9 mm problems
- Thread starter Glaciers
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Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Don't get hung up on the chronograph. Spend more time finding accurate loads...................then chronograph them. Never started separating 9 mm brass, till I got a carbine. Now, I separate for accuracy/consistency reasons. Never had to check brass length, let alone trim. Been reloading the 9 mm, since the mid 70's. Learned by reading and trial and error. There wasn't any internet.
The second cartridge I learned to reload, was 9 mm. First, was 38/357 magnum. I've loaded a whole host of different headstamps. Very few I won't reload. S&B is frowned on, on the other forum. I have no issues with it and have reloaded the same brass up to 15 times, before scrapping. I shoot more 9 mm than any other cartridge...............I own a half dozen of them. All are semiautomatics, therefore hungry, all the time. Never chronographed a single load. I have access to a Shooting crony and Lab Radar. I let the gun and target speak.
The second cartridge I learned to reload, was 9 mm. First, was 38/357 magnum. I've loaded a whole host of different headstamps. Very few I won't reload. S&B is frowned on, on the other forum. I have no issues with it and have reloaded the same brass up to 15 times, before scrapping. I shoot more 9 mm than any other cartridge...............I own a half dozen of them. All are semiautomatics, therefore hungry, all the time. Never chronographed a single load. I have access to a Shooting crony and Lab Radar. I let the gun and target speak.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Having never worked with the 9mm or any other rimless semi auto before, combined with the crap and I mean crap ammo I've been trying to repair has left me wondering. So I just know that starting out with good components will probably get the job done.
Loading for the 38 in the 70's was my second cartridge right after the after the 30-06 in the sixties. Always been a wheel gun, lever and bolt fan. Gas guns just did not appeal to me.
Tried the Colt 45 ACP's a couple of times, then, and currently and just couldn't make it work. Couple of the 9's were the same way for me. What changed was I picked up a Berreta 92. Like hammer guns, period. I could shoot it and actually hit something. What a change from pistols that were for me, we're just for emptying brass and magazines.
So I'm going to enjoy this pistol and get the loading worked out. This group has been very helpful, along with reading back threads.
Now if I could just find a 45 semi I could do the same with. I like the 45 ACP. Guess I'll just stick to Smith model 1950
Loading for the 38 in the 70's was my second cartridge right after the after the 30-06 in the sixties. Always been a wheel gun, lever and bolt fan. Gas guns just did not appeal to me.
Tried the Colt 45 ACP's a couple of times, then, and currently and just couldn't make it work. Couple of the 9's were the same way for me. What changed was I picked up a Berreta 92. Like hammer guns, period. I could shoot it and actually hit something. What a change from pistols that were for me, we're just for emptying brass and magazines.
So I'm going to enjoy this pistol and get the loading worked out. This group has been very helpful, along with reading back threads.
Now if I could just find a 45 semi I could do the same with. I like the 45 ACP. Guess I'll just stick to Smith model 1950
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Only have one semi auto with exposed hammer........... Browning High Power. All the rest are DOA, sans a hammer. All operate just like a DA revolver................just manipulate the trigger. I'm not a SA fan, only own a few, the majority of my handguns are DA. Why limit ones self to SA only, when DA gives you both options? IMO, a carry piece should never have a hammer, to get hung up on anything. DAO, for me. YMMV.
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
I don't consider the Berreta a concealed gun, just a little to big. It will be carried in a open carry holster. For concealed I carry a SP 101 in my back pocket. I'm liken the Ruger Security 9 so far, don't own one yet but there light and slim. I believe that or something similar would work for carrying concealed. The Ruger has 2 things I like so far, affordable and I can shoot it fairly well. Get to practice with my BIL's pistol.
I got in the habit of using the chronograph trying to straighten out this crappie ammo. It was informative for changes I was making, more for my getting used to loading this little cartridge. My chronograph sits on a tripod already setup just inside the side door to my shop, so it simple to carry it out 30 feet to place it. Don't even have to open the tripod legs or adjust anything. I'll probably use it a couple of times when I get a chance to develop new loads, after that it will just stay in the shop. Hopefully I can get loads together for testing this weekend. Should be powder coating tonight.
I got in the habit of using the chronograph trying to straighten out this crappie ammo. It was informative for changes I was making, more for my getting used to loading this little cartridge. My chronograph sits on a tripod already setup just inside the side door to my shop, so it simple to carry it out 30 feet to place it. Don't even have to open the tripod legs or adjust anything. I'll probably use it a couple of times when I get a chance to develop new loads, after that it will just stay in the shop. Hopefully I can get loads together for testing this weekend. Should be powder coating tonight.