Second luger - shooter...key holing issues

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by bubbapug1

I did a test with 115 grain HP's and red dot, and the gun works great. Its now a matter of finding a powder to push the Xtreme plated bullets. I will use some of the data from this thread.

I'd like to get the xtremes to work as I have 10,000 of them (unloaded) on hand.

Thanks for the help.

Hi,

You might want to try my lightest target load for the Luger, that being 3.6 to 3.8 grains of Bullseye for both the 115 and 124 grain bullets. If this doesn't work, and you can't find a combination that will, you might consider selling your 10K of plated bullets to someone that can appreciate them.

Sieger

[rhuff]

You know that there is nothing wrong with your Luger because of your result with the JHP bullets. That gives you a base line, and a standard. I would try the medium burners if the fast burners(Red Dot, Bullseye, etc.) give you dismal results. I have a fairly large amount of Xtreme plated bullets in different calibers, and am producing adequate/acceptable accuracy results with them. They do NOT like to be pushed too fast, as one can actually peel the plating off of the lead core. 11-1200FPS is the max velocity for them.