plum · July 2, 2010, 01:31 AM

I have shot a couple thousand Berry 115g bullets out of my 9mm ruger with 4 grains of bullseye oal of 1.12. If I remember correctly that was getting me about 1050fps. I would be careful using 4.5 grains as berry recommends that keeping the fps around 1000, to much faster than that and they start to flake apart.

l98ster · July 2, 2010, 07:35 AM

Everything sounds good with what you are doing. Berrys advertises that you should not push those bullets past 1200fps (they are plated and NOT jacketed). Also, I would definitly start at the lower end of the charge weights you have listed.

4.6gr with that OAL might be to hot.

-George

Berry's MfG · July 2, 2010, 11:04 AM

1200 FPS is fine, over the years we have added quite a bit more plating to all the bullets. I have pushed our .40 cal bullet in my 10mm well over the 1200 fps mark with no problems.

Rig Magician · July 3, 2010, 07:00 PM

Thanks guys. I was planing on starting a the lower end and work my way up. I just wanted to be sure I was not to short causing high pressure.
Mark

July 1, 2010, 12:16 PM	#1
Rig Magician Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Pineville, La. Posts: 64	Berry's 9mm OAL & load info Hey I am just starting to load up some 9mm with Berry's 115g FP and Bullseye. I looked up the laod in my manuals and will start with 3.8 and work up to 4.6g of bullseye. I have been trying to set up the OAL and the listed OAL of 1.075 to 1.100 looks long for these bullets. I seated them down to 1.050 and the look good and cycle good from the mag to the gun. I need to pull the barrel and see how they head space in the barrel. Will the load of 3.8 to 4.6 be to high for this OAL or should I reset the die for a longer OAL? These will be shot in a Glock 19 Thanks, Mark

July 2, 2010, 01:31 AM	#2
Ninth and Plum Member Join Date: July 14, 2008 Posts: 25	I have shot a couple thousand Berry 115g bullets out of my 9mm ruger with 4 grains of bullseye oal of 1.12. If I remember correctly that was getting me about 1050fps. I would be careful using 4.5 grains as berry recommends that keeping the fps around 1000, to much faster than that and they start to flake apart.

July 2, 2010, 07:35 AM	#3
l98ster Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2010 Location: Hopewell Junction, NY Posts: 454	Everything sounds good with what you are doing. Berrys advertises that you should not push those bullets past 1200fps (they are plated and NOT jacketed). Also, I would definitly start at the lower end of the charge weights you have listed. 4.6gr with that OAL might be to hot. -George

July 2, 2010, 11:04 AM	#4
Berry's MfG Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 2010 Location: St. George, UT Posts: 122	1200 FPS is fine, over the years we have added quite a bit more plating to all the bullets. I have pushed our .40 cal bullet in my 10mm well over the 1200 fps mark with no problems.

July 3, 2010, 07:00 PM	#5
Rig Magician Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Pineville, La. Posts: 64	Thanks guys. I was planing on starting a the lower end and work my way up. I just wanted to be sure I was not to short causing high pressure. Mark