Here is all the info i can think of.
hodgon hs7.
reloading guy at on target says 5.5 to 6.5 gn. I am at 6 gn. According to speer its 8 to 8.9 gn. Something doesnt seem right as that would overflow in the 9mm case. Sierra lists HS-7 for 125 9x19 loads, at a charge range of 6.2-7.4max. both of these are for jacketed bullets, i'm using cast and 6 gn of the hs-7
124 and 125 gn cast bullets. the grove lube ones are a little bit on the short side. The tumble lube bullets are within the spechs for 9mm i found online. a little shorter than factory rounds, i cant really adjust those much as the crimp is right on the top groove.
FNS and S&W Shield. 1 mag ran perfect in some other S&W.
I am getting steady load drops from the dillon.
groove lube bullets are at 1.075, tumble lube are at 1.112. once through this batch i wont have any more groove lube rounds, half of the last groove line is showing above the crimp.
The crimp is exactly what my defense rounds are.
bullet dia is perfect
cases tumbled in corn cob media
cases lubed by spraying them a time or two with lanolin alcohol and hand tumbling them.
They worked for the most part in my fns. about 1 in 15 failed. I had some stovepipes, a couple that seemed to just not extract, the extractor was still holding the rim. maybe a failure to feed or two.
My wifes shield however, seemed to fail 1 in 5. mostly failure to feed and failure to eject. one stove pipe.
It also seems that there were a couple that did not burn all of the powder. one of the ones shot but the case still in the chamber seemed to have a few flakes, and i saw a few flakes in the slide. is this normal? might have been a bullet or two with a flak or two stuck to it.
The top end of what i was told by an old reloader is in the 6's, as well as another book. so im going to test fire a few at 6.1 and 6.2 gn.
ty for help
hodgon hs7.
reloading guy at on target says 5.5 to 6.5 gn. I am at 6 gn. According to speer its 8 to 8.9 gn. Something doesnt seem right as that would overflow in the 9mm case. Sierra lists HS-7 for 125 9x19 loads, at a charge range of 6.2-7.4max. both of these are for jacketed bullets, i'm using cast and 6 gn of the hs-7
124 and 125 gn cast bullets. the grove lube ones are a little bit on the short side. The tumble lube bullets are within the spechs for 9mm i found online. a little shorter than factory rounds, i cant really adjust those much as the crimp is right on the top groove.
FNS and S&W Shield. 1 mag ran perfect in some other S&W.
I am getting steady load drops from the dillon.
groove lube bullets are at 1.075, tumble lube are at 1.112. once through this batch i wont have any more groove lube rounds, half of the last groove line is showing above the crimp.
The crimp is exactly what my defense rounds are.
bullet dia is perfect
cases tumbled in corn cob media
cases lubed by spraying them a time or two with lanolin alcohol and hand tumbling them.
They worked for the most part in my fns. about 1 in 15 failed. I had some stovepipes, a couple that seemed to just not extract, the extractor was still holding the rim. maybe a failure to feed or two.
My wifes shield however, seemed to fail 1 in 5. mostly failure to feed and failure to eject. one stove pipe.
It also seems that there were a couple that did not burn all of the powder. one of the ones shot but the case still in the chamber seemed to have a few flakes, and i saw a few flakes in the slide. is this normal? might have been a bullet or two with a flak or two stuck to it.
The top end of what i was told by an old reloader is in the 6's, as well as another book. so im going to test fire a few at 6.1 and 6.2 gn.
ty for help