Insert disclaimer here.I have been putting together some load data for some of the loads I use commonly. I’d say this is turning out to be a nicely proven load. And of course, it’s run through all my guns and I’ve had nary a hiccup. I didn’t keep track of all the guns, but we see the gamut in classes and I’m unaware of any hiccups. Sure it worked in my XD’s, but over the past year or two I’ve had to loan some ammo, a magazine full here or there, to students in classes. I wanted to add that this ammo has been run through numerous guns without any known hiccups. The specific bullet, the specific primer, as you can see (if you trace through all the postings with the load data and chrono results) doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of difference so I go with what’s cheap or available. Updated 4: It’s been almost 2 years since I came up with this recipe, and it’s still working well for me. Primer: Remington 1.5 Small Pistol (I’ve also tried Winchester, Federal, and Wolf small pistol primers and they’ve all worked with about similar results). Consequently, my general 9mm plinking recipe will now be:īullet: Precision Delta 9mm 115 grain FMJ ball copper jacket (but all the 9mm 115 grain FMJ/TMJ’s I’ve tried have worked with similar results). All of that data is here.Īs expected, not a lot of performance change. Updated 3: I’ve been able to run the Precision Delta’s over a chronograph, as well as changing primers. I’ll eventually do more specific testing. As of this writing I’ve yet to run the Precision Delta through the chronograph, but in general shooting the feel and results are about the same. Plus, while the Berry’s is the cheapest of what I can find locally, the Precision Delta is overall FAR less expensive and when buying the Precision Delta in large bulk quantities, the price differential is even greater. First, the Berry’s would have some troubles during reload… I’d go to seat the bullet and the bullet wouldn’t seat right, shaving the side of the bullet or seating in a manner other than straight and centered. Recently (I’m writing this on 15 June 2010, but this was alluded to in the performance data entry) I’ve moving away from using the Berry’s and instead using 115 grain 9mm FMJ’s from Precision Delta. I have used Hornady 115 grain 9mm FMJ RN, and Speer 115 grain 9mm TMJ. Updated 2: As you could see in the performance data, this same load recipe was tried out with bullets other than the Berry’s. The 2000 rounds that I need to reload prior to Tom Givens’ next visit in October? I’m going to get started on it now. Yes, I’ll chrono things eventually.Īnyway, the above seems to work like a charm, or at least Good Enough™. I’m sure if I pulled out a chrono I’d see something. I’m sure there’s a difference somewhere, but I couldn’t notice. I tried them side-by-side with some Federal American Eagle factory loads and I couldn’t tell a difference in accuracy, how the ammo fed, how the gun felt, how the brass ejected, how the spent brass looked. I ran about 40 rounds through two of my XD-9’s. I used a taper crimp and I know varying case lengths can affect the crimp, but I’m just looking to make a basic plinking/target load that I can shoot in quantity. No trimming, no primer pocket cleaning, nothing like that. The only case prep was cleaning the cases (dry vibratory case tumbler), then of course a resize and decap. Those 9mm reloads I did? I tried them out today.īullet: Berry’s plated 9mm 115 grain RN DS
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