How many rounds will 1 lb of powder make 9mm?

[CalvinCDixon]

I am new to reloading. How many rounds will 1 lb of powder make 9mm? 

[Raydee38]

One pound of powder has 7000gr, divide 7000 by the number of grains in your load and that will give you the rounds per pound. 

[Cuz]

Yup, just like Raydee says.

For me, I use TiteGroup powder and use just shy of 4.0gr to load 124gr 9mm bullets.

So, 7000gr in 1 lb divided by 4.0gr = 1,750 rounds per pound of powder.

 

 

[ddc]

Yeah, it really depends on the powder/bullet/etc.

Typical load range for 9mm is very roughly anywhere from a little less than 3 grains on up to about 7 or 8 grains for "normal" loads and if you are talking 9mm major then more than that.

So there can easily be a 3 to 1 difference in how many rounds you might get out of a pound depending upon which two powders you are comparing.

[GrumpyOne]

My load with N320 is easy. 3.5 with a 147gr bullet. 2k rounds per pound

[Sarge]

Ah, I remember those days. A pound of WAC only yields 898 rounds of 9MAJOR!

[GrumpyOne]

13 minutes ago, Sarge said:

Ah, I remember those days. A pound of WAC only yields 898 rounds of 9MAJOR!

A pound of N105 only makes 667 rounds in my 38Super

[Farmer]

Read all the boring stuff in your manual, (you do have a manual?) It’s all in there. 

[SnipTheDog]

Berry's 147gr with CFE pistol 3.95gr.  1891 rounds / lb.  14,1772 rounds / 8lb.  Or something like that.

[Brooke]

9 major at 172 PF uses 7.3 grains of N350 with a 124 gr Precision Delta.  958 rounds at best.

[boatdoc173]

my #s match @Cuz same load info,same powder. same gr of bullets

[davebenson]

On 6/20/2022 at 3:25 AM, CalvinCDixon said:

I am new to reloading. How many rounds will 1 lb of powder make 9mm? 

7000g to a pound.  I use 4.7 g of CFE pistol so I can get about 1,489 rounds.  
 

I say about because your press does not always drop exactly the same every time.  You can do a lot to tune up your press but you’ll see variations of * -  .1 g and over a 1,000 rounds that adds up. 

[9x45]

Depends on the charge weight. But there is still only 7,000 grains per pound. And Dillon powder measures usually throw +/- .1 grains for sugar powders, and more for corn flake powders. Powder is still the cheapest part of reloading components.

[Bakerjd]

1lb of ramshot comp makes 2k rounds of 9 minor for me. 

 

1lb of WAC makes about 1025 rounds of 9 major for me.