- POWDERS FOR 9MM
Repost from another thread -
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?p=10077097
Chetc said:
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
Chetc said:
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