9mm 158 gn load

[koehn,jim]

I will not try to comment on good or bad on this idea, but if you want to resize the bullet why not buy a Lee push thru sizer for 9mm. They are not expensive and will do a uniform job every time.

[vmwerks]

I have successfully loaded 160gr hard cast in 9mm and it works just fine. Only real problem is it has a trajectory like a mortar, but again, it works just fine.

"Trajectory of a mortar" IMO isn't equal to working just fine. Unless throwing bullets at your feet was the goal...

[J-cat]

I will not try to comment on good or bad on this idea, but if you want to resize the bullet why not buy a Lee push thru sizer for 9mm. They are not expensive and will do a uniform job every time.

Because they may strip the thin copper plating.

[J-cat]

"Trajectory of a mortar" IMO isn't equal to working just fine. Unless throwing bullets at your feet was the goal...

I don't understand how a 158gr bullet going faster from a 9mm than from a 38 Special equates to having a trajectory like a mortar. I guess the 45 Colt and 44 Special are not working and have never worked just fine.

[vmwerks]

I don't understand how a 158gr bullet going faster from a 9mm than from a 38 Special equates to having a trajectory like a mortar. I guess the 45 Colt and 44 Special are not working and have never worked just fine.

Dunno - ask Geofflinder who said it originally

[GeoffLinder]

Dunno - ask Geofflinder who said it originally

What I mean is that it is't flat shooting to 50 yards like a 115-124gr is. A 147gr needs to be sighted at 50 yards or it will be several inches low at 50 yards. A 160gr initially sighted at 15-20 yards will be at least 4-5 inches low at 50 yards. When you are trying to hit steel plates at 4-6" diameter from 15-50 yards, this equates to a "trajectory like a mortar" COMPARED to 115-124gr 9mm loads which require no holdover whatsoever at 50 yards with a 15-20 yard initial zero (which is where I sight-in for USPSA style shooting).

Capiche' now?

When I first started USPSA shooting back in the late 80's I played around with a bunch of heavy bullet mousephart 9mm loads to try and get something soft shooting that had some authority on knocking down steel plates reliably. I eventually went to 124gr loads across the board for many reasons, one of which is how flat they shoot to distance compared to heavy bullets in the neener. It's a PITA to try and apply holdovers when you are engaging stuff at widely varying distances as fast as you possibly can.