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The latest product addition from Berry Manufacturing arrived today. Berry has chosen to expand their already extensive 9mm lineup with a cored Round Nose weighing in at 124gr. This new bullet should appeal directly to the growing number of CZ, Dan Wesson, Beretta and Springfield XD and XDm series shooters who reload. The graceful Berry ogive should allow these beauties to be loaded in any “tight-chambered” pistol all the way out to the SAAMI max of 1.169”, thereby offering these owners more flexibility in OAL selection.
To make the bullet Berry started with what seems to be their 135gr RN mold, and cored the base using the tooling from their 124gr HBFP. The idea was to offer a longer bearing area for stability, but stay within the 124gr weight range that modern 9's and competition shooters prefer. Offering the design in RN should also help reloaders overcome any feeding issues experienced with conical nose FP bullets.
Band of Brothers
Pictured above (L to R) are the comparative heights of the Berry 124gr RN (0.581”), 124gr HBRN and 147gr RN (0.673”)
Sample measurements were taken on 15 random bullets with the following results:
• Weight varied from 124.3gr to 124.7gr (which is better than their standard 124gr RN)
• Diameter varied from 0.3557” to 0.3560” (on par with other Berry bullets)
• Length varied from 0.612” to 0.614”
• The core starts at approx 0.15 and tapers to 0.10 over approx 0.17 depth
• Minimum OAL seems to be approx 1.100” due to the generous ogive
The bullet's core is simply to elongate the bearing surface since the small diameter is not going to allow any obturation of the base for sealing purposes. The core can hold approx 0.3gr of Win231 or N320.
More information when I get back from the range.
Base-end coring is identical to the Berry 124gr HBFP
A "chamber push-test" conducted on a CZ SP-01 showed the bullet's ogive to be no where near fouling the rifling
To make the bullet Berry started with what seems to be their 135gr RN mold, and cored the base using the tooling from their 124gr HBFP. The idea was to offer a longer bearing area for stability, but stay within the 124gr weight range that modern 9's and competition shooters prefer. Offering the design in RN should also help reloaders overcome any feeding issues experienced with conical nose FP bullets.
Band of Brothers
Pictured above (L to R) are the comparative heights of the Berry 124gr RN (0.581”), 124gr HBRN and 147gr RN (0.673”)
Sample measurements were taken on 15 random bullets with the following results:
• Weight varied from 124.3gr to 124.7gr (which is better than their standard 124gr RN)
• Diameter varied from 0.3557” to 0.3560” (on par with other Berry bullets)
• Length varied from 0.612” to 0.614”
• The core starts at approx 0.15 and tapers to 0.10 over approx 0.17 depth
• Minimum OAL seems to be approx 1.100” due to the generous ogive
The bullet's core is simply to elongate the bearing surface since the small diameter is not going to allow any obturation of the base for sealing purposes. The core can hold approx 0.3gr of Win231 or N320.
More information when I get back from the range.
Base-end coring is identical to the Berry 124gr HBFP
A "chamber push-test" conducted on a CZ SP-01 showed the bullet's ogive to be no where near fouling the rifling