kneelingatlas

I've used thousands!

I have different colored MTM ammo boxes for different loads: light green for 9 major, dark green for 9 minor and red for 38 SC.

Give it a try!

I like 135s over Clays, but it might be because Clays doesn't behave well under 147s at short OALs.

M3x0.5

The screw needs to be cut to fit, and yes the Quinn does sit pretty far forward, some people slide it back by a hole and run it with three screws. I prefer the Cheely mount, he doesn't stock them anymore so if you want one post in this thread so maybe we can convince him to run a batch: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234358#entry2622328

More importantly Shane: Open is a division along with Limited, Limited-10, Production, Single Stack and Revolver; the classes are Grandmaster, Master, A, B, C, and D

Welcome to the forum Shane Have you read this thread yet? So you want to load 9 Major? Here's what to do!

Welcome from a San Diego pistol guy!

Welcome from San Diego I'm a pistol guy, so I might not be much help for you.

CHA-LEE is best qualified to answer this question as he made GM shooting a Tanfo Limited for many years, then switched to 2011:

There is one screw in the trigger shoe. I see the flat trigger at CZCUSTOM says that one does both. Do you know what this screw does? Sent from my bunker in the desert using Tapatalk That screw is to keep the trigger bar spring and mag release springs in the gun.

ARy prefers a different approach to mine, but I don't believe either is more or less effective. If you would like a trigger with a pre screw, CZC sells one for $30:

No problemo:

Welcome to the forum Danny, First, all the powder manufacturers have load data online now, so that should be plenty to supplement the book you have. If you're reasonably mechanically inclined, reading a book and watching a few videos could be enough to get you going, but a mentor makes the process much quicker and more enjoyable so I suggest you ask around and make friends with a local rifle reloader (rifle is more involved than pistol). You could simply ask to watch them load on their setup, or they might give you a lesson on yours, but just remember to bring some value to the exchange, their knowledge and instruction is valuable; the best trade is your labor, or reloading components. Good luck

Seems like an easy way to sweep your right hand.

Have you slugged your barrel? It's possible you'll get tighter groups with bigger bullets, I've heard of people using as big as 0.358" in 9mm.

Nice shooting Ryan!

Hear this man, he speaks for me too. I enjoyed shooting Open with you yesterday Chuck and will continue to enjoy it next year when we have to learn to reload.

the 9x19 case is a lot tougher than the 40 case, and like Jack says, there's a big difference between minor and major. Clays is a pretty pressure sensitive powder, but you know when you push it too hard long before you blow anything up. I've loaded 147s at 1.1" and that's a little much for Clays and it let's you know with the sound and accuracy: pop, pop, POW, pop, pop... How long can you load the 135s in your Glock?

In my experience velocity drops ~6% per inch of barrel length so if you have a 4" barrel you can expect to make minor between 3.6gr and 3.7gr. So I suggest you pick an OAL for your barrel/mags, load 6-10 rounds each: 3.2gr, 3.4gr, 3.6gr, 3.8gr and shoot them over the chrono.

Brian, above you said you were looking for a starting point, now it seems you're looking for an exact load in your G19, is that true? Do you own a chrono? have access to one?

4.5"

Clays under a 135gr plated bullet is my favorite minor load: 3.6gr under a 135gr plated bullet at 1.135" make ~128pf in my CZ

I know that I load 9.3gr of SP2 under a 115gr in 9mm I've gone as much as 10.0 but that's past the usable range of the powder in that application and yields less velocity than 9.5