info on rainier 124 grn 9mm plated flat nose bullets

[als 1911]

local reload store has these in stock and i want to know if anyone has used this product ... what load data (they say use regular lead data because it is a soft round)....will be shooting out of a berreta 92fs and a ruger lc9....any change in powder load capacity between the 2 guns? i know plated aren't as hard as jacketed rounds but is the plating a problem??...oh yea will be using bullseye and/or n350..thanks for any help or suggestions

 

[LiveLife]

Vihtavuori has load data for Rainier plated bullets - http://www.lapua.com/en/products/reloading/vihtavuori-reloading-data/relodata/6/34

9mm 124 RN Rainier OAL 1.142" N350 Start 5.2 gr (1115 fps) - Max 5.9 gr (1196 fps)

Rainier Ballistics recommends using lead load data when Rainier specific plated load data are not available - http://www.rainierballistics.com/loaddata.php

2004 Alliant load data has 9mm 125 gr lead load data for Bullseye.

 

[RustyFN]

I load Rainier bullets with medium jacketed data the same as Berry's plated. Never had a problem.