PepNYC
Well-Known Member
Well my first big mess up as a rookie reloader. (I think ) Just glad I realized it. May not be huge but let's see. You guys tell me.
I was reloading some 9mm and I planned on using horandy 115 fmj so I looked up the load data for my Power Pistol and here were the min/max charges for my manuals and on Alliant's website.
I went with Lyman @ 5.9gr
Lee- no data for power pistol (115 gr)
Lyman - min 5.9gr/max 6.5
Hornady - min 4.8gr/max 6.7gr
Alliant's website only has one charge listed for 115gr projectiles and it's a Speer 115gr GDHP which I wasn't using. 6.7gr was what they had.
Here's the problem. I grabbed my RMR 124gr FMJ projectiles from the bin by accident and used the 115gr load data. Here's what that looks like for Power Pistol with a 124gr projectile.
Lee - again no load data for Power Pistol (124gr) but did have 125gr min 6.0/max 6.6gr. Not sure if 1gr makes a huge deal.
Lyman min 5.1gr/max 5.7gr
Hornady - min 4.3gr/max 5.7gr
Alliant's website again only one charge weight using 124grSpeer GDHP 6.4gr
If I can use the Lee data for a 125gr I'm good. Not sure if that 1gr heavier projectile is a huge deal.
I'm 2 tenths over according to Lyman and Hornady.
I'm good according to Alliant's website if the bullet type doesn't matter but the weight is the same.
Again, I'm at 5.9gr Power Pistol with a 124gr projectile. Do you recommend I pull the bullets and adjust the load or is it safe to proceed to the range?
I was reloading some 9mm and I planned on using horandy 115 fmj so I looked up the load data for my Power Pistol and here were the min/max charges for my manuals and on Alliant's website.
I went with Lyman @ 5.9gr
Lee- no data for power pistol (115 gr)
Lyman - min 5.9gr/max 6.5
Hornady - min 4.8gr/max 6.7gr
Alliant's website only has one charge listed for 115gr projectiles and it's a Speer 115gr GDHP which I wasn't using. 6.7gr was what they had.
Here's the problem. I grabbed my RMR 124gr FMJ projectiles from the bin by accident and used the 115gr load data. Here's what that looks like for Power Pistol with a 124gr projectile.
Lee - again no load data for Power Pistol (124gr) but did have 125gr min 6.0/max 6.6gr. Not sure if 1gr makes a huge deal.
Lyman min 5.1gr/max 5.7gr
Hornady - min 4.3gr/max 5.7gr
Alliant's website again only one charge weight using 124grSpeer GDHP 6.4gr
If I can use the Lee data for a 125gr I'm good. Not sure if that 1gr heavier projectile is a huge deal.
I'm 2 tenths over according to Lyman and Hornady.
I'm good according to Alliant's website if the bullet type doesn't matter but the weight is the same.
Again, I'm at 5.9gr Power Pistol with a 124gr projectile. Do you recommend I pull the bullets and adjust the load or is it safe to proceed to the range?
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