Potatohead
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Fellas,
I braved a Nashville mall last night (Bass Pro) and scored a LB of 4756 and a LB of Bullseye. As I perused a burn rate chart when I got home, I realized it's a little slower than I had originally thought and possibly not ideal, or am I wrong here?
Does anyone have experience with any recipes? I have 115 gr Winchester JHPs, 115gr Xtreme Plated RN, and 124gr Xtreme Plated HPs for bullet selection.
The Hodgdon site has a 115gr LRN recipe (among a couple others) but Im a bit unsure of how one is to treat the LRN-to-plated relationship in recipes.
Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages of slower versus faster powders for 9mm (or any caliber for that matter)? Is slower more effective with heavier bullets? Lighter?
Must slower powders be loaded on the "warmer" side to reach a certain level of effectiveness in 9mm (aka Longshot)? I prefer staying on the "cool" side of things myself...
Im sure some will say "just use the Bullseye" but I like to experiment with all of the powders that I have. (starting low and working up of course)
Sorry for so many questions in one thread. Thanks. PH
I braved a Nashville mall last night (Bass Pro) and scored a LB of 4756 and a LB of Bullseye. As I perused a burn rate chart when I got home, I realized it's a little slower than I had originally thought and possibly not ideal, or am I wrong here?
Does anyone have experience with any recipes? I have 115 gr Winchester JHPs, 115gr Xtreme Plated RN, and 124gr Xtreme Plated HPs for bullet selection.
The Hodgdon site has a 115gr LRN recipe (among a couple others) but Im a bit unsure of how one is to treat the LRN-to-plated relationship in recipes.
Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages of slower versus faster powders for 9mm (or any caliber for that matter)? Is slower more effective with heavier bullets? Lighter?
Must slower powders be loaded on the "warmer" side to reach a certain level of effectiveness in 9mm (aka Longshot)? I prefer staying on the "cool" side of things myself...
Im sure some will say "just use the Bullseye" but I like to experiment with all of the powders that I have. (starting low and working up of course)
Sorry for so many questions in one thread. Thanks. PH