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Darrell

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  1. I agree, knock the ring out and now you have an quick adjustable taper crimp die.
  2. If the factory crimp die by Lee has the carbide ring in the bottom, it will swage the coated and plain lead bullets down and cause accuracy problems. Use a taper crimp die and set it to .378 and that will work great for any 9mm whether its coated, plated, plain lead, or Jacketed.
  3. I think I prefer 135 gr bullets for CO, good compromise between the snap of 124's and push of 147's. At least in my guns they feel better. Shoot for a power factor of 130-132 with Sport pistol, Tightgroup, or AA2 if you looking for better accuracy. The Bayou 135 coated round nose I use I've tested likes an OAL of 1.135". Work up a load with the powder you prefer.
  4. I did some ransom rest testing with my CZ TSO today with 145 Bayou Rn with Solo 1000 powder. I did some testing on the 13th also, with several loads and a few pistols too. Today I found the loads I previously tested were about 60-80 FPS faster, but I had the chrono at 2' instead of my normal 10' due to the range being busy and I didn't want to wait for it to go cold to set the chrono out farther. I was disappointed in how the Solo 1000 (Accurate brand I've had since 2010 laying around) performed with the 145 coated bullets, Sport pistol was better. I have to say today experiment had more to do with testing different OAL's instead of different powder charges. Sweet spot for this bullet seems to be 1.130"-1.135". This excel xlsx file is in zip format because it too large to upload to BE so you have to unzip it. Darrell's Load Data rev 041919.zip
  5. Check my spreadsheet, it may save you some time with components.
  6. I'm patient, I know the rush of orders for a new company can be overwhelming. Looking forward to trying them out. Bayou is local to me and I'm friends with the owner, but I like to support our sport and spread the wealth.
  7. I place an order with them on 3/26 and according to the website it's processing still. Guess I'll email him and see what the holdup is.
  8. I updated it today with new data for TSO and Springfield AO Elite and added a Canik TP9 sFX page.
  9. Had my first squib 2 weeks ago, I been reloading since 1972, but I installed a bullet feeder and while getting it adjusted properly I must have advanced the shell plate and not caught it. Luckily I know what to watch for when shooting, and now I'm making sure to look at the powder before I go to the bullet feeding stage.
  10. My minor .40 load is a 180 gr Zero JHP with 3.5 gr of tight group at 1.135" and 180 gr Hi-Tek coated with 3.2 Tightgroup at 1.135. They have a power factor of 135 and the JHP's shoot a 1" 5 shot group at 25 yds out of my Brazo's .40.
  11. Bayou bullets for me, the original Hi-Tek coated bullets that started it all.
  12. Bayou bullets for me, the original Hi-Tek coated bullets that started it all.
  13. Depends on the bullet, N340 and Power Pistol with 115 and 124 JHP's, Accurate #2 with 124 JHP is second, 2.6 gr of Clays with a Hi-Tek coated 124 RN at 1.120 put 10 shots in 1.39" at 25 yds, but only a 109 Power Factor, only gun I can shoot this light load in is me EAA limited, CZ Accu-Shadow, and CZ TS Orange.
  14. It’s Darrell not Darren, my spreadsheet is in a zip file on the second page of my post from a few days ago.
  15. Added my spreadsheet as a zip file because some people don't have 7zip. Darrell's Load Data rev 022019.zip
  16. that is a zip file, unzip it and it will be in excel format
  17. I redid my spreadsheet with just 9mm data to meet the 1.95MB max file size. Enjoy Darrells 9mm Load Data.7z
  18. Darrell

    O.A.L.

    My factory Hornady 124 JHP's are loaded to 1.065, I shoot Precision Delta 124 JHP's that I found are most accurate for my guns and loads at 1.080-1.085. Which has a similar profile of Hornady XTP's and only .004" difference in length.
  19. I load Bayou 135's at 1.130 in all my CZ's, I have to load the 105's at 1.030, and my 124 PD JHP at 1.080
  20. For me it's not as accurate as Tightgroup, I bought 8# of sport pistol and will use it up but sticking with Tightgroup for 9mm, Plus I get 8# of tightgroup for $100 (cash) till my supplier runs out. Most accurate powder for me in 9mm is Power Pistol, and VV N340
  21. If you are refering to my spreadsheet I posted, I have done extensive testing with OAL, and crimp. I find that all bullets have a sweet spot. For example Precision Delta 124 gr I loaded out to 1.120, PD Pro loads to 1.100, I found that they were most accurate in my guns at 1.080-1.085. My CZ's chamber is shorter than my other guns and I load all my bullets to what works in my CZ's. Do a search for my name and you'll find my spreadsheet. I haven't posted an updated one in a while. I'm only allowed a max size of 1.9 MB and my updated file is 2.9MB.
  22. What the hell are y'all doing to them, I've been running a Delta Point, and a Delta Point Pro for years and have yet to break one. I have the original delta point on a 9mm open gun and it has never given any issue. I have Cmore, Vortex Venoms, and Holosun. All have worked great. I'm putting an RMR on my G19 Gen 5 EDC.
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