APL-G35 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 49 minutes ago, Hollow-Point said: What bullet head are you running? I'm using the Precision Delta 124 gr V2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posvar Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Just now, APL-G35 said: I'm using the Precision Delta 124 gr V2 My favorite by far. Noticeably smoother to feed in the mags and gun and less costly too. Accuracy seems spot on with the V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollow-Point Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, APL-G35 said: I'm using the Precision Delta 124 gr V2 And those are the JHPs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posvar Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Yeah. Beautiful bullets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDG710 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I use Hodgdon 700x - loaded at 3.5 or 3.6 grains (a light load). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bustopher4 Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 I am using two different loads of HS-6 in two different open guns. The with poppel holes I use 125 gr JHP with 8.5 gr of HS-6. The gun with out holes I use my 8.1 gr of HS-6. I talked to two different open gun Gurus from two different ares before getting in to open, and they both had the same opinion that HS-6 has an easier pressure spike and is less likely to do damage to the guns. One had over 75,000 rounds with no crack to the slide and the other had almost 125,000 with no crack to the slide. They both also said the same thing about auto comp, that it has less felt recoil but has a sharper pressure spike, and most cracked slides they saw were when using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordManHammer Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, bustopher4 said: I am using two different loads of HS-6 in two different open guns. The with poppel holes I use 125 gr JHP with 8.5 gr of HS-6. The gun with out holes I use my 8.1 gr of HS-6. I'm curious what Power Factor your "no popples" gun chronos with 8.1 grains of HS-6? I use HS-6 as well but with only 7.7 grains I'm getting 170 PF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Had a slide crack with only HS-6 loads and another local cracked one too with HS-6. There's no magic bullet, 9mm major slides are wear items, whatever powder you use if you shoot enough of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 9:54 AM, bustopher4 said: I am using two different loads of HS-6 in two different open guns. The with poppel holes I use 125 gr JHP with 8.5 gr of HS-6. The gun with out holes I use my 8.1 gr of HS-6. I talked to two different open gun Gurus from two different ares before getting in to open, and they both had the same opinion that HS-6 has an easier pressure spike and is less likely to do damage to the guns. One had over 75,000 rounds with no crack to the slide and the other had almost 125,000 with no crack to the slide. They both also said the same thing about auto comp, that it has less felt recoil but has a sharper pressure spike, and most cracked slides they saw were when using it. I have two open guns that I run 7.8 WAC with 115’s. Been running that for 8-10 years and had one slide crack but it was a defective STI slide when those were common Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximis228 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 The most common 9 major powders over the last few years. WAC HS6 3n37 3n38 AA7 Major Pistol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APL-G35 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Anyone have a list of max case capacity with major powders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximis228 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, APL-G35 said: Anyone have a list of max case capacity with major powders? That can vary lot to lot for powder and is also dependent on your specific projectile shape and weight. Lots of compressed load data is shared on Enos without people realizing its compressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, APL-G35 said: Anyone have a list of max case capacity with major powders? See attached. I copied this from a thread here a while ago. I do not recall who posted it. 9mm case capacities.pdf Edited March 2, 2023 by zzt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 On 1/2/2023 at 9:23 PM, Rnlinebacker said: The best I've found is Accurate no 7. Meters well and made major for an entire year across the country in majors and nationals. I love this powder, and so does both my Dillon reloaders. The meters great and it's very consistent round to round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGC Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 3/8/2023 at 9:43 PM, usmc1974 said: I love this powder, and so does both my Dillon reloaders. The meters great and it's very consistent round to round. I just worked up a load with my new to me Rafferty Jelly Roll....HAP 115 on 10.6gr AA7 at 1.165. Cleaning more often but very flat shooting. Crony time this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankge Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 (edited) On 3/1/2023 at 9:54 AM, bustopher4 said: I am using two different loads of HS-6 in two different open guns. The with poppel holes I use 125 gr JHP with 8.5 gr of HS-6. The gun with out holes I use my 8.1 gr of HS-6. I talked to two different open gun Gurus from two different ares before getting in to open, and they both had the same opinion that HS-6 has an easier pressure spike and is less likely to do damage to the guns. One had over 75,000 rounds with no crack to the slide and the other had almost 125,000 with no crack to the slide. They both also said the same thing about auto comp, that it has less felt recoil but has a sharper pressure spike, and most cracked slides they saw were when using it. I'd be interested in your experience running the 8.5 load in the gun without the poppel holes. I'm running that in my STI GM with a Thundercomp 2 - no poppels. Thinking was with the extra holes in the comp I'd need more gas... Thoughts? Edited April 11, 2023 by frankge . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 3 hours ago, frankge said: I'd be interested in your experience running the 8.5 load in the gun without the poppel holes. I'm running that in my STI GM with a Thundercomp 2 - no poppels. Thinking was with the extra holes in the comp I'd need more gas... Thoughts? I'm running a 124 grain jacketed hollow point with 7.5 grs of AA # 7 and I'm getting really good velocities and good accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeilAndrew Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, usmc1974 said: I'm running a 124 grain jacketed hollow point with 7.5 grs of AA # 7 and I'm getting really good velocities and good accuracy. Does that make major? I don't even break 165PF in my Czechmate until 8.7grs of AA#7 behind a 124gr FMJ projectile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, VeilAndrew said: Does that make major? I don't even break 165PF in my Czechmate until 8.7grs of AA#7 behind a 124gr FMJ projectile. No, it does not, it runs my 124's at about 1175. Back when I was running nine major I was using Auto comp and 125 grain bullet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeilAndrew Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 4 minutes ago, usmc1974 said: No, it does not, it runs my 124's at about 1175. Back when I was running nine major I was using Auto comp and 125 grain bullet Ah okay. Thought that was weirdly low 'cause we've been mostly talking about major loads in here. Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmc1974 Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 13 minutes ago, VeilAndrew said: Ah okay. Thought that was weirdly low 'cause we've been mostly talking about major loads in here. Cool 125 fmj round nose 7.5 autocomp out of my SJC open Glock 17 made major, if I remember right. Been a long time since I shot open class though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 20 hours ago, frankge said: Thinking was with the extra holes in the comp I'd need more gas... Thoughts? Adding poppels with the same load will make the gun shoot flatter, but harder. Making more gas helps correct that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tator2k Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 9:43 AM, Maximis228 said: The most common 9 major powders over the last few years. WAC HS6 3n37 3n38 AA7 Major Pistol I've used a majority of these and really liked WAC with 3n37 being 2nd for my G17 Open gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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