Had a nice 78* day with little wind and some free time on my hands
so I loaded up the rig up with a table, chair and all the needed junk to, go test my loads, only six.
Finally got set up and fired a few 135 plated to check out the chrony, all was well.
I shot a lot of 115 LRN coated out of my 5" w/o any chrony and
wanted to see what my accurate w231 loads would do in the shorter barrel, with a f100 primer
and a OAL of 1.11", that "Plunked".
w231 at 4.7 grs averaged 1105fps but 4.2 at 1023fps was more accurate.
Next up was the Speer 124 Gold Dot HP with a OAL of 1.12".
My old load of Unique did 1140fps with this SD bullet and I wanted
to see what the new kids in town could do, with just 5 rounds.
BE-86 at 6.1 grs went across the screen with and average of 1136fps.
CFE-p with 6.0 grs of powder went across the screen at 1139fps.
These are maximum loads in my pistol so work up, if you want to try these two powders.
All three powders in my mind are a "Draw" but it might just come down
to POA or accuracy in your pistol used, with this Speer SD bullet.
Lastly I down loaded the Berry 147 plated RN bullet, since all my berry loads were tested in a 5".
In my 3.5" I used a minimum Unique and w231 loading, that all ejected. (oal 1.14" )
The Unique at 3.7 grs did 835fps and was not too accurate.
This powder is much better in the 9mm for factory loads, in my mind.
The light load of w231 at just 3.3 grs not only ejected nicely but
it also was very near POA and meet my accuracy standards for
light target work, as it crossed my chrony, averaging 793fps.
I like 800fps but being a faster burning powder I will let this load, slide by, in my 3.5" barrel.
Heck, the 158 38 in my 2" does 755fps, so I guess it is all good?
Hope to get the rifle out on the next trip, before the snow flies.
Tight groups.
so I loaded up the rig up with a table, chair and all the needed junk to, go test my loads, only six.
Finally got set up and fired a few 135 plated to check out the chrony, all was well.
I shot a lot of 115 LRN coated out of my 5" w/o any chrony and
wanted to see what my accurate w231 loads would do in the shorter barrel, with a f100 primer
and a OAL of 1.11", that "Plunked".
w231 at 4.7 grs averaged 1105fps but 4.2 at 1023fps was more accurate.
Next up was the Speer 124 Gold Dot HP with a OAL of 1.12".
My old load of Unique did 1140fps with this SD bullet and I wanted
to see what the new kids in town could do, with just 5 rounds.
BE-86 at 6.1 grs went across the screen with and average of 1136fps.
CFE-p with 6.0 grs of powder went across the screen at 1139fps.
These are maximum loads in my pistol so work up, if you want to try these two powders.
All three powders in my mind are a "Draw" but it might just come down
to POA or accuracy in your pistol used, with this Speer SD bullet.
Lastly I down loaded the Berry 147 plated RN bullet, since all my berry loads were tested in a 5".
In my 3.5" I used a minimum Unique and w231 loading, that all ejected. (oal 1.14" )
The Unique at 3.7 grs did 835fps and was not too accurate.
This powder is much better in the 9mm for factory loads, in my mind.
The light load of w231 at just 3.3 grs not only ejected nicely but
it also was very near POA and meet my accuracy standards for
light target work, as it crossed my chrony, averaging 793fps.
I like 800fps but being a faster burning powder I will let this load, slide by, in my 3.5" barrel.
Heck, the 158 38 in my 2" does 755fps, so I guess it is all good?
Hope to get the rifle out on the next trip, before the snow flies.
Tight groups.
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