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josh29j

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My plan is to buy a hornady lnl progressive. I plan to start out with 9mm. I was going to use win 231. But not sure which bullet to go with.plated? Fmj? Or coated lead? Looking for some cost savings but not the biggest factor. The plated says it's max is 1200fps. Any advice or suggestions are welcome. Thanks
 
I always load plated bullets as if they were hard cast, not gas checked, but just good quality cast bullets. They will lead if pushed very fast. If you want cheap shooting just get some good cast bullets and load 2 1/2 gr. of Bullseye powder. Don`t look through your barrel as it will look full of ashes, but they will not affect accuracy and the next bullet will clean them out and leave a fresh new coating. This load with any 9mm bullet will be well below 1.200 fps. and if it does not cycle your action could be increased, but for cheap and accurate it will be hard to beat.
 
I saw some precision delta fmj for fairly cheap. My only question is the base of the bullet is concave or shallow..its not flat. Kinda like a small counterbore. Does that effect load data or no?
 
Im reloading 9mm with everglades jacketed bullets, 3.X grains of titegroup amd cci 500 primers, comes out to about $6.50 per box. So long as you dont have polygonal rifling you can run lead, youll want to bell the mouth a little (if you didnt already know that). Really its up to you, and what you are shooting them through. The progressive should handle it.
 
I've switched to Coated Bullets and am very happy. No leading in the barrel, very clean and they shoot great. I've loaded 125, 135 and 147s. I'm liking the 135s and 147 for accuracy.

At 15 yards they print one ragged hole.

I'm using Vhita Vhouri N320 for all my loading now. Relatively clean. I'm shooting a revolver so I'm loading long. 1.160 average OAL.

Look up COATED Bullets on the internet. There are a variety of producers.

Eggleston Munitions has the most colors. Blue Bullet, Bayou Bullets and SNS are the ones I use.

I change colors to reflect what my load is. Makes it easy to see what I'm shooting.
 
I've mentioned this before as it's my very favorite 9mm load.
It's a 147 grain truncated cone bullet, either lead or plated - oversized at .357, using either Hodgdon Clays or 231, loaded to around 1050 f/s.
This round seems to be outstandingly accurate in any 9mm tried.
And, if loaded correctly, feeds well, with easy cleanup.
 
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