SAAMI Pressure for 9mm

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by G43K98

Although I've been reloading for 30+ years, recent Luger purchases created the need to reload 9mm for the first time. The bullets I picked up at a local gun store are lead 124 gr round nose, sized to .3555. The profile is similar to the Lyman #356637, except that it's missing the bevel base and is 124 gr rather than 147 gr. If they turn out to be unsuitable for the Luger, I'll give them to a friend for use in his Glock.

Gerhard

Hi:

I've found, what appears, to be your bullet, Lyman's 356637, in Lyman's latest Cast Bullet Handbook.

The "flat" of the front of the bullet looks too wide to me to be able to properly feed through a Luger's magazine. The Luger "likes" truncated cone bullets with narrow "flats".

You might want to try either the Lyman 120 gr. #356402 or RCBS' #9mm-124-CN, as these should work perfectly.

Sieger