DougE
Member
Ok ...... I got my shipment from Kempf's this morning which consisted of lee deluxe die sets in 9mm and 40 s&w and 1000 158gn. LRNFP 38/357 bullets.I planned on getting started loading up some 38's but I got thwarted quickly. It seems that the seating die I got with my used rcbs 38/357 die set does not apply a crimp so I need to get a crimping die to use that set. So on to other things ...... I picked up a pack of 100 Zero 124 gr. FMJ 9mm from my local shop and figured I'd go on load some of them up. Well that didn't exactly work out either since the load data I have on hand does not include unique for a 124gn. FMJ ( I have unique on hand from loading for shotgun and figured on using it up before going to other powders ). The data I have shows a 9mm 115gr. FMJ with a starting load of 5.1 gn. with unique. After much study and searching I came up with this starting point for the 124gn. FMJ:
zero 9mm 124gr. FMJ
4.7gr. Unique
OAL 1.145"
Rem. 1 1/2 (sp)primer ( it was either remington primers or nothing ....).
This sound like a reasonable starting load ?
zero 9mm 124gr. FMJ
4.7gr. Unique
OAL 1.145"
Rem. 1 1/2 (sp)primer ( it was either remington primers or nothing ....).
This sound like a reasonable starting load ?