Interesting Powder for 9mm Luger

JD · 02-11-2014, 05:00 PM

You have to pay careful attention to the overall loaded length. Some of the manuals have bullets seated extremely deeply, and typically they show much lighter loads as max. With bullets seated out, they seem to function better in my 9mm's, and a must for use in a luger. I don't know if it is still true, but at one time Hornady showed something like 1.08 inches for the loaded length with their 124 grain truncated cone bullet. Way on the short side......

With 124 grain bullets, some Blue Dot data goes up as high as 8.5 grains, and velocities up to 1,300 fps. At 7.5 grains and a velocity of 1,080, in my guns it is a rather mild load....

02-11-2014, 05:00 PM	#20
JD User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Western Washington Posts: 107 Thanks: 58 Thanked 22 Times in 17 Posts	You have to pay careful attention to the overall loaded length. Some of the manuals have bullets seated extremely deeply, and typically they show much lighter loads as max. With bullets seated out, they seem to function better in my 9mm's, and a must for use in a luger. I don't know if it is still true, but at one time Hornady showed something like 1.08 inches for the loaded length with their 124 grain truncated cone bullet. Way on the short side...... With 124 grain bullets, some Blue Dot data goes up as high as 8.5 grains, and velocities up to 1,300 fps. At 7.5 grains and a velocity of 1,080, in my guns it is a rather mild load.... Last edited by JD; 02-11-2014 at 06:27 PM.