Berry's 124 grain HBRN 9mm

[garryc]

I've been loading since 1982. In that time I have loaded a good bit of 9mm. Always I go with 124 grain bullets, and I have tried most of them. The load is always 4.4 grains of 231.

Today I loaded 120 rounds of Berry's 124 grain HBRN. Same powder and charge with Sellor and Bellot SP primers. Easily the most accurate 9mm I have ever fired either reloads or factory. That in my P250 sig sub compact, My Taurus PT92 and my Ruger P95.

 

[FrankenMauser]

The Berry's HBRN bullets work great in almost anything.

They really shine in firearms with oversize barrel dimensions.

That's how I got started with them: 100 gr HBRNs in a Taurus .380 that had an oval bore with .358" x .359" groove dimensions, at the muzzle, and there was a loose spot that was well beyond .360" just forward of the chamber. (Not a bulge - that's how Taurus manufactured it!)

 

[Nick_C_S]

W231/124gn is certainly a good load combination (I'm happy at 4.2gn). And Berry's make fine bullets. So no surprise here with your results. Load away.

 

[hartcreek]

I use the 115s for some guys and for others the 124s. My Star Model B works just fine on 105 trunicated cones that I cast from a Lee mold. YOu have to use what works for individual guns. My chiropractors Glock....I think a 19 and his brothers run just fine with the 115s and Green Dot 4.2-4.4 or HS6 6.7 grains.

 

[serf 'rett]

My target load, with Berry's 124 HBRNTP, is 4.0 grains of W-231; however, I get even better accuracy with 5.2 grains of Power Pistol (along with a tad more "thump").

 

[garryc]

I might try another powder but I had bought two 8 pound kegs of 231 some years ago. I went through one and am on the second so maybe in 4 years or so I'll give something else a try. Of course I use it in 9mm, 38 special and 45 acp and all those charges run 4.4 to 5.3 grains so it kind of takes a while when a keg puts out 11,000 + rounds. Until then no need to mess with success.

Funny thing is when I bought it I think it was $55 a keg. Now I see it going for $150.

 

[Nick_C_S]

I might try another powder but I had bought two 8 pound kegs of 231 some years ago. Until then no need to mess with success.

Exactly. No need to mess with success. 124gn/W231 is a great combination that'll serve you well.

The only reason to move to a slower, more potent powder, is if you have a need to add another 100 f/s to your ammo for some reason.

Being "stuck" with two 8Lb kegs of Winchester 231. . . the kind of "problem" countless loaders wish they had.