9MM Cast load?

[Bugs100]

I found a good deal on 9mm cast, $116 for 2000 125gr RN with a Brinell 18 rating. I was thinking about using Unique but all the loads that I have seen for 9mm with Unique seem that you have to really compress the powder.

I have used Universal in the past and didn't like it.

Can some one suggest a powder and a starting load for just punching paper with my Sig P226?

 

[gerrycaruso]

I load most of my lead bullet 9mm ammo with Titegroup. A lot of 9mm pistols don't seem to like lead bullets but I shoot most of my 9mm out of full autos. For those pistols that don't like lead,the polymer coated bullets have worked well. They even shoot well out of Glocks.

 

[DukeInFlorida]

Ditto on the Titegroup for 9 mm cast bullets!

Call Hodgdon, and have them give you the amount.

 

[csp02301]

one of my loads for ya...

Bullet: 124 gr LRN (Lee)---Powder Weight: 4.8 gr---Powder: Bullseye---Velocity: 1262---OAL: 1.126---Primer: Wolf---Disk: .53---
156 Power Factor

 

[BenDover]

4 grains of win231 with a 125 grain cast bullet 1.150oal, 18 bhn, about 1050fps. Very smoky.

 

[Gammon]

Ditto on the 4.0 of 231. I use it with a 130 gr hard cast lead bullet. I have also had good luck with 3.1 gr of Titegroup.

 

[Rapid Fire]

I was using the Clay's powder for lead but had very little resources for recommendations on weights, I recently switched to the Accurate No.7 which has been working great for the lead. The only problem I run into if yuor using the disk feeder the powder is really fine and can be messy.

 

[DukeInFlorida]

The one other SIGNIFICANT issue with a Lee type disk feeder is that there are no in-between adjustments. You go from one weight to another, with no adjustments for tenths of a grain in between. I'm not a current fan of that technology.

 

[eisenhow]

I use HP-38/W231 for my 125gr poly coated lead IDPA SSP rounds. Check the Hodgdon reloading center for data but I'm using a few more tenths than those posted above to make PF + 5% margin out of a full size M&P. If you look around you'll find poly coated lead shipped for just slightly above what you paid.

 

[budman46]

b'eye, hp38/231, aa-2, 700x and red dot have all worked well for me with cast material...i find unique to be too dirty for me with auto-loaders.

budman