HS6?

[Nevada Ed]

I've tried many powders and many cast bullets of different weights and designs in several 9mm pistols since I became interested in 9mm cast bullet loads over thirty years ago. The best and most accurate bullet design I've found has been the Lyman #358212, a 150 grain round nose .38 Special bullet sized to .358".

Surprisingly, my best load has been with Bullseye powder, with the oddball HS-6 not far behind. I've never been too impressed with the 9mm cartridge, but the cast bullet experiments became more of a quest than anything really useful. Regardless, these loads shoot very well in a Beretta 92F, A Sig P226, and a Walther P4, the only 9mm pistols I have left.

I have used HS-6 in a Kahr 3", C9 3.5" and a P92 5" with
115gr , 124 gr, 135 gr. and 147 gr. in fmj & jhp.......

all with good and bad target accuracy depending on the loads used
from light starters to +P loads, for my log book.

Just another powder to get fps from your weapons.........
but it will get a +P with a 158 lead from a 38 snub nose, which is
one of the high lights for this powder.

 

[BillBro]

As has already said above in a few posts I'll reiterate that with hs6 the use of mag primers in calibers other than 9mm may be beneficial.