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Powder Valley had both VV 3N37 and 3N38 last time I looked.

I just picked some of each up. Unfortunately the 4 pounders of 3N38 were gone so I had to do 1 pounders. I got a few pounds of N105 too for mid range 44 mag loads. I heard all these powders are single base so I'll see how my powder coated cast bullets hold up long term in these.

I put some of my coated bullets in a cup of Longshot and after only a few months you can see the coating fading and getting a bit tacky. I'm thinking it's the nitro glycerine in the double based powders. Looking forward to repeating the test with the Finnish stuff. I'd like to be able to have ammo loaded with my pc cast bullets that will hold up for years in storage.

Bb

I agree, I got into 9mm because it was once cheap and plentiful. Actually has not been that long ago, that it still was. Anyway it's not now. But, I handload , so not in deep crap as far as ammo goes.

Some where I have the last Sierra manual that had both rifle and handgun data. They had a 115 gr Unique load that was a grain higher than any one else.


Judging by feel, it was hot!.

Ain't near what you want, and it's so old this is all the 9mm data.

AL-120? There's a blast from the past.

Not sure jow old the datra is but I bought the book in the late 80s early
90s.
Somewhere here I have a real old Lyman book.
It's cool. Bunch of old stuff in it.

The last few years I was loading 124g xtps at 1200-1220 fps using Longshot or BE-86. I bought a bunch of RMR 124 hps the last year or two as well. This spring I hope to really dial in a load with those up in te 1220 fps range too.

RMR just released some more 115g JHPs and say they should be over 1150 fps to ensure expansion too. It should be fairly easy to get the 115s to 1300 fps plus at +p pressure as well. I plan on to pick up some of the 115s from rmr best time I order some of their great .224 69g bthps.

I love rmr and the fact that you can get jhps for around 11 cents each means I'll rarely load fmj 9mm and probably won't be casting 9mm bullets as long as RMR keeps on keeping on. I've finally got VV 3N37 and 3N38 on hand and several others so when it warms I'll work on finding all around loads for RMR 124 jhps around 1200 fps and 115 jhps around 1300 fps.

Once I find the loads I'll spend some time on the progressive filling ammo cans. I also keep their 147g match winner flat nose fmjs on hand for subsonic loads, loads I want to penetrate well, and I'm even using them in my 350 legend AR. I also need to finish finding my all around 223 load with the rmr 69g bthp.

Bb

Want test +p data, look 9x21