9MM

[Creeker]

Been shooting the 9 a bit. I'm mighty green with autos but so far so good. I cast the Saeco 928 bullet which I use in my 38 revolvers. I'm told it's a 38 Super bullet & it certainly works for the 9. Any way I loaded several in the 9 case with 3.5 grains of Promo. They shoot well enough to learn the platform I'm shooting. While out today I fired one into a railroad tie. Dug deeper than I thought it might.





The bullet.

 

[Brad]

Good looking bullet. Sure looks like a 9 mm friendly design to me.

I have 8 pounds of Promo but I haven't used any yet. It will be used in 9 mm and 38 specials in time. The price was right and being able to use Red Dot data makes it attractive.

 

[Creeker]

I'm using it in 38 Special & 45 ACP also. Plus 30-30 & 45 Colt. Like you I found it on sale for 68.00 if memory serves & purchased 32 pounds.

 

[freebullet]

3.6 gr of red dot is one of my mainstays for 9mm under several bullet designs. That saeco looks a lot like the mp359-125 no groove mold. It's a splendid 9mm, 38, & even 357 mag boolit.

I've tested up to 4gr without issue. Bet that would make a deeper hole.

 

[Brad]

At that price I woulda bought 32 pounds too! I was happy with mine at 98 bucks.
8 pounds sure loads a bunch of handgun cartridges.

 

[Creeker]

I purchased the powder maybe 5 years ago along with a bunch of primers.

I'll check the MP bullet out.

 

[Pistolero]

Lee 356-120-TC works very well for me in that cartridge. Set LOA so the front corner
of the meplat hits he curve of the nose of a std ball cartridge. I size .357 or .358, mostly
.358 now since I added a P-38 with a fat barrel to the stable of 9mms.

RR ties are hard oak, can't push an ordinary handgun boolit very deep in that stuff. "Old
Ironsides" first showed this about 200 yrs ago.

 

[358156hp]

I'm using it in 38 Special & 45 ACP also. Plus 30-30 & 45 Colt. Like you I found it on sale for 68.00 if memory serves & purchased 32 pounds.

Gee Lynn, it's about double that now out here.

 

[Creeker]

Glad I purchased it when I did. Buddies thought I was crazy but now with Bullseye & Unique hard to find I'm getting by pretty good with this stuff.

 

[358156hp]

I just bought an 8 pounder myself. It was $129.00, which was a bargain these days. I prefer Red Dot to most of the faster powders, so I didn't hesitate at all. The big name stuff is almost $50.00 more in my area.