Frustrated!!!
Posted: September 28th, 2011, 1:40 am
So, I have been recording my reload information on paper as the last time I recorded it, it was on my laptop which crapped out on me several months ago. I lost all my data and have had to rely on the sticky labels on my boxes to help me out.
In the process I ran across some 9mm Luger ammo that said it has 124 grain Montana Gold FMJ bullets in them. Said 6.5 grains of Power Pistol. I thought it seemed high from my memory. I had shot up half the box of 50 as it was and remembered they were a bit stout compared to some other 9mm ammo I had.
Anyway, I saw I had 50 more of those bullets and had some empty brass so I decided to reload some and got to looking in my Hornady manual. 5.7 grains is the max of Power Pistol listed for a 124 grain bullet. Same thing in Lyman. My other load manuals are old and would be of no help as they wouldn't list Power Pistol as an option. Thinking I got it from Alliant, I looked in my little book from them... Power Pistol isn't even listed for 124, but it is for 115 and 147 grain bullets. So, thinking I had an idiot moment when I reloaded them last year, I pulled the bullets out of the remaining 25 rounds and salvaged the powder. I then reloaded them for 5.5 grains of Power Pistol and also loaded the other 50 cases that I had prepared.
I got to looking on Alliant's website tonight and on the website they show 6.4 grains of Power Pistol for a 124 grain bullet. However, their online PDF is the same as my paper copy, it does not list Power Pistol for the 124 grain bullet. So, I am just frustrated 1- with Alliant and their crappy publication, 2- for having re-reloaded those rounds, and 3- reloading info is so sporadic. Often times Hornady says one thing, Lyman says another, and the powder manufacturers say yet another. Who do you believe? Does it really matter?
Just venting... thanks for reading if you made it this far.
In the process I ran across some 9mm Luger ammo that said it has 124 grain Montana Gold FMJ bullets in them. Said 6.5 grains of Power Pistol. I thought it seemed high from my memory. I had shot up half the box of 50 as it was and remembered they were a bit stout compared to some other 9mm ammo I had.
Anyway, I saw I had 50 more of those bullets and had some empty brass so I decided to reload some and got to looking in my Hornady manual. 5.7 grains is the max of Power Pistol listed for a 124 grain bullet. Same thing in Lyman. My other load manuals are old and would be of no help as they wouldn't list Power Pistol as an option. Thinking I got it from Alliant, I looked in my little book from them... Power Pistol isn't even listed for 124, but it is for 115 and 147 grain bullets. So, thinking I had an idiot moment when I reloaded them last year, I pulled the bullets out of the remaining 25 rounds and salvaged the powder. I then reloaded them for 5.5 grains of Power Pistol and also loaded the other 50 cases that I had prepared.
I got to looking on Alliant's website tonight and on the website they show 6.4 grains of Power Pistol for a 124 grain bullet. However, their online PDF is the same as my paper copy, it does not list Power Pistol for the 124 grain bullet. So, I am just frustrated 1- with Alliant and their crappy publication, 2- for having re-reloaded those rounds, and 3- reloading info is so sporadic. Often times Hornady says one thing, Lyman says another, and the powder manufacturers say yet another. Who do you believe? Does it really matter?
Just venting... thanks for reading if you made it this far.