Newby - Need Help With Load Data

[fredj338]

I'll answer from MY perspective. Many powder measures have trouble consistently dispensing small charges with a bulky powder like Trail Boss. I routinely have trouble dispensing charges for .38 Special with my Lee Auto-Prime and even a little less so with my Perfect Powder Measure. With the Auto-Prime sometimes the dispensed charges are as much as 75% of what I'd set it up to drop.
A scoop and scale works the best for me, but it's really a PITA to have to so that separate step as compared to belling the case mouth and dispensing powder with a single stroke like I can with a less bulky powder like W231.

Then you get better equip for measuring bulkier powders. My RCBS Duo & Dillon will measure any of the pistol powders accurately but 800X, which pretty much has to be weighed. Dippers are always problematic trying to maintain 1/10gr accuracy, it's always technique. I think you guys are mistaking bulky for course. TG is fine, Red Dot or WST are bulky. Both have sim burn rates & charge weights to TG.

 

[ChiefStealth]

I'll just add one thing. Specifically about loading for the Shield 9mm. The Shield is well known to have stiff recoil springs. Takes a little more muscle to get the slide back all the way. Well, same thing happens during live fire. The gun needs a extra oomph from ammo to get that slide back. What I'm saying is that loads in the bottom "starting" range may not fully operate the gun. I have learned, over time, that I don't have to start at the very bottom of the load range and work up. I know that I can safely start in the middle of the load range. I have never experienced any signs of excessive pressure in any mid-range loads. And, I rarely load up to max. I usually find a sweet spot between mid and max. Same is true for the Shield.

 

[Wise_A]

Current price at everglades for plated 9mm $88 per 1000, 124 gr JHP $99 per 1000 I'll pay the $11 more plus they have free shipping.

And the last time I bought plated 9mm, it was from Xtreme. I paid between $34 and $36 (bought several different weights and styles), and shipping was $5.

Saying "jacketed costs nearly the same as plated at Everglades" is not the same as "plated and jacketed cost nearly the same".

 

[Triggernosis]

Then you get better equip for measuring bulkier powders. My RCBS Duo & Dillon will measure any of the pistol powders accurately but 800X, which pretty much has to be weighed. Dippers are always problematic trying to maintain 1/10gr accuracy, it's always technique. I think you guys are mistaking bulky for course. TG is fine, Red Dot or WST are bulky. Both have sim burn rates & charge weights to TG.

But I don't want to buy any more equipment; thus, I stick to powders that throw well through the 3 measures that I already own.

 

[andy52]

And the last time I bought plated 9mm, it was from Xtreme. I paid between $34 and $36 (bought several different weights and styles), and shipping was $5.

Saying "jacketed costs nearly the same as plated at Everglades" is not the same as "plated and jacketed cost nearly the same".

It must have been some time ago when you got bullets from Xtreme their prices currently for plated bullets. $44 per 500 115gr rn, $46 per 500 124 gr rn.

 

[Wise_A]

Just this past Christmas. They're a bit of a rip-off if you buy them with zero effort, but with daily specials and big quarterly sales (everything marked down), it's really not hard.

Then you go ahead and stack on a coupon code.