Craig N Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I have a nice little 9mm load that I like the feel of . I load to 1.14ish OAL. I shot the following velocities out of a 5" M&P Pro yesterday on a rainy overcast day. 147 grain lead 9mm FPS 863 841 843 839 856 861 862 847 836 823 854 843 862 853 830 866 836 To get 125 PF with 147 grains you need 850. The load I use for matches right now run 135 to 143 PF. I'd like to play with trying to get a "stable" just over Power Floor to see what I can do. But lately my testing and experimenting has had less that good results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 What powder and charge are you using? 1.140ish? What press are you loading on and how much of a range is "ish"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Nine of your 17 shots were under 125 PF, and your lowest shot was 823 fps (27 fps under PF). I'd bump the load up by another 0.2 grains of powder and try it again. I like to fire 20 rounds over the chrono and have ALL of them at PF 125, but that's just me. OAL, I'd leave alone if it feeds properly and accuracy is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'm using e3 and a lee auto disk. One drops 2.5 and the next one up drops 3.0 with e3. The 3.0 gives 135 to 140. I use it for matches. I was just wondering about playing around with it to see if I could get it with my set up. The ish is 1.140 to 1.1450 depending on the fired brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackJones Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I'd go with the 3.0 and not worry about getting too close to 125. Nothing worse than going under the 125 floor. As an experiment load 15 - 20 rounds with 2.5 and same with 3.0 and then mix them up and shoot them. It would be interesting to see if you can tell a difference. I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I'm using e3 and a lee auto disk. Oh, in that case, sure, why not try decreasing your OAL a bit. I really prefer Zack's suggestion, but no harm in dropping your OAL to 1.12" and see what that does - in terms of velocity, accuracy & feeding thru your gun. Good luck with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah I don't wanna take any chances at a major match but I'd like something to ride the line with for club matches and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Just a question, why do you play with 2.5 at the club level and then major at 3.0? Why don't you just practice the way you would at a major? Half a grain of powder isn't something that I would bother over and make sure I'd make the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Doubled Edited May 12, 2014 by LilBunniFuFu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 if you get a small round file you can open up the hole you are using at the moment to get 2.5 to get it to drop 2.7. that's what I'd do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig N Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Just a question, why do you play with 2.5 at the club level and then major at 3.0? Why don't you just practice the way you would at a major? Half a grain of powder isn't something that I would bother over and make sure I'd make the floor. Just something to play around with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 E3 is of the faster variety, I would try it out and post your results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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