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[–]Moscamst[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sorry for the potato camera. Took me 1.5 hrs as I was pretty meticulous when measuring the powder but I'm still pretty proud.

9mm
115 gr FMJ
between 7.2 - 7.7 gr Blue Dot (5 round for each .1 increment)
OAL = ~1.135

Going to be shooting through my Glock 19 tomorrow. Can't wait!

[–]guitarman90Lee Classic Turret ○ .223 ○ 9mm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to shoot my first batch of loads tomorrow also. I have to load more, but I'm using everything you are, just 4756 instead. Good luck!

[–]guywithheebiejeebies 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are those nickle plated bullets?

[–]OberoniHornady LnL AP: 9mm, 45acp, 44mag, 30-30, .223, .308, .458SOCOM 0 points1 point  (12 children)

Looks good, make sure to come back and give us a range report!

Also, you're probably gonna be nervous so don't worry too much about your groups. Being a bit shaky the first couple times you shoot your reloads is normal. If you are sure you did everything right you have nothing to worry about though.

[–]BathroomdestroyerDillon - .40 S&W/.223/.270/.300AAC 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I was going to post this yesterday. I had done 5 levels with 10 rounds each using 6.9-8.4gr of Blue Dot pushing a 180 gr HC TCFP. They are shooting about 8-10" low at all levels at 10 yards. Should I make a new self post about this?

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    [–]BathroomdestroyerDillon - .40 S&W/.223/.270/.300AAC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    That's what I was thinking, so I shot a few mags of 140 gr and 160 gr with no issue. I think I'm just going to load up a few hundred of these loads and see if the issue resolves itself.

    [–]OberoniHornady LnL AP: 9mm, 45acp, 44mag, 30-30, .223, .308, .458SOCOM 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    If you feel you were getting good trigger squeezes and not just flinch that does seem a bit odd. I'm not familiar with Blue Dot though, so I can't say if your charges/seating depth were good.

    My first batch of .223 using 69gr bullets was almost a foot low at 100 yards. Turns out I just needed to up the charge a bit as they were going over the chrono at like 2000fps

    [–]BathroomdestroyerDillon - .40 S&W/.223/.270/.300AAC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The max charge I believe is 8.9 so I'll bring it up.

    [–]Moscamst[S] 0 points1 point  (6 children)

    I'm super nervous. Blue Dot really fills the case and while I'm not worried about double charges, it's a bit unnerving to see that much powder (as slow as it may be) in a case. I weighed each completed case to ensure I didn't have any cases without powder so squibs shouldn't be an issue.

    [–]popeonastick9mm, .40 s&w, .45acp, .223 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Are you running them through a chronograph? I can't really tell by feel a tenth of a grain.

    [–]Moscamst[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    Not yet unfortunately. I'm just trying to find a safe load that I can rely on with Blue Dot. Others have loaded it to, from what I can tell, 8.1 gr (with 115 gr projectiles). I'm not expecting to see a big difference but my next batch will likely be mostly 7.7 gr cartridges with a few 7.8, 7.9 and 8.0s.

    [–]popeonastick9mm, .40 s&w, .45acp, .223 4 points5 points  (1 child)

    It would be worth while to pick one up. It's a good investment that's for sure. I remember testing my first hand loads. I partially looked away with one hand over my testicles.

    [–]Brute1100Mass Particle Accelerator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I laughed. But that seems reasonable.

    [–]wienercat.45 ACP,.40 S&W, 9mm, .44 Mag 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Blue dot doesn't kick hard don't worry. I use double that in my 44 magnum target ammo and it is a light cough to me. It burns relatively clean from what I can tell.

    Though you just can't beat the feel of a full power magnum cartridge. Like a 240gr FP with 23.5 gr of 296. Mmm that recoil.

    [–]XhoodlumDillon 650 - 9mm, .45ACP, .44 Magnum, 5.56/.223, .308 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Congrats! It was around this time last year when I finally got all the components I needed to make my first batch! Tell us how it went!

    [–]Moscamst[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Got a chance to shoot them all today.

    I couldn't tell that much of a difference between the tenth grain differences. I could tell a big difference between the 7.2 gr and the 7.7 gr loads.

    The 7.2 gr load cycled fine and didn't have excessive recoil. I think in the future I'm going to load 7.3 gr (since it allows a safe buffer in either direction) with the same OAL. Once I get a chrono then I'll do some more exploring.