bear creek 124gr recipe

[biogenic]

Just got some 124gr bear creeks and want to reload with hp38. The label inside the box indicates to use slower burning powders like h110 for loads exceeding 1000fps...

Can anyone share their loads using the above ?

[CalTeacher]

Is this for 9mm? Ifbso, then h110 isn't exactly what you want to use.

While I don't use hp38, I do use 4.0-4.2 gr of universal clays for my 124gr cast boolits.

[biogenic]

Is this for 9mm? Ifbso, then h110 isn't exactly what you want to use.

While I don't use hp38, I do use 4.0-4.2 gr of universal clays for my 124gr cast boolits.

It's 9mm. The h110 was just a recommendation inside the box.

[CGT80]

start at 3.8 and work your way up. I ran 3.8 or 231 under a bear creek 125 tcfp bullet in my XD. It was a very soft load. You may need more powder to cycle your gun as mine has had 30k rounds put through it so far. I used this load for competition and didn't need to meet a minimum power factor where I shoot. hp38 and win 231 are the same powder. h-110/win 296 are not for 9mm. You can get well above 1000 fps with 231-hp38. For plinking, bear creek is OK and cheap. For competition, I have settled on Montana Gold Jacketed bullets.

[Bill Steele]

The H110 recommendation was probably an error. About the slowest powder I load for 9mm in that weight range is Longshot. W231/HP-38 will work well for those loads. As CGT80 suggested, start at 3.8gr and work up using a max of 4.4gr and a minimum OAL of 1.125" (this is right out of the Hodgdon data).

http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

Good luck, have fun.

[lpspinner]

Red Dot or Accurate #5 would be good options as well.

[HighLander51]

I run 124 Bear Creeks on top of 4.0 grains of TiteGroup at 1.155" overall length.

[pigman]

3.8gr HP38 @ 1.110" works in all 9mm's I shoot

[Gryff]

FWIW, be careful if you use the Bear Creek 125 gr. round nose bullets. I found that they need to be seated deeper than normal to chamber reliably. Didn't have this problem with the 125 gr. taper cone flat point bullets from BC, though