glock_556 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I'm wanting to try these in 9mm and am curious if anyone here has used them before and if you have, what you thought about them. I'll be shooting these in my Production Class G34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom D. Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Am using these bullets in a Glock 22 w/Wilson barrel, Kimber 45, Dan Wesson .44 Mag (1000 fps range) and Marlin 336 in .30-30 with no problems. Use minimal crimp & keep velocities under 1700 fps in rifle. Graf's has good prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 i use them in my Para Limited/ESP, Kimber SS/CDP and Glock 34 Production/SSP/ESP. The 147 works pretty good out of the G34. I'm curious to see how their 9mm hp will work out of my SVI open gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I use exclusively Berry's bullet - 158 gr 38 Spec and 147 gr 9mm RN - and buy in bulk (>10K) directly from the factory. My wife and I shoot about 20K a year in IDPA. They work great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I'm using Berry's plated 180 JHP in .40, and 147 RN 9mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzShooter Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I have had no luck with Berry Bullets. Couldn't get them to group with my 627 no matter what. Miked them out and most were .355 and only a few hundred were .357. Best groups at 25 yards were about 6 inches. With lead my 625 will print into 2 inches with no problems. When I called to tell them about the problem with the sizing they just said I didn't know how to use a mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear23 Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I use them occasionally in my Limited gun for practice. (Xtreme bullets) They are accurate when they don't come apart in midair, I have several that keyhole or lose their plating in midflight. I don't use them at major matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) In 9mm I use nothing else! The 147gr RN is my favorite. They perform great in my Glock 34 and my wife's Beretta 92. Edited November 30, 2006 by MoNsTeR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 All these are with Berry's Plated 147 RN Bullets seated at an OAL of 1.42" Crimped at .380. Tightgroup powder. Weight Velocity SD ES Power Factor 15yd 10shot Group average 3.2 874 11 34 128.5 3.8" 3.4 917 8.4 26 134.7 4.4" 3.6 Chrono died 4.1" WSF Powder 15yd 5shot best 3 shots 3.7 885 8.9 29 130.1 4.1" 1.85 3.9 915.8 16 47 134.6 3.31" 1.27 4.1 940.7 14.5 35 138.2 3.37" 1.64 231 powder 3.3 NO Chrono data 2.95" .875" 3.4 853.7 15.2 47 125.4 2.79" 1.41" 3.5 873.1 10.1 23 128.3 2.58" 1.0" 3.6 876.4 10.6 34 128.8 2.0 " .729" Overall my M&P out shot my Springfield 1911 9mm today, seems the M&P is more accurate out the box than the springer. Best load today was 3.6 of 231 for the M&P, I will experiment later with a tighter crimp, and maybe different OAL, but it seemed to really like 231. Also CCI 115gr blazers shot better too with a velocity of 1121fps SD was 12.5 ES was 37 PF was 128.9 group at 15 yds was 1.3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I have used the 147 gr. Berry's plated bullets in 9mm with good accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justsomeguy Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 I have been experimenting with Berry's 124grn roundnose lately and have had very good luck with them. Two loads I have tried are 5.3grns Unique and 5.9grns Unique with this bullet. Both will shoot inside 3" at 15 yards offhand. I suppose if I benched them they would be somewhat better. I am now using an OAL of 1.150, but the first time I tested with the 5.9 load I used 1.123. Here are the chrono results in a 5" 1911. 9mm 124grn Berry CPRN 5.9grn Unique OAL=1.123 (compressed) Speed in FPS 1257 1265 1240 1249 1265 1271 1243 1236 1257 1262 1246 1233 1290 1243 1266 1261 1249 1249 1249 1257 Average Speed 1254.4 Power Factor 155.5 Standard Deviation 13.2 Gun = 1911 5" bbl And now the 5.3grn load: 9mm 124grn Berry CPRN 5.3grn Unique OAL=1.150 Speed in FPS 1158 1160 1164 1160 1143 1171 1165 1193 1180 1183 1170 1168 1144 1170 1149 1120 1182 1177 1173 1129 Average Speed 1163.0 Power Factor 144.2 Standard Deviation 17.9 Gun = 1911 5" bbl These were shot in 42 and 50 degree weather respectively. Use caution with the 5.9grn load in warmer weather as it showed slightly flattened primers in the unsupported 1911 barrel. It showed no overpressure signs in my Witness 9mm though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinB Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 I only use Berry's bullets. 230gr RN in .45 over 5.3gr of Win231. 124gr RN in 9mm over 4.2gr of Win231. 250gr FP in .45 colt over 8.0gr of Unique 155gr RSFP in .40S&W over 5.3gr of Win231 125gr FP in .38 Special over 4.2gr Win231 I can get 1" groups standing at 7 yards with the 45's, many through the same hole. I normally get the same with the 9mm. 6" groups out of the .38's, but what do you expect from a 2" barrel S&W 642. About 4" groups from the .40's, but I'm not that good with my S&W Sigma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 barry's work fine in pretty much anything. Though they aren't much cheaper than jacketed, and price will go up after the first of the year. Copper prices are outrageous Lead is cheap, but you can't run any of it through a glock (even the hardest i've found) but if you put a different barrel in the gun they are a viable solution to high bullet prices. Precision bullets also work well out of a Glock. a few GM's shoot them here. Bob Vogel and Matt Cheely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 ive shot them in all my guns and they work well enough. my fav was 147 grain RN and 3.5 grains TG at 1.150 Harmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Butler Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Used some Berry bullets as a cheap "hold me over" until I could get the Winchester bulk bullets in. I thought they shot a little differently, but the price was right and I was shooting again. Gunsmith told me that they would reduce the life of the bullet, so I stopped using them. Has anyone figured up exactly how much barrel life they are getting from using Berry's plated? I only shot about 3 boxes(1K per box), before I was able to get back to the Winchester's bulk stuff. Scott B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 barrel wear from plated and jacketed should be similar. you'll get the longest barrel life using lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I suspect your gunsmith had been sipping too much Koolaid. My old G35 had over 100,000 rounds of mostly plated bullets through it. Was just as accurate the day I traded it as the day I bought it. I find Berrys bullets to be very accurate in all my Glocks and 1911s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangemasterD Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Used some Berry bullets as a cheap "hold me over" until I could get the Winchester bulk bullets in. I thought they shot a little differently, but the price was right and I was shooting again. Gunsmith told me that they would reduce the life of the bullet, so I stopped using them.Has anyone figured up exactly how much barrel life they are getting from using Berry's plated? I only shot about 3 boxes(1K per box), before I was able to get back to the Winchester's bulk stuff. Scott B If anything you should get better barrel life with plated bullets as they have a little bit more "give" than jacketed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glock_556 Posted January 6, 2007 Author Share Posted January 6, 2007 Still haven't purchased any of the Berry's bullets, but I got an order of 3K Precision Delta 147gr. FMJ that I'm going to try. Thinking about getting and aftermarket barrel and shooting lead, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Kline Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 The 147 Precision Deltas have been great for me. Ive shot about 20,000 of them so far and have never had any issues. Accurate, reliable in what I shoot (CZ) and priced good. I'll be trying the Berry's for practice and local matches only. Majors I'll still be shooting Precision Delta's or Zero's, but for local and practice, the Berrys are fine. Especially at what a local reloader is going to load them for. He already ran off a lot of 100 for a test load and they make the PF, fed reliably, did not keyhole, and were average accuracy. Now, I have some Precision black bullets that keyhole like crazy out of my SP01, but not my MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuz Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 I just ordered 6k of the Berry's 124gr RN for my Glock 17. I sure do hope they work out ok. I'll provide more info once they arrive and I start shooting them. -Cuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 I shoot them and love them. Over the last 4 or 5 years I have shot 15000 or so out of my .45 ACP open pin gun (200 gr HP going about 1100 fps) and my .38 Super open gun for USPSA and have not had a single problem. As stated above, don't over crimp them or push them too fast. Out of my .38 Super I am making major with a little cushion using a 124 grain round nose (going about 1350 FPS) and they will group around an inch or inch and a half at 25 yards but I am sure if I had a machine rest it would be tighter. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoGlock Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm wanting to try these in 9mm and am curious if anyone here has used them before and if you have, what you thought about them.I'll be shooting these in my Production Class G34 I'm still trying to figure people out who are in constant search for that magic "Clean Burning Powder" and then push all the junk down their barrel they can by using cast bullets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I'm still trying to figure people out who are in constant search for that magic "Clean Burning Powder" and then push all the junk down their barrel they can by using cast bullets. The thought process you describe results from chronic exposure to lead vapor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFD Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Folks using cast bullets are looking for a "clean burning powder" to keep the smoke at a minimum. Not much of a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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