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Terlingueno

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  1. Howdy,

    I am wondering if someone could help me with a load question in regards to bullet construction. I am loading Power Pistol for a 124gr 9mm. Alliant's data only has 124gr Gold Dot loads. I have two specific bullets I use, Zero and Montana Gold hollow points. Is there a difference between Gold Dots and the others? I seem to recall information about Gold Dots being a form of plated bullet. Is it reasonable to use the Gold Dot load data with the Zero's and the MG"s?

  2. Terlingueno: I am one of those having trouble with CBC brass and that in my factory Glock 9 mm barrels. But I load 147's to 1.130 OAL. What are you bullet weight do you use and what OAL are you loading to?

    BTW, per my previous post in this thread, I have loaded one batch of 500 once fired IMT cases twice more without any failures. The load is 3.5 gr CSB-1 (a Universal Clays like flake powder) over Bayou 147's at 1.130 to 1.135. All cases case rolled prior to loadings (figured I'd do what I do to all my brass) and shot through Glock factory barrels. Will report as I continue to reload what I have recovered (~450 cases).

    I use both Zero and Montana Gold 125gr bullets. The COAL I use is 1.120 for the Zeros and 1.10 for the MG's

  3. I did the bevel thing, no primers on the floor. Yay! On December 29th, I will have been loading on this 550B I bought from Brian for a year. Before making a decision on which progressive press, I read this forum and others about reloaders, then tried out an LNL, an RCBS, a 550B, and a Lee. The Dillon ran the smoothest, to me. Glad I made the choice I did. Thanks to all who answered my noob questions this last year.

  4. Don't know which Dillon you are running, but I just measured the rod on my SD. It is .189" diameter, which is a #10 thread, looks course, so I would say a 10-24, maybe 10-32. Either way, order a 100 pack nylon jam nuts for each size from BoltDepot.com for $2 plus shipping. You could also call Dillon and ask. Even a Prius can't go 200 miles round trip for $8 shipping, not to mention the lost time.

    https://www.boltdepot.com/Hex_jam_nylon_lock_nuts_Zinc_plated_steel.aspx

    You somewhere between El Paso and Midland? I think Texas is as wide (east/west) as California is long (north/south). I just remember there being a lot of nothing between El Paso and San Antonio....

    250+ miles southeast of El Paso, 230 miles south of Midland. Alpine has the hardware store, 100 miles north of me

  5. Thanks everyone. I was able to get some of the 125gr bullets and worked up a load that I like. After starting at the minimum, I worked up to 6.0gr of Power Pistol at 1.120. The chrono showed an average of 1134 fps, my extreme spread was 29 and my standard deviation was 7.7. Pistol is a Glock 19

    I like these bullets

  6. Here is the hot tip for both the SD and 550. Replace the drop tube with a 650, it has a brass tip. I struggled with the plastic ones pitching out every so often, and when the last one pitched out, I was out of spares, and put in the 650 tube a buddy gave me. No issues in more than 5 years, with both loaders. Loading about 1,200 rounds a month.

    Interesting...

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