Reloading 9mm

[Pinnacle]

I ordered and assortment of 9mm 40 and 45

The owner is going to send me a sampling of all of them to try.... So when they get here we will act surpised.

[xdyoungw]

I've not loaded my own 147's yet but have found the ones that I've tried to be very soft shooting with plenty of knock down power for steel.
Once I run out of the 125 grain zero's I'm running now I will try out some 147's.

How much of a difference do you see (from the 125 to the 147)as far as movement in the front sight?

One thing you hear people in USPSA talk about is wanting a fast slide. Is this more of feel or are they able to shoot fast the slide is cycling the next round?

[Keith]

I've not loaded my own 147's yet but have found the ones that I've tried to be very soft shooting with plenty of knock down power for steel.
Once I run out of the 125 grain zero's I'm running now I will try out some 147's.

How much of a difference do you see (from the 125 to the 147)as far as movement in the front sight?

One thing you hear people in USPSA talk about is wanting a fast slide. Is this more of feel or are they able to shoot fast the slide is cycling the next round?

It's been a while since I shot them side by side but would have to say that it wasn't so much a big change in front sight movement as it was an overall feel of recoil, for me. More of a push than a snap which I would think would make the front sight not move as much but I honestly couldn't say that I saw a big difference. The people running a faster load combined with a lighter recoil spring say they are putting up with a more violent recoil (for a 9MM ) but then the recoil doesn't last as long so the sights snap back on target faster. I think we're splitting hairs there and I'm not convinced. I think you'll just have to try both and see what you like.

I just happened to run across a pretty good deal on a pile of 125 JHP Zero's a few years ago so I decided to try them. Then I kind of got sidetracked in revolver division and haven't strayed from that very much for the last few years so I really haven't played around with different 9mm loads since then.

I did see that Ben was praising BBI 147's over on the Enos forum.

[Pinnacle]

For playing steel games I like the heavier bullet - for punching paper - anything works quite honestly. I think that the recoil or lack thereof of the 9mm is the main attraction for me for shooting fast, as far as slide speed - I shoot pretty fast and I have never "overshot" a Glock 9mm (trigger faster than the mechanism will support)

Like Keith said - it is like splittng hairs... As long as you make the Power Factor that you need - you will be fine.