9mm 115 coated bullet

[Chetc]

have been having excellent results with power pistol powder and the coated 9mm 115gr bullets in my Glock, Power Pistol is getting scarce around here, has anyone tried any other powders that were good in the 115 coated bullets, i tried some unique and w231, hope i can fond a good alternative for Power Pistol. any suggestions



Chet

 

[LiveLife]

I have had good results with BE-86. I consider it modern Unique with comparable burn rate that meters like Bullseye/PowerPistol.

Along with Bullseye/WST/Titegroup, BE-86 has produced very accurate 9mm loads - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=9924922#post9924922

 

[ku4hx]

I like Ramshot True Blue. For 9mm, 40 S&W, .45 ACP, and certain lower power 10mm I've standardized on it.

There are many powders out there and I'd imagine most will work very well with any bullet. There are cases when some powders in some guns are not optimum maybe, but in my experience those are pretty rare. Starting with what most any reloading manual suggests for your cartridge is likely going to bring you success.

 

[RPegram]

I have had excellent results with CFE Pistol in 9mm. Very accurate and clean burning when loaded at or near max.

 

[TfflHndn]

If you can find Herco or WSF, I have found them to give pretty comparable performance to Power Pistol. HS-6 has also become a favorite of mine and has been available from on-line suppliers.

 

[Chetc]

hi TfflHndn

I have plenty of WSF, but never could find a powder charge for the 115, i figured the WSF was better for the heavier bullets.



Chet

 

[Dudedog]

I like 4.3 WSF with 124 coated lead or Plated bullets. WSF shoots well for me in 9mm.
I haven't loaded 115 coated but just I would try starting around 4.3 - 4.5gr guessing the MAX is somewhere around 5.2-5.5gr

My chart shows WSF as a bit slower thn Universal/unigue and a bit faster than Herco or 800X.
Since you have some I say give it try.
Should work fine with 115 IMO.

 

[LiveLife]

- POWDERS FOR 9MM

Repost from another thread - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=10077097

have been having excellent results with power pistol powder and the coated 9mm 115gr bullets in my Glock, Power Pistol is getting scarce around here, has anyone tried any other powders that were good in the 115 coated bullets

I have had good results with BE-86. I consider it modern Unique with comparable burn rate that meters like Bullseye/PowerPistol.

Along with Bullseye/WST/Titegroup, BE-86 has produced very accurate 9mm loads - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=9924922#post9924922

I have plenty of WSF, but never could find a powder charge for the 115, i figured the WSF was better for the heavier bullets.

WSF has been my preferred powder for full power loads (but will be doing comparison chrono/accuracy tests with BE-86 one of these days to see which loads are more accurate).

115 gr FMJ WSF .355" OAL 1.169" Start 4.9 gr (1,060 fps) 24,200 PSI - Max 5.7 gr (1,195 fps) 31,900 PSI

124 gr LEAD RN WSF .355" OAL 1.169" Start 4.0 gr (945 gr) 22,200 PSI - Max 4.7 gr (1,055 gr) 27,300 PSI

For your coated 115 gr lead bullets, you can reference 124 gr lead RN load data for your 115 gr load development. Since Winchester/Hodgdon used .355" sized lead bullet, if your coated bullet is sized .356", you should be fine starting at 4.0 gr even if your working OAL is shorter than 1.169" - http://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/pistol

I would work up the powder charge until you have reliable slide cycling and spent case extraction/ejection then work up in .1 gr increment while monitoring accuracy trends.

For 9mm, especially for lighter 115 gr bullet that typically must be pushed near max load data to reliably cycle the slides of my Glocks (particularly compact/subcompact Glocks with stiffer recoil springs), I would readily recommend Bullseye/Titegroup/WST/Red Dot/Promo/Green Dot/BE-86/N320/W231/HP-38/Universal/BE-86/PowerPistol/WSF and even Herco which have worked well for me and produced accurate to very accurate loads.

BTW, for those interested, I did my Herco work up for 9mm with jacketed/plated/lead bullets on this thread - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=745656

I never gave Herco much thought after getting so so performance for 45 Colt (compared to Red Dot/Promo/W231/HP-38) but during the powder shortage, found Herco to be very accurate in 40S&W and very clean burning - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=743416