Hi all, first I have been enjoying this Forum, there is a lot of great information here and the community seems so willing to give great straight forward feedback. My wife and I shoot between 400 - 500 rounds of 9mm each weekend. We love to shoot and can literally step out on our back pouch and shoot. Our guns that we shoot mostly are a Beretta 92FS, SIG P 320, and a little with our carry guns S&W 2.0 and Beretta Nano.
I purchased a Lee Breech Lock Auto Pro with auto case feeder, bullet feeder, powder measure and Primer feeder. I do have scale and calipers. I have tons of brass mainly Remington that we saved. And Lyman reloading manual.
From my reading I plan on using 124 GR RN projectiles. Either copper plated and/or FMJ. Still trying to find them with the current shortages from the huge buy up.
I have done plenty of reloading for shot shells but never for hand gun. I am a stickler on safety and taking my time to do the job right, as to why I want to get the most info I can.
I have read so much I think I am now confused. I understand the plink test. On to my questions.
1. Do I want to make a round (no primer or powder) and find the max. Length that will work in both full size guns and best in the two carry guns? Meaning longer is better?
2. What type of powder should I start with and where should I start on load size?
3. After I see how they fire in my guns what adjustments should I make? Assuming they eject well, how should I tweak?
4. If I find projectiles is there any reason I can’t use flat nose or hollow point?
5. Finally is there anything I didn’t ask that I should have?
Again, This is only for plinking at home. Thank you for reading.
I purchased a Lee Breech Lock Auto Pro with auto case feeder, bullet feeder, powder measure and Primer feeder. I do have scale and calipers. I have tons of brass mainly Remington that we saved. And Lyman reloading manual.
From my reading I plan on using 124 GR RN projectiles. Either copper plated and/or FMJ. Still trying to find them with the current shortages from the huge buy up.
I have done plenty of reloading for shot shells but never for hand gun. I am a stickler on safety and taking my time to do the job right, as to why I want to get the most info I can.
I have read so much I think I am now confused. I understand the plink test. On to my questions.
1. Do I want to make a round (no primer or powder) and find the max. Length that will work in both full size guns and best in the two carry guns? Meaning longer is better?
2. What type of powder should I start with and where should I start on load size?
3. After I see how they fire in my guns what adjustments should I make? Assuming they eject well, how should I tweak?
4. If I find projectiles is there any reason I can’t use flat nose or hollow point?
5. Finally is there anything I didn’t ask that I should have?
Again, This is only for plinking at home. Thank you for reading.