What is your favorite 9mm Makarov load?

[merlynski]

What is your favorite 9mm Makarov load? Open question, only constraint is 9mm Makarov.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Hunter's Supply .359" 100gr. LPHP over 3.0gr of Bullseye. Kind of pricey, esp. compared to surplus, but nice and accurate out of my wife's CZ82.

 

[joneb]

My notable loads for 9x18 Makarov from a E.G. origin with a 19 lbs Wolff recoil spring are,

MBC coated 93gr RN
9x19 win brass trimmed to .708
CCI 500 primer
4.4gr of BE-86
COL .976
H= 1029
low= 991
AV= 1013
SD =17
x5

93 gr LRN
FC 9x18 brass
CCI 500
5.5gr of Accurate #5
COL .9675
H=1034
low= 978
AV= 1004
sd =20
x8

9x19 win. trimmed to .708"
WSP
3.9gr of W-231
MBC coated 93gr RN
COL .973"
H= 1084
L=1006
SD = 23
x8

9x19 win brass trimmed to .708"
WSP
93gr MBC coated RN
4.0gr of W-231
COL .973
H=1111
L=1030
AV= 1080
SD=25
x8

A favorite,
GFL 9x18 brass
CCI 500
3.6gr of Accurate #2
Better Bullet 93gr LRN .365 diameter
COL .970"
H=1020
L= 1009
SD=3
x8

I seem to have better results with the 93 LRN cast bullets for accuracy, and Accurate #2 has become my go to powder for my pistol chambered in 9x18 Makarov with the 19 lbs recoil spring.