9mm plated bullets?

[Rumbler]

Thats about what I paid for the plated loacally, how hot can you load those bayou bullets?

I'm loading the 147gr truncated cone like they were 115gr round nose*.

That is pretty darned hot.

And I have to say that with many tens of thousands of them down the pipe on the Glock class guns not a single one of them have had any lead buildup that could be seen by eye. . . and yes, they do get cleaned. At least every few thousand rounds.


* - remember that I am loading for a completely different purpose - to simulate full house defensive ammo, as hot as it can be bought.

[Capt. mike]

Rumbler thats what im going for

[Capt. mike]

I imagine the cost per round would be cheaper wouldnt take much powder for those heavy bullets

[Rumbler]

OK. As it is applicable then I'll let my recipes out of the bag . . .

5.4gr of AA #5, 147gr TC gator snot bullets.

Problem with that powder is availability. I ordered 16 pounds LAST November. Two weeks ago the distributor called to tell me the order was ready to ship if I still wanted it.

So . . . I started experimenting again. And I found something I like even better; IMR SR7625. It is cheaper, more available (at least through our distributor), provides a "just right" case fill, no excessive muzzle flash (there is a little), and is fine like salt or sugar so it meters excellently through our Dillon powder drops.

I am loading 5.0gr of SR7625 under the same bullets and getting ~1200 FPS out of a Glock 17. That actually makes major in most classes of IPSC and USPSA.

And I know the instructors like it because whenever they need some 9mm, they come "swipe" a couple of handfuls out of the class ammo can.

** Standard disclaimer here for working up to these loads carefully in YOUR gun - its safe limit may be different **

[Capt. mike]

147 at 1200 makes me a happy camper

[Capt. mike]

Did you mean sr7625 by any chance

[Rumbler]

Did you mean sr7625 by any chance

Holeeeee Chit! Yes, yes, yes.


. . old age sux. I did however reference actual written notes for the charge weight. Honest.

[Capt. mike]

Ok ill have to try it out, 7625 is a powder ive seen before, with the TC bullets what depth were you seating them to?

[Capt. mike]

Ive got a lb of blue dot can you think of any of your fun recipes I could use that with?

[Rumbler]

Don't have the COAL in this set of notes. But I wrote myself a note just now to check when I go to the reloading trailer tomorrow morning.


For some reason - I guess mostly because when I think of "_____ dot" I think of dirty - I have not experimented at all with any of those powders, blue, red, green, none of them.