9mm with bullseye

[derf762]

I would appreciate help with a powder charge for a 125gr bullet dropped from a lee tl mould.
The gun is only cycling if I seat oal to 1.095 all I have is bullseye powder and would rather not
buy a differnt kind I only reload 45 and 38.
This is only a plinking load so I just want her to cycle

[Larry Gibson]

I've used 4 gr of Bullseye for years under 115 - 125 gr cast bullets in a multitude of 9mm handguns and subguns. Always worked for me. It still is my standard load for cast in the 9mm, especially these days under the Lee 356-120-TC.

Larry Gibson

[derf762]

4gr sounds good but what is oal i see data for around that at 1.15 not 1.095

[wiljen]

Start at 2.8gr and work up only until it cycles.

[uncowboy]

I shoot 3.6 gr with a 125 Gr and have Won many Glock matches with it. Accurate enough that I don't seperate my cases. J.Michael

[derf762]

tried some out with 1.095 oal and 3.6 gr bullseye cycled 100% in my p226 and was pretty accurate they where a little light i may dropped the oal to 1.05 to crimp in the tl groove and squeeze a litlle more pressure

[Gee_Wizz01]

I use about 3.5 gr in my most of my pistols with the Lee 356-120 TC. It's a little light in a couple of pistols but shoots well for me. The best part is that it is accurate and you get 2000 loads per pound of powder, or 16000 rds per Keg.

G

[jimb16]

I use 3.6 gr with my 125 gr plain base round noses in all my 9s. Works well with all of them.

[hornsurgeon]

i just got my first 9mm mold, but for the 115gr hornaday xtp i've been using 4.5gr bullseye ina ruger p95 with great accuracy.

[wallager57]

4.0 gr Bullseye has been my go to load forever with 115-124 gr 9mm.

[canyon-ghost]

My Load for 9mm was done with a custom TC barrel then, converted over to a S&W 5906 (which spits them out fast).

I used the Lyman Devastator hollowpoint sized to .355 (elasticity lets it go big enough). New brass and primers, winchester. The TC went into the equivalent recoil zone of factory at 3.2 grains of Bullseye. Any more and I pulled bullets, it pressures up. The 5906 treats it as a soft load because the twist is longer.
TC Contender: 1:12, S&W 5906: 1:18.35

I'd watch any starting load with Bullseye, I prefer the Lyman manual's starting point at 3 grains. The amount of recoil and pressure is going to depend on barrel and twist. Deep seated bullets in the 9 pressure up quickly (more quickly than I'd prefer).

Good Luck,
Ron

[sig2009]

I've used 4 gr of Bullseye for years under 115 - 125 gr cast bullets in a multitude of 9mm handguns and subguns. Always worked for me. It still is my standard load for cast in the 9mm, especially these days under the Lee 356-120-TC.

Larry Gibson

That's also my load. Accurate to.

[whammo7]

I'll be darned! For some reason I never looked on this forum for load data on my 124grn RNTL for the Keg of bullseye that I bought!

I got up to 4.4 grains, then 4.2, then down to 3.7 and now I love it! No leading, although that may also be due to different lead source and not water dropping them.

anyhow the 4.2 grains is a lot more recoil, feels more like a factory load, but the 3.7 is way more comfortable to shoot, and possibly results in better accuracy, maybe just by not beating me up so much. I haven't bench rested the gun to figure groups though so I can't prove it.

[fecmech]

4gr sounds good but what is oal i see data for around that at 1.15 not 1.095
Most OAL data is bullet specific and RN at that. It is not applicable to the Lee TC designs which have shorter noses. I don't have data for the Lee TC 124 but for the Lee 120 TC at an oal of 1.065 it has the same amount of bullet in the case(case capacity) as the 124 jacketed RN's at 1.15. The 4 gr BE load previous posters have given should be just fine at your 1.095 OAL.

[Bullet Caster]

I've used 4.5 gn. of BE for loading 115 gn. FMJ in 9mm; also loaded some 121 gn. cast lead boolits with 4.3 gn. of BE. Now I just use 4 gn. for 9mm. My 9mm is rated at plus P plus so I think it would handle 4.5 gn. of BE for any cast round but I want a little softer plinking round so I just stick with the 4 gn. of BE.

That kinda simplifies things. 4 gn. of BE for the 9mm, 5 gn. for .45ACP and 5 gn. of BE for .45 Colt. I like to keep things simple, kinda like KISS. BC