Yoseppy Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 How does one start the process of finding a major power factor load? Do you guys use quick load or start at the max load in the book and work your way up? I’m wanting to get into the open world but am a touch intimidated by figuring out a load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rnlinebacker Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 There's a lot of loads to base your experimenting on other threads. It's honestly not that hard I've been in Open for a couple years now. The guns can handle higher pressure but obviously you don't want to be 180pf and cracking your gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acsr Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 What powder do you have and then you may get some good info on a starting point or load for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38super Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 9mm/38 Caliber - Brian Enos's Forums... Maku mozo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoseppy Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Acsr said: What powder do you have and then you may get some good info on a starting point or load for it I’ve got auto comp and 3n38 to start but always looking for more options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdively Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 To start, read forum threads here and look at online articles. From there you can see what are most popular and proven and also what are some new powders that are gaining popularity, like Shooters World Major Pistol. Pay attention to where they land on the burn rate chart. For example, Titegroup is not a good choice because of quick pressure spike. Winchester Autocomp and a couple other powders around it on the burn rate chart would be suitable for Major. Slower burning powders are most popular like AA7, Shooters World Major Pistol, 3n37, and 3n38, and Silhouette. To get major in 9mm, you may encounter compressed loads. Please use a chronograph and keep an eye on your signs of pressure on your cases. Please be mindful of your OAL because this greatly impacts pressures when loading 9mm for example. Look what other people are loading and work your way up to those. have fun and stay safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthdively Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, Yoseppy said: I’ve got auto comp and 3n38 to start but always looking for more options. Please see attached of what I was able to load with RMR bullets 124 gr FMJ. 9mm Major. the 3n37 and 3n38 are compressed loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene_WI Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Ask the builder for start load reccomendation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoseppy Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 55 minutes ago, Gene_WI said: Ask the builder for start load reccomendation? I had thought of that to be honest. I’m not sure if that will be an option I’m looking at a brazos semi custom but I’ll reach out via email and see. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Yoseppy said: I had thought of that to be honest. I’m not sure if that will be an option I’m looking at a brazos semi custom but I’ll reach out via email and see. Thank you. brazos will absolutely give you their fav load or two! they are super responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 15 minutes ago, davsco said: brazos will absolutely give you their fav load or two! they are super responsive. This ^^^^^^^^. On top of that, the load will be what the gun is tuned for. You definitely what to start with what Bob suggests. You can experiment later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharko Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I started here... https://www.ssusa.org/articles/2020/4/28/accuracy-of-9-major-handloads Worked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoseppy Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Thank you everyone I’ll be checking in with Bob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerjd Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Bob will for sure give you a load. Super super awesome guy and he has the absolute best 1911 slides on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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