Got off work unexpectedly early today and this morning I was looking thru the back of the no. 2 Ackley book and found a few loads for 160 grain bullets for the 9 mm. Being the recent recipient of a NOE 358429 I immediately went HMMM....
Needless to say with a little time to kill this afternoon I loaded a dozen 158 gr. semi wadcutter hollow points, sized to 356 on top of 3 grains of Unique, Light crimp right on the crimp groove, Grabbed my wifes glock 19 and ran out back to the range.
I can not believe how good this boolit shot. With a dozen rounds I beat the center out of a target like I normaly do with my Ruger security six. I dont usually shoot this particular gun that great. If I can load 158's in a 9mm I might just consider carrying one. If any one is interested the load Ackley had listed was 3.5 - 4.5 gr. Unique under a 160 gr. bullet. Keeping firmly in mind that Ackley, bless his heart, blew up A LOT of guns, I started this experiment by first backing off his light end a little. I loaded up a dozen more at 3.5 and worked without a bobble. No flat primers, actually seems kind of a light load compared to some factory ammo.