Hello All,
Firstly, thank you for sharing your knowledge here, I've lurked for years, but never posted.
I'm looking for Red Dot load data for the Lee 356-95 in 9mm for target / plinking.
In an old Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook I see a load from 4.0 - 4.9 for a 95gr Boolit. Mine are dropping at 98gr and .358-9 in diameter. They are loaded as dropped. All three guns slug at .355.
I loaded 3 rounds each for a Chinese Model 213, G17 gen5, and a Sig P938 at 1.01 OAL. Charges were individually weighed, and WSP's were the primer.
Recoil seemed excessive in all 3 of them. In fact I alternated these and 124gr HST's and the recoil was the same if not more with the 4.0gr of Red Dot in the Model 213. The Model 213 had a stovepipe, and the Sig had 2 failure to feeds. Lastly, the G17 experienced a case failure. I do have a limited supply of brass and the load count is unsure at this point, but no more than 10 I think. There was NO double / heavy charge. I was confused since FTE and FTFeed should indicate a low charge, but the recoil and the case failure indicated the opposite. I just ordered a chronograph BTW for better analysis / load work up.
Suspecting something seriously wrong, I then loaded up 9 rounds with 3.3 grains of Red Dot and they ran great in all 3 guns. This seems very low compared to the data I've been able to find.
I see the new Lyman 4th has load data for this mold, but I don't know if it has Red Dot in 9mm. I would buy it if someone could confirm it contains that combo.
So what are you all running for this combo of 9mm, Lee 95, and Red Dot? What are your thoughts on the 4.0gr results? Should I be resizing the boolits? They all plunk fine which is how I came up with the 1.01 OAL. The Model 213 was the limiting factor, the other 2 could have been quite longer.
Thank you for your insight and sorry for the long post,
KY_Hill_Billy