zdali Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 What OAL is everyone running in their 9Major guns? Some context; Atlas and MBX seem to recommend 1.165 OAL, with what I assume are RN bullets My SPS will happily run 1.190 with Berry's or Frontier RN My Czechmate runs 1.170 from memory The common wisdom seems to be "run as long as your mags will allow" I guess my main question is what to do about that 0.025? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.165 MG 115 JHP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tkheard Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.16 PD 125gr JHP MBX mags Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NOSHMJ Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.160 RMR 124 JHP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
workingmanjeff Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.165 OAL with Hornady HAP 125 JHP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zdali Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Aha! 1.165 with hollow points makes more sense. Not really a commonly used (or available for that matter) projectile down here. We're mostly about copper plated stuff. Thanks guys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BigBamBoo Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.165 for MG 115g or 124g JHP’s. MBX mags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zzt Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1.161" with 115 HAP JHPs, PD JHPs and Zero JHPS. I would load the same if using plated. I need the room in the case to make Major at lower pressures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Banacek Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) I am running a Tanfoglio Gold Custom and with the mag limitations and plunk test, I had my barrel reamed to 1.170 to accept my Montana gold bullets 124gr JHP and Round nose. The JHP still stick in the lands so I have opted to just load the RN at 1.160. I was running a STI DVC previously and that would accept just about anything with MBX mags but I loaded to 1.170. Edited February 17 by Banacek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AverageJoeShooting Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1.16 mbx mags and cast lead 125 grain bullets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
R1valdez Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, AverageJoeShooting said: 1.16 mbx mags and cast lead 125 grain bullets Your own cast bullet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IHMSA15151 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) I’m running 1.155 with the Hornady 125 action pistol JHP. Edited February 18 by IHMSA15151 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
open17 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 115 Precision Delta JHP at 1.175. I've gone to 1.185 with 3N38, no problem. U die sizer, MBX mags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bwillis Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Longer loads better, eg 115 jhp at 1.17 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel45 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 ~1.165 115 extreme in a throated Czechmate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AverageJoeShooting Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 2/17/2021 at 8:20 PM, R1valdez said: Your own cast bullet? Yea I cast 125 grain lead bullets and then load them up and shoot them put of my open gun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
orangeman711 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1.162 with MG JHP's over 7.3 grs. WAC, and WSR primer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LordManHammer Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1.165 with MG 124 grain JHP’s over 7.8 grains HS-6. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cnote Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, LordManHammer said: 1.165 with MG 124 grain JHP’s over 7.8 grains HS-6. How the hell do guys make major with less than 8 grains of HS6, I'm at 8.2 I know , holes , different barrel but the lower charge weights...... Different lots produce different results..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Posvar Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 1.165 with 124g PD JHP Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echotango Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1.167 w/MG 121gr. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
costeel Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 1.155 PD 115 gr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sidnal Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 1.195 124gm mgb cmj Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bakerjd Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Mine are at 1.180. Brazos one piece barrel/comp. Mostly run PD round nose, or armscore round nose. Both jacketed. Both MBX and STI G2 mags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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