1sickPuppy Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Anyone tried this powder for 9mm 147 gr blue bullets or Xtreme bullets? Need help with a load to make minor PF. Edited December 29, 2015 by 1sickPuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiedras Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I loaded this powder with acme 147gr FPs, 3.3gr at 1.120 OAL out of my S2 and S3 was barely enough to make minor. 3.5gr put me at 130 avg PF. I'll have to see if I can export my chrono log and post it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_striker Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I loaded this powder with acme 147gr FPs, 3.3gr at 1.120 OAL out of my S2 and S3 was barely enough to make minor. 3.5gr put me at 130 avg PF. I'll have to see if I can export my chrono log and post it tomorrow. That is surprising. I thought it would have taken a bit less to make minor with where the burn rate is on this powder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiedras Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I was surprised too. I was expecting to use the same charge as n320. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sickPuppy Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Thanks for the info.... I too thought that it would be the same load data as n320 for the 147 gr.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiedras Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Ignore the 3.2gr data, I put my normal 3.4gr tg load there as a reference. I guess I don't need that much powder for PF. Test load vectan Dec 20, 2015 Conditions: Overcast Rd 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 1 975 853 876 902 910 2 956 863 896 917 933 3 962 867 872 900 907 4 855 873 888 900 5 860 860 878 869 Avg V 964.3 859.6 875.4 897 903.8 Std Dev 9.7 5.7 13 14.8 23.1 Ext Spr 19 14 36 39 64 Max V 975 867 896 917 933 Min V 956 853 860 878 869 Avg PF 141 126 128 131 132 Max PF143 127 131 134 137 Min PF 140 125 126 129 127 Bullet: Acme Bullet Weight: 147 Bullet Caliber: 9mm Gun: Stock 3 Minor Velocity: 850 Major Velocity: 1,122 Minor Power Factor: 125 Major Power Factor: 165 OAL: 1.120 Powder: Vectan ba9.5 Generated by Chronograph Log - http://on-core.com/chronographlog Edited December 30, 2015 by haiedras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiedras Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Vectan test Dec 20, 2015 Conditions: Overcast Rd/Ld 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 1 856 856 875 911 2 873 876 890 922 3 859 873 894 911 4 876 865 896 892 5 847 859 876 889 Avg V 862.2 865.8 886.2 905 Std Dev12.1 8.6 10 14 Ext Spr 29 20 21 33 Max V 876 876 896 922 Min V 847 856 875 889 Avg PF 126 127 130 133 Max PF128 128 131 135 Min PF 124 125 128 130 Bullet: Acme Bullet Weight: 147 Bullet Caliber: 9mm Gun: Tanfoglio stock II small frame Minor Velocity: 850 Major Velocity: 1,122 Minor Power Factor: 125 Major Power Factor: 165 OAL: 1.120 Powder: Vectan ba9.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1sickPuppy Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the info Haiedras!!! I have a starting point now... Is the powder soft shooting? Edited December 30, 2015 by 1sickPuppy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) Anyone shot both this and Prima V? I'm getting to the bottom of my Prima V stash, and while it's cheap and clean, SDs are kinda high in my 1050. I'm wondering if BA 9.5 might meter more consistently. I'm loading 124s. Edited June 15, 2017 by Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncie21 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Andreas said: Anyone shot both this and Prima V? I'm getting to the bottom of my Prima V stash, and while it's cheap and clean, SDs are kinda high in my 1050. I'm wondering if BA 9.5 might meter more consistently. I'm loading 124s. I've reloaded Ba9.5, Prima V and N320 for 9mm minor. I've found Prima V and N320 to be very comparable. I started working up loads for Ba9.5, after a few ladders I noticed that it was slower than the other two powders, using the same charge. With no clear advantages for continuing the load development, I stopped. Between Prima V and N320, I prefer the Prima V, as SD, cleanliness, accuracy and charge are very similar and the cost is 1/2 of N320. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadpilot Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 10 minutes ago, muncie21 said: I started working up loads for Ba9.5, after a few ladders I noticed that it was slower than the other two powders, using the same charge. With no clear advantages for continuing the load development, I stopped. I did the same thing. Ba9.5 needed .5gr more than my N320 loads and had a bit more snap. The SD's were better than the N320/PV loads and also metered very well. It would probably be a better/cleaner replacement for people who like HP38/231. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Thinking I might try Alliant Sport Pistol instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomjerry1 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I don't know about 9mm, but works great in 40, my new go to to replace VIT320. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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