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It's been a number of years since I reloaded 9mm ammo. Last time I believe I used Winchester Action Pistol powder with 115gr bullets, but they no longer produce it. What current powder do you find to be good for the 9mm with 115gr bullet?
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I've been using Ramshot True Blue - good accuracy and with those super fine grains it measures like water.
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Winchester 231, Unique, Universal, WST all work great in my 9mm with a 124 gr.cast.
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Thanks, yeah some powders are hard to come by still.
I like the idea of using something that meters good. That's the one thing I dislike about a lot of the large flake powders.
I did see where Ram shot Silhouette is the same as Winchester Action Pistol. Of course that doesn't mean I can find any!
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Power Pistol is my favorite, but hard to come by right now.
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Power Pistol. Good velocity, good accuracy, clean burning.
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Power Pistol. Good velocity, good accuracy, clean burning. You bet, combining power pistol with the 115 gr Barnes TAC-HP bullet at 1250 fps makes a very soft shooting yet effective defensive round in the little 9 mil. Gunner
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It's been a number of years since I reloaded 9mm ammo. Last time I believe I used Winchester Action Pistol powder with 115gr bullets, but they no longer produce it. What current powder do you find to be good for the 9mm with 115gr bullet?
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Mark Ramshot Silhouette is (or very close to) WAP.
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i have used all kinds of powders in 9mm, with heavy to light bullets. But generally Hp38 or 231 which is the same thing produces a clean burning load at about 1000fps plus or minus.
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titegroup here...watch for double charges, however!
Me and some buddies split an 8# jug a while ago. I think I've still got 2-3 pounds. You get somewhere around 1600 loads per pound...so I'm ok....for a while, but has anyone else notice how hungry handguns are?
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I like Power Pistol for carry.
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Yeah, 1600 rounds can vanish awfully fast.
I just started reloading 9mm again. After years of shooting department-issue .40 and .45 ammo in my autoloaders, I decided that it would make sense to switch back to 9mm for much of my competitive shooting. I intend to purchase a 9mm 1911 in the near future, which I will use for practice using the 1911 frame, then switch to 45 ACP for matches... my cost per round will be half the cost of 45.
I still have about 10 pounds of WAP, which is my go-to 9mm powder for 115 gr target (FMJ) loads. I didn't realize Silhouette was the same powder, that's good to know. AA#5 is another good powder in 9mm, more for 124-127 gr bullets than 115's in my experience.
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Man you think 9mm can vanish fast out of a pistol...I got one of those Sterling 9mm carbines for my little boy...like trying to feed a drug habit!!
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