Anyone have loading data for 9mm 147 Gr. Hornady HP-XTP?

[northark147]

I've been able to find posts with the 124 and 115 Gr. XTPs, but none for 147. Funny how both places anywhere near me I can get components sell the XTP bullets, but not Hornady manuals. I guess I need to order a Hornady manual, but I only reload with XTP's when I run out of Berry's and have to buy local.

 

[amlevin]

6 gr. of accurate #7 works great for this bullet. It's a middle of the road load for this powder.

 

[rfwobbly]

Look on the Hodgdon Powder web site for Hornady XTP reloading data. XTP is about all they use.

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

 

[918v]

What powder are you planning on using?

 

[northark147]

Guess I should have said for Bullseye or Unique. It seems as if Alliant powders prefers Speer bullets on their website.

 

[918v]

In the past I tried 3.9 grs of Unique at 1.100" OAL and it shot pretty well. It was a max load in my gun. I think Bullseye is a bit too fast in this application.

 

[CZ57]

Try http://www.ramshot.com I'm pretty sure they use the 147 gr. XTP in their load data. Silhouette and True Blue are both excellent powders to try.

Just checked and they have changed to the Remington Golden Saber in their new load guide.

 

[mrwintr]

Here is a picture of the results I got on my 3rd load attempt using the Hornady 147 gr XTP; 4.7 gr Power Pistol, CCI 500 primer, OAL 1.10", once fired 9mm Remington brass and 15 rounds. This load grouped quite well I thought, some of the variation was me of course, but it is a middle of the road load according to my manual I used. It should be approx. 935 fps. The max. charge shown being 5.1 gr. PP and 1.10" OAL and approx. fps 1000. At 4.7 it was a pleasure to shoot, very little muzzle jump for these heavier bullets and after trying a couple of loads with Blue Dot (which wasn't too bad) I think this a load worth repeating. But for Personal dfense you can get a much higher Ft. lbs of energy figure using a 124gr or 115gr xtp's.