Sarge Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 It seems bullets in the 124 range are pretty common but I have seen some like the 121's. A few have mentioned 115's. I'll be starting load development this spring for my new Open gun so I thought I'd take a poll of what everybody is running. Please keep in mind I am talking about 9 MAJOR. Thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I am on my second case of Montana Gold 124 CMJ's. I was using 124's with my gun in 9x23 and when I had it re-barreled in 9mm I kept using those bullets because I had them. I thought about changing to 115's but the 124's worked so good I decided to stay with them. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcs Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 A standard length 9 Major without poople holes will shoot well with 115, 121, or 124/5 CMJ/JHP. The standard length barrel puts you in the driver's seat. You can develop loads in all configurations and see what your gun and you shoot the best. For me, I develop my loads and then head to the range with the chrono. I am looking for several things, make major first and then optimize the movement of the dot and you can also do drills on the timer. The timer knows all. Then I shoot local matches with the load. My hits and time give me a lot of feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro2AInPA Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) I shoot 124gr Montana Gold CMJs. I'm going to order 1,000 115s and see how they shoot. The idea with the 115 is that you need more powder to make major, which makes more gas to work the comp. We'll see. Edited January 14, 2011 by Pro2AInPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgkeller Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Zero 125 jhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major9 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 MG 124 JHP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 mg 124 jhp. precision delta 124 fmj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 A standard length 9 Major without poople holes will shoot well with 115, 121, or 124/5 CMJ/JHP. The standard length barrel puts you in the driver's seat. You can develop loads in all configurations and see what your gun and you shoot the best. Sarge, for your sake I hope your gun doesn't have "poople" holes. (I don't even want to know what that looks like) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcs Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 A standard length 9 Major without poople holes will shoot well with 115, 121, or 124/5 CMJ/JHP. The standard length barrel puts you in the driver's seat. You can develop loads in all configurations and see what your gun and you shoot the best. Sarge, for your sake I hope your gun doesn't have "poople" holes. (I don't even want to know what that looks like) Funny----that would be "popple" holes named after Adam Popplewell. So I can't type. Sue me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryW Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) I was running the 121 in my IMM 38sc and loved the way they feel. I just developed a load with them for my new 9major IMM (no holes in barrel 3 top 2 side port comp) and love it. Edited January 14, 2011 by RoryW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Tompkins Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Zero 125 jhp +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMartens Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm shooting Zero 115 JHP at the moment. Found the 115's shoot very well in my gun and very flat. I developed my load for the MG 115 JHP but ran into a buy on 6000 Zeros. Both are excellent bullets and I have no complaints with either. With the 115's the dot stays on cardboard at 25 yards and that works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 mg 124 jhp. precision delta 124 fmj These... plus, Precision makes their own 124gr JHP now in case you're interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Seems like 124/5's are pulling ahead pretty substantially. My plan is to order 1k each of the different weights and spend a good part of the summer working up some loads. I already have three powders on my list so this might be quite a quest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Seems like 124/5's are pulling ahead pretty substantially. My plan is to order 1k each of the different weights and spend a good part of the summer working up some loads. I already have three powders on my list so this might be quite a quest. You can certainly do that... but you could also do it differently - select a couple of popular loads, try them, pick one and then practice, practice, practice with it. Net result will likely be better. In just the last year I had tried many different loads. They all felt different, none was ideal, and none made me a better shooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorDanO Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I shot 124 MG CMJ's all last year. I got some 115's to test, and I like them a lot better. In testing, the gun was quite a bit flatter for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Seems like 124/5's are pulling ahead pretty substantially. My plan is to order 1k each of the different weights and spend a good part of the summer working up some loads. I already have three powders on my list so this might be quite a quest. You can certainly do that... but you could also do it differently - select a couple of popular loads, try them, pick one and then practice, practice, practice with it. Net result will likely be better. In just the last year I had tried many different loads. They all felt different, none was ideal, and none made me a better shooter. I know there is merit to what you say. I shoot with a guy who admittedly chased the perfect load in his 9mm for too long and too hard. But he still was able to find loads that were better than others. I might as well do a little chasing myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I know there is merit to what you say. I shoot with a guy who admittedly chased the perfect load in his 9mm for too long and too hard. But he still was able to find loads that were better than others. I might as well do a little chasing myself. Yes, a little chasing goes long way, there is definitely value to some experimentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I might as well do a little chasing myself. Depends on whether you want to get better, or have a "better" load. For anybody new (or newer) to Open, it's not too likely that they're going to really see much difference that means anything unless it's a terrible combination. When I got back into Open (after years), I asked Dan Bedell what load to try (he was within a tenth of a grain), and shot probably 10K of that load before slightly tweaking it from 125 to 121gr bullets. The first load made PF, was predictable, and was reasonably flat...that, and learning the timing of it, is really all that matters. A "better" load wouldn't have made one point difference in my match results. Since then, I've gotten a lot better, and have found that technique can make as much, or more, difference in how the dot tracks as the load can....and it takes hundreds of rounds, on the timer, before it's really clear whether a change actually helps. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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