Help on 9mm 147 grain Moly

[Rule3]

Did the 147 gr Molly bullets just go poof and fall out the barrel? Did they make it to the target?

I am out of ideas, I just have no experience with molly bullets.

Try to sell them and move on is all I can think of.

You really have me curious on this. Clearly other people have and probably still do shoot them?

After you load them, take one and measure the OAL. Put it bullet nose down on the bench and push with the heal of your hand really hard.Does it move? Measure the OAL did it get shorter??

 

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Hey, OCD1. I saw the pictures of how you fixed your Chrony. My solution was not as elegant and good looking. But worked.

I have done the "push" test. I will try it again and push harder. I will try some other powders, AA#7 and Titegroup before I buy Power Pistol. It's not the principal, it's the money.

I have an email sent to the manufacturer. Maybe they have a solution.

The bullets shoot kinda ok. They hit the burm 50 yards away. I have used them and get questions like: "Did you put powder in them thar cases?" This is the same charge I used in a match. In knocked a big steel at 40 yards. The 147 g bullet was not moly coated. I gotta go be Mad.

I can't sell them, knowing the problems. I would feel bad for the person buying, and always wondering it they had a solution to using them.

 

[Rule3]

Sent you a PM.

 

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Sent OCD1 a PM. Don't know if I did it right. But got yours.

 

[Rule3]

Sent OCD1 a PM. Don't know if I did it right. But got yours.

Yep you did I sent you my info. We will figure this out!

I thought there was no such thing as a "ex" Marine?? Old maybe but always a Marine.

 

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OCD1, if you got the message that I had sent the bullets, then that was it. I am having trouble with the private messages. I have sent back the F1 Chrony. It apparently was the problem. Well, the bullets dropping out of the case is a problem too.

 

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Got Em to Work!

Got the 147 molly 9mm bullets to work. I used Federal magnum small pistol primers, crimp of .377, and 6.3 grains of AA #7 powder. Recoil was soft and not the sharp crack of 115 and 125 grain bullets. 6.3 grains is the minimum loading for that powder. I got AA #7 to load 357 Sig. So tried it for 9mm. I'm not sure how much the mag primers did. I tried both mag and standard. I will use mag primers to load the rounds for the local competition this Saturday.

I will post the muzzle velocity as soon as I get my chronograph back. I need only 885 fps to make a powder factor of 130. That's minor powder with a safety margin.