Kevin Kline Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Hey all, I was looking for anybody having data on 147gr jacketed 9mm loads with 231?? Any help is greatly appreciated. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggie Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 (edited) I tried the following recipe, the common part was 147g FMJ Montana Gold, with W231 and loaded at 1.150" OAL (these were out of a Glock 17 with a Wolff 12# recoil spring) 3.8g W231 873 fps (17 std) 3.9g W231 895 fps (13 std) 4.0g W231 920 fps However, I found the round to round variation to vary greatly and the standard deviations were very broad. I gave up that experiment and went with Titegroup instead. A much cleaner and better powder in my opinion. My current load is 147g FMJ Precision Delta on 3.3g of TG at 1.150" OAL. This makes 875 out of my 17 and 895 out of my Glock 34. Hope this helps. Edited August 16, 2006 by txaggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RePete Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 You will find that 231 is snappy as hell, I use HS6 with 124's and 147's. A softer push. RePete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txaggie Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 I agree totally with RePete about the SNAPPINESS!! of the 231. IMNSHO, there are much better powders to use while loading 147g bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotwings2001 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 3.0grn of Vit 310 and 147grn Zero's are soft as can be in my G34. No snap at all--sounds like a cap gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kline Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 I agree with you guys 100%. I have reloaded for 10+ years and have decided to ramp up my live fire, but will not be able to handload all the ammo Im going to need, so I have a couple different sources for buying some ammo from local reloaders. One of them was using 231 and I wanted to know where he'd be with the load he was telling me, due to the fact that several of our local chrono's have been having issues lately. I personally use either TG or N320. I like TG so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullauto_Shooter Posted August 24, 2006 Share Posted August 24, 2006 Probably not what you're looking for but this is what I use for sub-sonic 147gr loads (run them through my suppressed M11 SMG). 147gr MG bullet 3.4gr W231 WIN SP primers I've shot this same round through my G34 and agree that it was pretty "snappy"; it was noticably "snappier" than 115gr bullets at much higher velocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21 shooter Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I had been using WSF until recently. I ran out, and tried some 231 that I had. It is quite snappy. Going back to WSF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 he WW 14th Edition reloading manual does not klist any 147 gr jacketed bullet data only lead. Hey all, I was looking for anybody having data on 147gr jacketed 9mm loads with 231?? Any help is greatly appreciated. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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