Home Forums Reloading Handgun Reloading I haven't reloaded for 9 MM in a long time....

I have a fair amount of top shelf factory 9 MM self defense ammo.... but after an online search for a friend who is new to handguns I discovered that premium 9 MM ammo is basically gone. In a fit of "I can't believe how much ammo has sold in the past few weeks" I spent 350.00 on various 124 and 147 hollow points....

I'll be loading on a Dillion 550 with Dillion dies. What I remember about reloading 9 MM is follow the OAL carefully and use "just enough" taper crimp.... then do the "plunk test" with the barrels you will be using them in. Am I missing anything?

I can shoot in the backyard so I can chase accuracy in addition to reliability easily.... (as long as load testing doesn't attract any zombies)

Use your knife...

You got it!

For no particular reason except to shoot, I just finished reloading about 500 rounds of 9's, Dillon XL650. Most with 115 wadcutters and about 50 147 HP's. Included about 200 38sp with 148 jacketed hollow points.

Just loaded 100 9mm and 100 .380 with Bayou Bullets. .38 wadcutters for snubbies tomorrow.

Bayou's quality seems high, the shooting will tell for sure.

What powder charge for the .380s and the .38 wadcutters did you use? I got a shipped notification from Bayou that my current order is on the way. Will soon be well stocked on .44 SWCs, .38/357 SWCs, .380 FPs, .38 wadcutters, and 9mm SWCs. Took advantage of their free shipping offer. That and no sales tax is hard to beat!

Henry, 3.0 gr of TiteGroup in the .380's with 95's. I haven't loaded any of these 138 gr WC's yet, likely will use 700X.

The .380s I have coming in are 105 gr. I would like to use Titegroup with them. I'm thinking that 3 gr should do well or do you think that would be a little too hot?

I have loaded their 138 gr .38 wadcutters with 3.5 gr Titegroup. Out of a snubbie barrel I averaged 765 FPS with a S&W M-36 and 831 FPS with a 4" S&W M-19. I wish they offered a heavier wadcutter, like a 148 gr. I tend to like heavy bullets.

I'm no expert on loading .380, but I'd start with less TG with 105's. 3.0 is Hodgdon's max for 100's and those are jacketed.

YMMV

What is the "plunk test"?

Paul

drop them in the barrels (auto pistols)

I bought loaded ammo checkers from Dillion before someone suggested just using the actual barrel I was planning to shoot the round in....

Checking in your own barrel is better. Really it's the only thing that counts; it doesn't matter if it fits some other gauge or not.

I have plenty of once fired 9 MM brass, but wanted to see if Starline had new brass in stock..... Nope just like in the bad old days.... if you need it they say it will be available again 4-10-20.... Apparently, I'm not the only one planning to load 9 MM.

I have about 1200 once fired cases and 3000 124 grain JHPs. The plan is to load all the cases, shoot them up, repeat until I'm out of components. Starting with a Reloader 7 load from the Lyman 5th Edition reloading manual. If that doesn't work, there are plenty of other powders.

LOL, I've been loading the heck out of the 9mm lately, from 90gr Lehigh Defenders, to 115gr XTP's to the big 125gr Barnes TAC-HP's, all with Power Pistol and Longshot powders, I use CCI-550 primers for no other reason than I like the hard face they have, also use the little Lee factory [taper] crimp die to close the mouths on the cases to .479 inch, that will give you the kerplunk all day long.

MagTech, WW, RP and Starline brass have shown no differences in velocities and accuracy at handgun CCW/SD ranges, it all runs well in the two P365 Sigs I have for Wife.

I try to load for each pistol. Seems like 9MM chambers are all over the place, The loads that work great in one suck in the other.

I don't match/target shoot anything, but with Wifes P365's, I can keep 15 rounds in 5-5.5 inches at 20 yards seated braced off a knee or back porch post, that's plenty good enough for me, plus, with mixed brass and bullets from 90 to 125 grains, i'll take it, those little bangers are hard enough to hang on to and shoot accurately.

Probably a typo, but Reloader 7 isn't a powder to use in 9mm.

That's a keeper! I disappoint myself regularly in my old age, still think I should shoot like I was younger.

Thanks, and yes Sir they are, I'm in the same boat Friend, I swear someone comes along each passing year and pours lead into my steel t post driver. ; ]