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[saunderscc]

I just loaded up some 124 gr plated 9mm with Accurate #7 at 6.2 gr. and am anxious to hit the range and try them out. Too bad there aren't any late night ranges around here. :(

[sparky241]

I just loaded up some 124 gr plated 9mm with Accurate #7 at 6.2 gr. and am anxious to hit the range and try them out. Too bad there aren't any late night ranges around here. :(
is there a ghetto near you?:supergrin:

[saunderscc]

Why yes there is, good thing we don't have no serialized ammo like some states.

[ede]

i can test all the ammo i want any time i want by stepping outside. as a bonus late nite test sessions i think keep my low life inbred welfare living neighbors away, either that or the rottie and shepard.

[xtimberman]

saunderscc,

Good luck with that load......it wouldn't cycle the actions of a BHP or G-26. I was loading 124gr. Ranier PRNs; Win. brass; WSPs; 1.155" OAL; loaded with Acc.#7.

I started with your load and had to increase it a good bit to get it to reliably cycle the autos. I finally settled on 7.6gr. AA#7 which chrono'd ~1040fps ave. from the baby Glock.

I'm not recommending anything :) - just telling you what happened to me recently with the 6.2gr load. I haven't made my mind up about Acc.#7 yet - seems to be a great gunpowder for 9mm, but it's so fine-grained, it makes a terrible mess on the rotary shellplate of my progressive.

xtm

[RenoF250]

saunderscc,

Good luck with that load......it wouldn't cycle the actions of a BHP or G-26. I was loading 124gr. Ranier PRNs; Win. brass; WSPs; 1.155" OAL; loaded with Acc.#7.

I started with your load and had to increase it a good bit to get it to reliably cycle the autos. I finally settled on 7.6gr. AA#7 which chrono'd ~1040fps ave. from the baby Glock.

I'm not recommending anything :) - just telling you what happened to me recently with the 6.2gr load. I haven't made my mind up about Acc.#7 yet - seems to be a great gunpowder for 9mm, but it's so fine-grained, it makes a terrible mess on the rotary shellplate of my progressive.

xtm

How are you getting it on the shellplate? I have spilled some from forgetting to put the cap back on the powder measure or missing a primer but as long as I don't do that I only get a couple of pieces on the shellplate.

[xtimberman]

I'm not doing anything other than pulling the lever on the RCBS progressive. I never actually see any powder grains falling out at the powder drop station #3, but some of it does dribble down with each pull of the lever because of the small grain size. After I've loaded 500 rounds or so, there's a small accumulation of Acc. #7 all over and under the plate - and I have to disassemble everything for cleanup to prevent binding as the plate advances and as a safety concern with live primers around, and all....

I've never had this trouble with any other gunpowder - but everything else I've ever used had larger grains, flakes, or rods. Even Acc.#5 and Acc.#2 don't seem to have this problem.

One of my friends has noticed this when loading 9mm with Acc. #7 on his Dillon 550, so it's not just my equipment.

Acc.#7 seems to be a great powder choice for 9mm and .40, and I don't let this minor problem keep me from recommending its use.

xtm

[saunderscc]

I went today and ran through my load listed above and only had one fail to feed. Everything cycled. But after reading your post last night xtimberman, I did a separate set with the same OAL and bullets, but with 6.7 grains of AA#7. Everything worked great with this load as well. Plus as a bonus the guys in the lane next to me were shooting 9mm and didn't care about collecting brass so I swiped all their brass as well. Overall a good day!

[Tree Rat]

Good deal. You measure those bullets yet?

Your gonna like WSF in 9mm. Get back with me and I'll get you going on some real loads.


TR

[saunderscc]

The loads I was using with the WSF were 1.128".