Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Hand gun reloading, copper plated bullets
skydve76:
Buck thanks. I get powder and primers from GU. That's slightly cheaper than berrys bought at cabelas. my .45 is under 10 per box too. I started using 4.5g of bullseye as I can use a .5cc scoop to measure and load faster.
bk09:
Post removed from all the complaints of worried people.
A posted limit load for the 9mm with 115gr bullet and bullseye produces roughly 30500psi. The cartridge is rated to 35000psi while +P is 38000psi and +P+ is 42000psi. I had no signs of over pressure in any of the rounds fired. Yes the OAL is not what's suggested for 115gr bullets, it was longer which does a better job of lowering pressure. These bullets were also plated instead of jacketed, meaning they are the same diameter as jacketed but a lower brinell rating meaning they don't face as much resistance going down the barrel which also helps keep pressure under control.
I am glad you are all concerned with it but I don't want everybody lecturing me, this is the only time I have beefed up a load. And I admit I was lucky this time since I was not as experienced when I made these rounds, but I see no threat to my safety or my firearms safety. So the original post is gone and hopefully this thread can get back to the original topic...
Dan W:
--- Quote from: bradkoll on March 10, 2012, 12:57:12 PM ---I strongly suggest nobody shoots the recipe I am going to provide out of any gun they value. 9mm was the first pistol cartridge I started reloading and literally bought a hi-point 9mm carbine just so I had an excuse to reload 9mm. Turns out I had a squib one time with about 4.4 grains of bullseye and SPP, so I cranked that number way up for the rest of my reloads(I was new and afraid of squibs, plus never checked OAL of bullets ???) Now I have several hundred 9mm I am trying to shoot off that contain 5.8gr of Bullseye behind 115gr Rainier HP, don't believe any cases have broke yet, but they sure do fling out of that hi-point (when it works).
Wish I had a chrono, alliant data shows 4.7gr of bullseye propelling a jacketed bullet at 1144fps, should be way above that in my carbine...
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You are going to get hurt by irresponsibly firing dangerous handloads, but that is your business.
Posting here makes it mine. I don't want any of our handloaders to get hurt as a result of your mistakes. You need to break those cartridges down and salvage the components. If you need to use a bullet puller, I will lend you my impact puller.
bk09:
all posts removed for me on this thread...
Dan W:
Bullseye is one of the fastest burning powders on the market and has a very sharp pressure spike. It is a poor choice for the small case volume of the 9mm and will be very sensitive to COL errors, especially bullet setback.
Most that use Bullseye in 9mm are using it for light loads no where near max.
AA#5 and HS6 are my 9mm powders for full power loads
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