[sound of Own Horn Tooting] 9mm success!!!

[m657]

Have been testing my long suffering 9mm loads, which all too often result in various out-of-spec fail mode issues.

Last couple weeks, loading 115/124 Berries plated; 124/147 cast lead, with WSF/AutoComp/RamshotSilhouette/HS6.

Put nearly 2000 down range for testing.

180 today in Steel Challenge. No flaws. WOOT!!!!

OAL note: despite 'fail to feed' problem with 1.169 in a Walther PPX, those very same boolits functioned fine in 3 other pistols.

And with the 124plated/4.7~5.2 AutoComp loads at Hodgdons OAL listed, perfect function.

In fact, I'm beginning to like AC, never used it before.

 

[NevadaBob]

Congrats! My Walther PPX doesn't like my garden variety 124/25's reloads. For a 125 gr 0.356 diam 9mm no lube groove rn coated, it likes a COL of about 1.080 whereas my other 9's get along with the COL around 1.100-05. The PPX has the CZ-like short throat/chamber. With that being said, the PPX is a keeper. It's factory trigger is phenomenal.

 

[gaijin]

I shoot a good deal of 9 mm through 1911's and BHP's as range ammo.
Several of my pal's shoot CZ's.
I have been using a Manson, finish reamer on the barrels so that I/we can use ONE (1) C.O.A.L. in all of the pistols.
Having to change cartridge length for different pistols is a pain.
The reamer is simplicity itself.

RIMLESS PISTOL CARTRIDGES | Brownells

 

[Deadctr]

I can't get lead to chamber in my PPX. The same rounds chamber perfectly in my M&P FS9. It's like the feed ramp is at too steep an angle, and the lead digs in slightly. I'll need to try a slightly shorter OAL.

By the way, agree 100% with the PPX. Fine trigger, great gun.

 

[NevadaBob]

gaijin...thanks for the info on that reamer. Is there any kind of "how to" video on the process. I agree, I don't like separate sets of reloads for my guns.

Deadctr...for lead I use Darda's stepped or shouldered RN 124's (maybe they're 125's) @ 1.120-25 COL. These pass Mr. Plunk and load/shoot well. Now for their non-stepped bullets I have to back that down. I don't have that info close by. I normally shoot the stepped lead bullets. They've got a friendlier ogive.

 

[m657]

re: "the PPX is a keeper. It's factory trigger is phenomenal."

being this is specifically my son's prize 9mm, he's the one that will be keeping it.

Agree the trigger is impressive. Given it looks like a gooney bird, it does fall to hand pleasantly. It just isn't a package I care for.

Not to drift my own thread too much, I find my own needs for best accuracy, is something heavier or with a more defined balance point.

I have been too long a 'weight forward' kind of operator, and all efforts to retrain from that simply haven't worked. I need something with a discernible bias to the muzzle, and group sizes then decrease accordingly.

 

[NevadaBob]

She's definitely the ugly stepsister, maybe that's why she tries harder! My all around best shooter in my small arsenal is the S&W 39-2. Why they dc'd that masterpiece is anyone's guess.

M657...are you in the Bend area? I read about that gun range tank explosion up there last month...what a tragedy.