mastergunner

How did you get consistent OAL with the Dillon Seating Die? Mine are all over the place with 9mm.

I have a Dillon 650 that I am loading 9mm with a OAL of 1.142 for USPSA. I have noticed that I get a huge variation when seating bullets. They can go from an OAL of 1.130 to 1.165. I am using Xtreme 147gn bullets. Am I doing something working here or are Dillon dies just not that accurate? Thanks for any advice.

I would like some suggestions from the forum on spring weights for my M&P CORE 5" barrel 40cal. I believe the stock weight is 16lbs. I am shooting USPSA and hand load using 180gn bullet loading for Major PF. Please provide websites to suggested springs. Thanks.

GUYS hold up. I started this thread to help me figure out how to reduce recoil in my 40 but also to remain in MAJOR. I have seen a lot of math recently and though it is great, it is not really helping me. The bad part about it is that the math is not jiving with some of the online calculators that I have seen. To be straight here it seems like I need to push a 180 gr .40 to around 930+ to remain in Major. To me that is going to be a nice amount of recoil. I would assume fast loading powder may ease it a little but not a lot?

Think I will use the W231 with a 180 from xtreme bullets.

Yep that is what I was seeing so I do not understand why some on here are showing lower velocities. Yes I want less recoil but I want to shoot Major. Seems like I am going to have to live with a lot of recoil.

Guys this is an awesome discussion though I guess what I thought was a simple question really isn't. What I have noticed is that the calculations provided by a few here on PF are not jiving with most online PF calculators. If I wanted to shoot Major with my .40 I need to shoot a 180gr bullet at almost 900fps. Some of you are showing a way lower velocity so I am really confused.

Got it. So I cannot make Major PF with a 155gn bullet?

zzt I thought those loads were for a 180gn bullet. Did you have one for a 155gn bullet?

zzt so I would use the Clay or Clay Dot loading data for the particular grain I need for the velocity I want?

zzt how did you come up with this load data for Alliant when e3 is for shotguns? Since I have not been reloading long I would be interested in learning how you came up with this for future reference.

zzt thanks for the reply. So I take that I should try 165s with a faster powder?

How many gn's are running it with? Really light recoil?

I appreciate all of the answers. So I take that a heavier bullet will reduce recoil. Faster powder will assist with this? Since I am new to reloading (been reloading just over a year) I only own Win 231 and CFE Pistol. What would be a good powder that doesn't cost and arm and a leg like 320 (looks like it costs $42 a pound)? Does anyone have any load data with a specific powder that would allow me to shoot Major PF without huge recoil? Thanks for the help again guys.

I guess I must be lost because I wanted to be shooting Major.