bullseye 115gr 9mm load

[j. rap.]

i have just started to reload for 9mm and was wondering if anyone uses bullseye under a 115gr bullet. If you do please tell me what your load is

 

[LiveLife]

For 115 gr Winchester FMJ, I had good results with 4.0-4.5 gr of Bullseye using 1.125"-1.135" OAL that shot comparable/slightly snappier recoil to Winchester white box with greater accuracy. I would use the powder charge that reliably cycled your slide in that powder range, but you should conduct a full powder work up if you want to identify the most accurate load.

2004 Alliant load data lists max charge of 5.0 gr for 115 gr FMJ at 1.120" OAL.

 

[BYJO4]

I use 4.2 gr of Bullseye with either Winchester or Remington 115 gr. FMJ at OAL of 1.164.

 

[LightningMan]

I use Bullseye quite a bit for light 9mm loads, and will tell you that for 125 gr lead RN bullets I would drop down from those listed above. 4.9 has to be pretty hot as I started trying 4.6 and noticed primers were quite flat, just a flat out a snappy load IMO. I find 3.8 to 4.0 is the best for 125 gr. RNL bullets. I tried as low as 3.5 but had occasional failures to get slide lock on the last fired round in my Sig 226. LM

 

[George44]

I use 4.0 grains of Bullseye in my Beretta 92FS with a115 grain copper plated bullet.The load is accurate and easy to shoot.

 

[TwoEyedJack]

My favorite load for my Ruger P89 is 5.0 gr. Bullseye with a 115 gr. Winchester HP. I have a Lee autodisk set to this load and also use it for 200 gr. LSWC loads in .45 ACP. It is a max load, but the Ruger is so overbuilt I think you could run tens of thousands of rounds without a problem. It was built to compete for a military contract and from what I have read, NATO 9MM rounds are loaded much hotter than our reloading manuals show.

 

[zxcvbob]

For the past 5 years I've used 4.5 grains of Bullseye with 135 grain cast bullets. It's a very hot load. I need to tone it down because I recently bought an old Walther with an aluminum frame; will probably keep the 4.5 grains of BE and switch to 120 grain bullets. (I might still need to reduce it a little.)

 

[Mike 27]

I also use Bullseye in my 9mm. Works well with 115gr, I have had better accuracy with 124 gr ball. My go to powder for 45acp and 9mm.

 

[kingmt]

My plunking ammo with 115gn gets 4gn of Bullseye. My carry ammo is 125gn with 5.8gn Bullseye.

This is above listed max for 9mm Luger.

 

[j. rap.]

thankyou for all the quick responses. I will probably do a workup from 4-4.5 grains

 

[oldreloader]

I wrote alliant some time ago asking about lead bullet loads, This is part of the response I got from Ben Ammonette:
115 gr jacketed bullet
Bullseye start 4 grs max 4.5 grs
Unique start 4.5 grs max 5.5 grs
Power Pistol start 5.9 grs max 6.3 grs

124/125 gr lead
Bullseye start 3.8 grs max 4.3 grs
Unique start 4 grs max 4.5 grs
Power Pistol start 4.8 grs max 5.3 grs

124/125 gr jacketed
Bullseye start 3.9 grs max 4.3 grs
Unique start 4.5 grs max 5 grs
Power Pistol start 5 grs max 5.5 grs

147 gr lead
Bullseye start 2.8 grs max 3.3 grs
Unique start 3.2 grs max 3.6 grs
Power Pistol start 4 grs max 4.5 grs

147 gr jacketed
Unique start 4 grs max 4.5 grs
Power Pistol start 4.5 grs max 5 grs

Note: Start with the minimum charge wt. Reload just a few and be sure they will properly cycle the action of your pistol before reloading a quantity.