Power Pistol powder for the 9mm

[AG166]

I picked up some Power Pistol Powder today to try out for my 9mm and cannot find any recipes for a 115gr copper plated round nose. Does anyone shoot a 115gr copper plated round nose from Berry's using Power Pistol Powder? I've searched some books and loading data but cannot locate a specific load for this.
Any info would be great.

[sargenv]

Copper plated data uses the same data as lead bullets. It is not a hard a bullet as jacketed.

[tujungatoes]

When loading plated bullets we have found best results using low- to mid-range jacketed data in the load manual. You must use data for a bullet that has the same weight and profile as the one you are loading. Do not exceed mid-range loads. Do not use magnum loads.

I use PP with plated bullets in my 9mm steyr loads. Shoots real nice. Given the smaller internal volume of the 9mm luger, You're probably going to want to start at about 4.8grn and max out around 5.7-6.0grn. Just my $.02

-toes

[AG166]

Perfect, I was going to start at 10% less than what the Lyman Book says or right about 4.9 or 5 grains. Thanks for the info!

[Bill Steele]

My lee book puts 6.2gr of PP as the start load with a 1.21 OAL with 115 gr. jacketed bullets.

4.8gr seems like a safe place to start, but I wouldn't load a bunch up at 4.8gr as it might not cycle your gun properly.