need ideas for new 9mm powder

[mike_kaleigh]

i am about to buy a 4 lb jug of pistol powder since we finally have some selection, I current cast ww and use 231 and noe 135grain mold and hitek, but i have a lot of range scrap and don't want to use up all my ww. I was wondering what slower powders have people had luck with to keep the pressure down. When i have used 231 in the past with softer lead i had issues of bullets tumbling and leading when i load fast enough to reliably cycle all my handguns.

[Recycled bullet]

Power Pistol is THE best for cast and for jacketed that I have ever used. It does not make problems at min powder charge. At full loadings it's a flame thrower.

Winchester AutoComp is what I am using right now for 124 grain powder coated plain base hollow points.

[P Flados]

The 9mm was my biggest challenge for finding boolit happiness. Some people get lucky and find 9mm success easily. Many do not. I was in the latter group. Even though I used PC, my first attempts leaded badly.

I was determined to use straight range scrap (less than 9 bhn), and I wanted to push full power loads. I tried some slower powders in the middle of my efforts and really did not see very much improvement.

After probably more than a dozen attempts, I found success with the following:

• I use a custom deep plug 0.3575" expander
• I use 0.3595" PC coated boolits (Lee 120 TC)
• I use select brass, a mix of Blazer, FC and CCI
• I seat and I do flare removal as separate steps

I can now use any powder I want and loads up to book max with great accuracy and no leading. This load works in a handful of different guns.

I have come to believe that much of the 9mm "just can't figure it out frustration" comes from having boolits sized down by the case more than you think and/or just not going with big enough boolits. I am also convinced that sorting headstamps is an easy thing to try early on when you are having problems.

[Shiloh]

In the current powder availability situation, whatever you can find.
The ones listed on this thread all work fine for me. Unique and AA#5 worked well for me also.
Finding primers and powder is a challenge.

Shiloh

[higgins]

My 9mm cast loading is similar to P Flados' approach. My 9mm has a .358 groove diameter. I load a Lee 358-125-RF cast of wheelweight metal unsized lubed with Lee LLA. I use a 38spl. M-die to seat the larger diameter bullets and taper crimp. I have only used 231 with the cast bullets to get velocity in the upper 900 fps with acceptable level of leading. I have tried AA5 with jacketed bullets and I don't think it's as accurate as 231 in my gun based on comparison loads with cast and jacketed. I too have found that Blazer and Federal brass seems thinner and makes seating the larger bullets easier with less likelihood of squeezing down bullets.

[deltaenterprizes]

I use AA #7!

[Retumbo]

Hs-6. :-p

[dondiego]

bullseye

[Ed_Shot]

Win WSF

[hades]

I have the NOE 135gr RF mold and bought a jug of True Blue to try last spring and really like it.

It meters great and runs pretty clean in my two 9mms and my buddies.

[Bigslug]

Using Bullseye for the NOE 135RF in wheelweight. Off the top of my head somewhere between 3.5-3.9 grains for 1030 fps.

Haven't played with Unique and HS-6 in anything as small as 9mm, but found them a little dirty (incomplete burn) in .45. Faster burn is what these duty rounds seem to like.

[Mr Peabody]

I've been using CFE Pistol in my .45 acp,38 Special and .357 with cast. Does a good job and very available

[fredj338]

I shoot a lot of 9, mostly glocks, but a few others. For 9minor, i like wst or reddot or ramshot comp, or sport pistol. For full power 9, Unique, wsf, cfe & powerpistol are fine.
I use range scrap, coated, sized 0.357”, running 850-1100fps. I dont get leading & accuracy is better than i can hold.

[MT Gianni]

AA2, Ramshot Silhuette are both good.

[rockshooter]

I use the NOE 135gr with 231. I PC and have never had leading issues with that combo.
Loren

[sigep1764]

Red Dot or Promo. Sips the powder.

[justindad]

True Blue and Silhouette both work well for me. Silhouette has great case fill, but True Blue might be needed if your OAL is short.

[paul edward]

Currently using Power Pistol. In the past I have used Bullseye, Win-231 and it's twin HP-38, Win-630 and Unique.

[joebaja]

For a couple of different MP NLG molds that drop 135/140 for me, I have had best results with AA#5 and Power Pistol.

[Wasalmonslayer]

I use bullseye with 124 or 135 grain bullets.
Adjusting loads as neede to stay “middle” of the road.
Great accuracy easy metering and a pound lasts a long time!