Hello all,
I use Speer's 147gr Gold Dot ammunition as my self-defense ammo in my Sig P229 and have been practicing with their Lawman ammunition for some time now. However, I'm down to a few hundred rounds of Lawman left and would like to put my Dillon 550 and Chrony to use making practice ammunition identical to the Speer stuff.
So far I've been using 3.4gr of Hodgdon Titegroup to make my 9mm ammunition with a COAL of 1.2". It shoots nice but isn't quite the same feel as my Lawman and I haven't gotten the Chrony out to verify it's performance.
Speer lists it's 147gr bullets having a BC of 0.165 and the ammunition reaches a muzzle velocity of 985 ft/s out of a 4" barrel.
From the research I've done, I've come up with a few powders that are capable of matching that velocity without exceeding the max...
Hodgdon Longshot (4.7gr @ 1004 ft/s)
Alliant Blue Dot (5.8gr @ 1001 ft/s)
Accurate No. 5 (5.3gr @ 991 ft/s)
Accurate No. 7 (7.2gr @ 1047 ft/s)
IMR 800-X (5.3gr @ 1025 ft/s)
I plan on using CCI primers for these loads (assuming I can ever find them in stock ) to try and come as close to a factory load as I can. For now I have Winchester Small Pistol and Remington #1 1/2 Small Pistol primers at my disposal.
Does anyone have any experience trying to recreate Speer factory ammunition? Any advice on what powder to use would be much appreciated!
I use Speer's 147gr Gold Dot ammunition as my self-defense ammo in my Sig P229 and have been practicing with their Lawman ammunition for some time now. However, I'm down to a few hundred rounds of Lawman left and would like to put my Dillon 550 and Chrony to use making practice ammunition identical to the Speer stuff.
So far I've been using 3.4gr of Hodgdon Titegroup to make my 9mm ammunition with a COAL of 1.2". It shoots nice but isn't quite the same feel as my Lawman and I haven't gotten the Chrony out to verify it's performance.
Speer lists it's 147gr bullets having a BC of 0.165 and the ammunition reaches a muzzle velocity of 985 ft/s out of a 4" barrel.
From the research I've done, I've come up with a few powders that are capable of matching that velocity without exceeding the max...
Hodgdon Longshot (4.7gr @ 1004 ft/s)
Alliant Blue Dot (5.8gr @ 1001 ft/s)
Accurate No. 5 (5.3gr @ 991 ft/s)
Accurate No. 7 (7.2gr @ 1047 ft/s)
IMR 800-X (5.3gr @ 1025 ft/s)
I plan on using CCI primers for these loads (assuming I can ever find them in stock ) to try and come as close to a factory load as I can. For now I have Winchester Small Pistol and Remington #1 1/2 Small Pistol primers at my disposal.
Does anyone have any experience trying to recreate Speer factory ammunition? Any advice on what powder to use would be much appreciated!