Does the amount of powder change how far brass goes

[BossHogg]

I was shooting my 45's with a light load and the brass was landing around my feet which is good. My 9mm's throw the brass to the next county which is bad. I know the 9mm's are a lot hotter than the 45 acp.

I was shooting Berry's 124 gr with 4.5 gr of Universal Clays. A very accurate load but plays hell on finding my brass. Would a lighter load help or is that just the way of the 9mm?

 

[4895]

To me, one measure of consistency in loading is how uniform the brass comes out of the firearm. Powder charge does affect how far and how fast. Experimentation is part of the fun!

 

[Blue68f100]

Slide velocity is what governs how far the brass goes. If the 45 is dropping at your feet your at bare minimum. My 45 throws brass around 6' which is consider avg. My 9mm brass goes a little further.

 

[BossHogg]

If the 45 is dropping at your feet your at bare minimum.

Yep, got that puppy dialed in. I shoot 10 to 1 45acp over the 9mm.

 

[Mike 27]

My glock 20, 10mm throws them close to 10ft. I work up loads for accuracy but do hate trying to find my 10's sometime. They are hard to come by still. As for 9mm, and 45acp I am happy as long as I can find most of them. They are easy to come by and not as expensive if I buy a box every once in a while.....My 45's are around 5 feet or so. You can purchase a brass catcher if you are concerned. There are several designs out there, and you can retain all of your brass.

 

[beatledog7]

My Glock 22 must be throwing brass into orbit, because I rarely find very many of them. Last time I fired a couple of mags I recovered a whopping 2 brass.

Actually, most of it goes over the wall into the hot area.

 

[FROGO207]

As said the slide impulse is the determining factor of where your brass lands. I try for a nice neat pile by my feet but that is rarely an accurate loading. I got sick of rounding up my fired brass at the range so I built a suitable frame out of CPVC water tubing and drape an old sheet over it. The brass hits the material, looses all its energy and falls to the bottom in a pile. When done gather up the sheet ends and all the brass is in it. Then I dump it into a 5 gal bucket. Hardly any lost brass these days and I am a lot happier not chasing it into the next county.

 

[BigN]

I've got a 40 S&W that'll throw them 10 yards with a stiff load. If you calm her down a bit, they'll fly about 2 feet, so yes, I'm thinking the pressure caused by extra powder will cause the brass to fly further.

 

[1SOW]

The speed/burn-rate of the powder will affect the toss.

A load change can affect the ejection distance and direction in some pistols.

 

[RandyP]

I guess the 'best' load depends on whether the goal is a neat pile of fired cases or the results down range? 9mm is a higher pressure round than the .45 ACP with the Newtonian required results. There is a NASA scientist somewhere still tracking the spent 7.62x25 cases from my CZ-52 as they orbit the globe.

 

[bluetopper]

This is why I got rid of my Makarov collection after I started reloading.

 

[jerkface11]

You can re-contour your extractor or try a heavier recoil spring.