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Old 02-01-2017, 10:19 AM
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I own a Smith & Wesson 952-3 extremely accurate, who can suggest me a target reload using 9mm 115 lead swc bullet? Tank you)
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Follow either published load data in your manual or from the manufacturers online for the faster powders such as Bullseye or Titegroup. Typically no one on a forum will ever suggest a powder charge for any load!
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I would suggest you call Accurate Powder Co. or Ramshot Powder Co . Both owned by Western Powder Co . I have found them to be very very helpful , like reloading data for a 40-60 caliber in an 1876 Winchester . They gave me the black powder pressures and velocities and smokeless powder loads to equal the black powder load . Yes , I highly recommend them . Good Luck .

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Old 02-01-2017, 11:54 AM
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I have the 952-2 and have found the 115 grain bullets and 3.8 grains of Bullseye to be very accurate.
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I loaded lead way back........
now I shoot coated lead in my 9mm.

I started with a 125gr in my 3.5" C9 with a OAL from 1.06 up to 1.16" with the RN design.

I used Bullseye, Red Dot, Green Dot, CFE pistol and HS-6.
Green Dot at 945fps hit at POA with a 1.12" oal.
Bullseye at 4.2 did 1046fps and also hit at POA.
A 1.16" load with 5.1grs of CFE did 1008 and was also at POA.

Lots of powders will work for you, just a matter of what fps you are looking for
and a OAL of your load that will feed/work well in your pistol.

916fps average was my low and the high with HS-6 was doing 1173fps. So you have a large range to dial in for an accurate load.
All my high fps came with the 1.06" setting and 1.12" did 1013-1105
while the long 1.16" did from 916 to two at 938fps.

Weather you use lead or coated, you will have a fun time,
Stay safe.
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I recently took up 9mm reloading again for my BHP. I had an old supply of Berry 124FP on hand and am using 3.6 BE for approximately 969 fps. Pretty accurate in the HP but not so much in the Sig P6. So so in the CZ 75.
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I own a Smith & Wesson 952-3 extremely accurate, who can suggest me a target reload using 9mm 115 lead swc bullet? Tank you)
Welcome to the forum.

It's not easy to give you a target load that will be accurate in your gun because every gun is different. That said, there are loads that seem more accurate than others and over a wide range of guns. If your gun is very accurate with one commercial load in particular I suggest you try to replicate that load. It has worked for me in the past.

Warning, do not trust data you get from a stranger on the Internet. Mistakes in transposing numbers can and will happen even if the poster has no ill intent.

Good luck and let us know if you can replicate your favorite target load.
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