I spent the day reloading my first ammo today. Took the reloading class at Profire back in early January and just recently acquired all the components to reload my own 9mm. I used mixed brass I have saved up over time and have several cases already resized, deprimed, and new primers installed while I tried to get my hands on some bullets. I picked up some HS-6 from profire a couple weeks ago and got some Xtreme plated 124gn RN bullets yesterday.
Looking at the Hogdon load data for 125gn lead bullets it said to start at 5.9gns with a max of 6.6gn. Since I was using plated I decided to start at 6.1gn. I loaded 54 cases, 9 each of 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6. I loaded 9 because thats the magizine size of my gun. I then headed to the range and fired them to see how they worked and which mixture was best for my gun.
Here are the results (I am not a sharp shooter)
6.1gn
6.2gn
6.3gn
6.4gn
6.5gn
6.6gn
This was a pretty cool process. Amazing to see how the bullets performed at different grains as Andrew taught in the class. You can see at 6.1 and 6.6 that the group is spread quite a bit from hi to low. While I hit the bullseye more with 6.3, I decided the best load for my gun was 6.4 as the group was the tightest.
After doing this process I decided the most difficult part of reloading is getting the powder measure set to charge the correct amount of powder for your loads. Its not bad once you find the charge for your loads as you can set it and load all day, but when you testing and trying to change it every 9 rounds its a pain.
Anyway, thought I would share and maybe some other noob to reloading will find this helpful in the future.
Looking at the Hogdon load data for 125gn lead bullets it said to start at 5.9gns with a max of 6.6gn. Since I was using plated I decided to start at 6.1gn. I loaded 54 cases, 9 each of 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, and 6.6. I loaded 9 because thats the magizine size of my gun. I then headed to the range and fired them to see how they worked and which mixture was best for my gun.
Here are the results (I am not a sharp shooter)
6.1gn
6.2gn
6.3gn
6.4gn
6.5gn
6.6gn
This was a pretty cool process. Amazing to see how the bullets performed at different grains as Andrew taught in the class. You can see at 6.1 and 6.6 that the group is spread quite a bit from hi to low. While I hit the bullseye more with 6.3, I decided the best load for my gun was 6.4 as the group was the tightest.
After doing this process I decided the most difficult part of reloading is getting the powder measure set to charge the correct amount of powder for your loads. Its not bad once you find the charge for your loads as you can set it and load all day, but when you testing and trying to change it every 9 rounds its a pain.
Anyway, thought I would share and maybe some other noob to reloading will find this helpful in the future.