OK folks, time to get into the 21st century with a barely 20th century cartridge. I cut my teeth on a 44 magnum shooting cast. Loved it. I later learned to love the 357 even more, although it is somewhat vexing with a cast bullet budget. Now I am old and getting more practical. I shoot a lot with 9mm. 9 out of 10 people who come to my classes shoot 9mm. Not a bad round if you overlook fast twist, high pressure, tapered case, limited case capacity, and overall length that must fit a semi auto. Also there is the general use of the 9mm; duty/ concealed carry/ combat pistol sport shooting. None the less....It can make a decent "farmer's gun"
I had to learn Elmer and Skeeter and co. were right as far as they went. A stoutly loaded 44 special, mild magnum is a beautiful thing. So is a heavy bullet .357. a 38-44 is pretty close to handgun heaven. Problem is it is getting harder to get brass and revolvers. I am gravitating more and more towards an accurized Cz 75 as a daily carry gun. I really like a 120 grain lee TC with powder coated bullets. I think I can find the sweet spot with a 147/ 150 grain round flat nose or really big metplat
tc and running 1000-1100 feet per second. It should have plenty of penetration. It should have plenty of bearing surface. anyone have experience with this? Buffalo Bore sells a 147 grain " outdoorsman"
https://www.buffalobore.com/index.ph...t_detail&p=388. It shouldn't be too hard to duplicate with slower powder. Should be a great all around load for the kinds of things a farmer needs; putting down cattle, shooting small game, killing varmints in the chicken house at night, ect.
I think with the ease of getting used 9mm brass it won't hurt so bad to see a case go in the briar patch. Cz75 and a lot of other full sized 9mms are dead nuts reliable, and can be tuned to acceptable accuracy and not be finicky. Once I get set up I can turn out ammo fast in my Hornady progressive. I can still get wheel weights . Ought to be able to drop WW alloy straight into quench water and then PC for a real simple, straight forward boolit production process. I usually size PC with a Lee push through sizer. Thoughts? anyone have experience with a hard cast 9mm load like this?