It has to shoot well in a Beretta 92 and it would be nice if it shot well in a P38, P08, High Power, etc, and I'd like it to shoot well with a ball powder for ease of progressive loading. I believe I would prefer something in the 115 to 124gr range. I prefer using NRA formula 50/50 lube over Lee LA. Any suggestions as to bullet and loads?
I've been using a 147gr boattail SAECO with 231, which has worked well, but I usually shoot 115gr jacketed bullets.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
CDD
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A good 124 gr. RN waiting on a Honcho!
...............My Witness in 38 Super just LOVES the Lyman 147gr FNBB and 7.2grs of WC820!!!!!!. About 1175 fps form the 4.5" bbl.
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Both of the Lee 122-125 grain boolits--the truncated cone and the RN--have done well for me in a wide variety of 9mm pistols. There will usually be a "sweet spot" found between 4.5 and 5.0 grain with WW-231. Not the highest velocity necessarily, but the 1-10" twist and oversize grooves don't augur well for high-end speeds anyway. Reliable function tends to start at pressures producing 950-1000 FPS, and although the boolit is safely capable of going 1250 FPS before pressure gets near to red-line.......accuracy starts to fall off at about 1100 FPS in many pistols with stock barrels. Harder alloys--softer lubes--and size integrity are my routes to success with this caliber.
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We've used the Lee 6 cavity molds (two at a time for quantity) for the truncated cone bullet with excellent results. Lubed with Alox/Beeswax, and 4756 or HS6 for powder (in the 4+ grain neighborhood), WW small pistol primers, and whatever case is on hand, we get no leading at all and excellent accuracy. Tried it in several S&W autos, P-38's, P-1's, Lugers, Brownings, what have you. Searched quite a while for something that didn't lead and the two powders above did it. We got leading in all pistols with 231. I prefer the 4756 and my buddy prefers HS6 for accuracy so take your pick.
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Works very well in all of my 9MM's
My two S&W PPC-9's really like the Lee 120gr 120TC bullet. My mould casts them with air cooled wheel weights to 122gr.
I prefer 5.2gr of Hod. LongShot, for 1180fps from the 4" bbl. The 6"bbl gets 1,220fps and shoots to 1.5" at 50yds with this load.
Second favorite is 4.7gr of Win WSF (SuperField). Similar velocities, accuracy slightly below the LongShot.
I really like the 6-cavity Lee moulds. Lot's and Lot's of bullets in a hurry!
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Works very well in all of my 9MM's
The Lee 121 tc bullet has been very accurate for me with a large number of powders but is at it's best with Hogdons Longshot which is a ball powder.
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