Newbie Reloading Question - Load Data

[dihnen]

Hello, I'm new to reloading and I'm about to reload my first bullets. I was wondering if someone would be willing to verify (do a "sanity" check) on my load data.

I have 9mm Luger 115gr Winchester FMJ round nose, flat bottom, bullets and Winchester 231 powder. My Lee Reloading manual 2nd edition shows a starting load of 4.3 grains and max of 4.8 grains. Am I reading the manual correctly? Does this correlate with data from the Hornady manual, or others?

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Steve C]

The data is consistent with other data published, most of which add .2 or .3 grains to the maximum.

Here is a link to the pdf of the older 2002 Winchester data that they published in 2002 and you will see its very close for data using Winchester components.

I keep a file with all the reloading data documents I've downloaded from the various manufacturers over the years

 

[Walkalong]

Speer #13 shows 4.5 to 5.0 Grs of W-231 with a 115 Gr FMJ loaded at 1.135 O.A.L., so that seems inline to me. AC

Welcome to THR

 

[dihnen]

thank you for the verifications!