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Ok first in I put this question first in "coatings and alternatives", and the silence was deafening. I bought some commercially cast 135 grn, moly coated bullets. Can someone recommend a good load? This weight does not show in my load books, and the seller said a slower powder would reduce the chance of smoking. Thanks in advance.
well I doubt the smoking thing.
it would be easier to give you a load based on what powder you have than to give you mine for powders you don't have or can't get where your at.
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Originally Posted by runfiverun
Yeah, what powders do you already have?
I have Unique, Red Dot, Blue Dot, Clays, 231, Universal Clays, Power Pistol, Tite Group, AA#5 and 700X.
I have Mihecs new 9mm swc mold and it drops out at 130 gr. am using 4.5-4.7 grs power pistol
I would use tightgroup. Start around 3.2 worked well for myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by Ilwil
I'm close to 3 grs of red-dot with my current 130 gr load.
I was using 3.8 grs of 231, and have used tite-group in the past, that 3.2 load above sounds close to what I was using.
I'm watching this thread since I have another marathon 9mm loading session coming up soon. [after a size/lube session or two]
I should be doing about 9-10k rounds here shortly and I'm looking at switching powders again to save my red-dot for other stuff.
My issue was less about the bullet grain (which I can finesse) that about the moly coating, with which I am unfamiliar. The suggestions about Power Pistol and Tite Group sound good, and I will try them. The guy who sold these to me is a hard-core, competitive 9mm shooter, and for me, 9mm is just another caliber The seller told me moly would smoke if pushed by too fast a powder; Power Pistol is going to be my first try. Thanks to all for your input.