Best powder for boolits in 9mm?

[FergusonTO35]

Hey guys. I'm getting into casting my own 9mm boolits. I have the Lee TL356-124-TC mold and have cast a few hundred slugs from wheelweights already. I'm looking for around 950 fps, the guns I'm shooting are a Ruger P95 and SR9c. Any favorite powders or loads out there? I have Unique, Accurate #2, Accurate #5, and Hodgdon Titegroup on my bench.

[canyon-ghost]

I'd go for Unique, it's the only powder you list I have experience with. My 9mm was loaded 3.2 grains of Bullseye. The case dimensions require a fast burning powder.

[GabbyM]

AA#5 or Unique. AA#5 is one of my old favorite 9mm powders.

Not sure if 950 fps will work your action. Start loads for those powders run around 1050.
Start loads are aprox. 4.4 gr Unique and 5.4 gr of AA#5.

I'd recomend reading the sticky on 9mm laoding.

[zomby woof]

Wsf...

[FergusonTO35]

Gabby, where is this sticky?

[Artful]

He's probably thinking about this one
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=121607

[bobthenailer]

From my experince with the 9mm & 38 super I have found med fast to med burning speed powders gave the the absulate best accuracy in every gun although BE & TG work well, just not as accurate .
Powders such as WSF ,WAP , HS6 , Power Pistol , have worked best for me

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

I use power pistol in 9mm , it is working well for me 4.5 gr

4.5 gr power pistol under a lee 356-120TC

i like it in 40 also

[Bullet Caster]

Eventhough you don't mention Bullseye, it's my go to powder for 9mm, .45 acp and .45 Colt. 4 grains in 9mm and 5 for the .45's. I haven't tried anything else, but will consider HP38 or Win 231 for my next reloads. Always willing to try a new powder within reason. BC

[zxcvbob]

Hey guys. I'm getting into casting my own 9mm boolits. I have the Lee TL356-124-TC mold and have cast a few hundred slugs from wheelweights already. I'm looking for around 950 fps, the guns I'm shooting are a Ruger P95 and SR9c. Any favorite powders or loads out there? I have Unique, Accurate #2, Accurate #5, and Hodgdon Titegroup on my bench.

Bullseye. But if you only want 950 fps, I'd go with Red Dot instead. You're going to have trouble loading them that slow.

I don't like Titegroup, but 9mm would be a good way to use it up if you have it already. The case is short enough you can actually eyeball it in there (unlike in .38 Specials, etc)

[big dale]

My all time favorite is 4 grains of red dot for cast in the 9mm. I stole that load from Ken Waters in his Pet Loads series of articles. If you are gonna steal, then steal from the best. I have been using that load since the late 70's.

Have fun weith this stuff.

Big Dale

[fecmech]

For accuracy at the top end of the velocity range with 120's and 147's(1200+ and 1000+fps) Hogdon Longshot worked the best for me.

[Shiloh]

Unique and AA #5
AA #5 is my go to powder for 9mm and .40 S&W.

Shiloh

[garym1a2]

Ditto

Wsf...

[The Amateur]

Eventhough you don't mention Bullseye, it's my go to powder for 9mm, .45 acp and .45 Colt. 4 grains in 9mm and 5 for the .45's. I haven't tried anything else, but will consider HP38 or Win 231 for my next reloads. Always willing to try a new powder within reason. BC

I use Universal from Hodgdon. Also 4gr. for 9mm and 5gr. for .45ACP as above.
My moulds are just simple 'ol Lee TL round noses; 124 and 230gr. respectively.

[crowbeaner]

I use 4.0 of Titegroup and a CCI 500 with the 125 grainers.

[UBER7MM]

HS-6 works well with the Lyman 356402 in 9mm Parabellum. It appears similar to the Lee TL356-124-TC, by looking at them both in the catelogue. You'd have to do some load experimentation for your application. HS-6 is listed in the Lyman handbook so if you're interested, you'd have a starting point. For plinking, I'd progressively load down until the slide stopped cycling, then add a half a grain to a grain and have a real consistent mild load.

My two coppers worth, and trying to be helpful,

[geargnasher]

I'd use Unique, it's just about the right burn rate for the velocity you want and boolits you're using.

Personally, I load it a bit faster (1050-1080 fps) using Power Pistol. Longshot and HS6 would be on my "to try" list as well, I use a lot of them in other calibers, but I tried the PP first and it worked so well for what I wanted I stuck with it.

Gear

[CiDirkona]

I use power pistol in 9mm , it is working well for me 4.5 gr

4.5 gr power pistol under a lee 356-120TC

i like it in 40 also

Ditto, although I'm at 4.7gr at 1.070". Cut to 357 with Carnauba Red. It's my go-to for Steel Challenge, USPSA, etc.

HP38 works well too, and has nearly identical performance at the same VOLUME. (4.0 gr of HP38 performs nearly idnetically to 4.8 gr of Power Pistol -- but power pistol is a bit more volumous on the gas side, so it works compensators better, IMO.)

I've even used Blue Dot for USPSA Open Major -- but it's a VERY full case and VERY high velocity (9mm Major, afterall) and is VERY smokey, so it really only works well with comp'd race guns...)

[MT Gianni]

Hey guys. I'm getting into casting my own 9mm boolits. I have the Lee TL356-124-TC mold and have cast a few hundred slugs from wheelweights already. I'm looking for around 950 fps, the guns I'm shooting are a Ruger P95 and SR9c. Any favorite powders or loads out there? I have Unique, Accurate #2, Accurate #5, and Hodgdon Titegroup on my bench.

If you do a search for the TL Lee 124 gr TC mold you might find someone with the patience to get a successful group with it. I would get rid of the mold and go to a standard lube design, saving yurself a lot of time, powder and heartache.