alzo Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Anyone have any experience loading Hodgdon Longshot in 9mm ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revchuck Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 Anyone have any experience loading Hodgdon Longshot in 9mm ?It works okay in Minor loads, but it's not the best. I don't shoot Open, so I have no idea how it works in Major loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmcphersn Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I've just started playing with 9 Major and had two pounds of Longshot I got off a prize table a year or so ago. There are some other threads on 9mm Major which include the Longshot loads. I have had good results with 7.4 grains under a 125 gr JHP. Chronos at ~1340. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alzo Posted January 7, 2006 Author Share Posted January 7, 2006 Anyone have any experience loading Hodgdon Longshot in 9mm ?It works okay in Minor loads, but it's not the best. I don't shoot Open, so I have no idea how it works in Major loads. What are the drawbacks that make it "not the best" in 9mm minor loads ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBF Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I have loaded this powder in 40,45, and 357 , it likes to be loaded towards the max end of the load data . Reducing loads of LONGSHOT seems to increase the velocity spread quite a bit. Travis F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Anyone have any experience loading Hodgdon Longshot in 9mm ?It works okay in Minor loads, but it's not the best. I don't shoot Open, so I have no idea how it works in Major loads. What are the drawbacks that make it "not the best" in 9mm minor loads ? besides being super-loud and having a really bright muzzle flash? not many drawbacks for regular 9mm plinking ammo, something like universal clays, AA#5 titegroup or 231 might be a better choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alzo Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Thank you all for the input ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revchuck Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Alzo - My gripe with LS in 9x19 is that it doesn't do anything other powders won't do with less powder. Part of the problem here is Hodgdon's data - their max book load is so low I got smoked cases, indicating low pressure. I didn't notice high muzzle flash; in fact, this is my preferred powder for jacketed bullets in .357 Magnum due to the relatively low flash at Major velocities. Titegroup is much better for 9x19 - in fact, the load of 4.2 grains of TG under a 124-125 grain jacketed bullet is a standard accuracy load for many of us here on the Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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