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I just got a bunch of these and will be trying them out soon.
Have about big handful of Montana Gold FMJ left from a 6k case. Have also used probably 2500 or so Berry's & Extreme plated 115 gr. I load the plated same as the FMJ. My range load for 9mm is:
4.8gr Win 231
CCI #500
Mixed brass
1.122 OAL
This has worked very well for me, working fine in about a dozen different 9mms I own, and accuracy as expected with bulk FMJ in everything.
So, since out of the 2 bullets I normally use and am shooting a lot more lately, figured I try the ACME coated to save a few bucks.
But I'm not sure where to start or stop with it. Is the ~1100ish fps is too fast for a HITEK coated vs a FMJ or plated? I figured I'd start with Lyman manual since it has more cast data than my other references, but the profiles there are gas checks and nothing like this ACME one with a pretty typical RN 9mm profile. Hodgdon LRN data is max load for my standard 9mm recipe listed above. And the Lyman cast max load is below the Hodgdon starting load....
Since the only other cast bullets I use are MBC coated for subsonic loads 147gr 9mm & 245gr 300BLK, I have never tried to push a coated cast bullet fast & don't know what is reasonable with these.
Would it be bad to try to work them up to my standard 9mm load or is that too much for a coated cast bullet?
Have about big handful of Montana Gold FMJ left from a 6k case. Have also used probably 2500 or so Berry's & Extreme plated 115 gr. I load the plated same as the FMJ. My range load for 9mm is:
4.8gr Win 231
CCI #500
Mixed brass
1.122 OAL
This has worked very well for me, working fine in about a dozen different 9mms I own, and accuracy as expected with bulk FMJ in everything.
So, since out of the 2 bullets I normally use and am shooting a lot more lately, figured I try the ACME coated to save a few bucks.
But I'm not sure where to start or stop with it. Is the ~1100ish fps is too fast for a HITEK coated vs a FMJ or plated? I figured I'd start with Lyman manual since it has more cast data than my other references, but the profiles there are gas checks and nothing like this ACME one with a pretty typical RN 9mm profile. Hodgdon LRN data is max load for my standard 9mm recipe listed above. And the Lyman cast max load is below the Hodgdon starting load....
Since the only other cast bullets I use are MBC coated for subsonic loads 147gr 9mm & 245gr 300BLK, I have never tried to push a coated cast bullet fast & don't know what is reasonable with these.
Would it be bad to try to work them up to my standard 9mm load or is that too much for a coated cast bullet?