Does this sound right?

[cbass]

My Father-in-Law was going to teach me about reloading last summer--unfortunately he passed away in the spring. I have decided to begin reloading as a tribute to him.

I am using a lee classic loader to do my reloading of 9mm. I was looking at the dipper chart and the powders available in my area. I came up with using the .5cc dipper to dip 4.5g of IMR-SR4756 behind a 115g LRN bullet.

Does this sound right? Would the charge need to change if I used a 125g LRN bullet?

Thanks in advance for your responses!

 

[Cheesewhiz]

4.5gr of SR4756 would be a mid power load for 9mm in a 115gr lead bullet. It would probably be close to max for a 124gr. 9mm is different than many other rounds, it doesn't have a large case, so loads should be checked by weight and not dipper volume. It is easy and dangerous to get to bad pressure levels. Be careful with 9mm loads, blowing up a gun may not just hurt the gun.

 

[Snake45]

That load sounds about right to me. I used to shoot I think it was 7 grains of SR4756 in .45ACP. I shot a LOT of SR4756 before I discovered that WW231 (AKA HP38) would do the same job with less powder, burned much cleaner, and was cheaper to boot. :wink:

 

[Lost Sheep]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your Father-in-Law. Please accept my condolences.

Lee put together their loading kit and single dipper in the kit with their charts very carefully to assemble safe loads if you follow their directions precisely.

Having said that, if you want to be more flexible with your loading, scale, a press, and a regular set of dies will make the production MUCH more flexible. Faster and quieter, too. (The mallet you use with the Lee kit is NOISY).

Lost Sheep

 

[DeletedMember275]

I started out reloading the exact same way back in 1976 - a Lee Loader for 9mm. It didn't take me very long to decide that I needed a real reloading press and dies. I haven't stopped buying reloading equipment since!

As Lost Sheep said, a press and dies make your reloading much more flexible, and greatly increase your rate of production. I still own a few Lee Loaders and I even use one on occasion, but there are much better ways to skin this particular cat.

 

[sourdough44]

Back in the day I loaded up some 9mm with IMR-4756. I had some cycling issues with mid power loads. Once I went to a faster powder all was well. I now use Titegroup & H Universal with the 9mm.

I did start out with the dippers, but you should really have a scale to double check your work. A regular 'beam' type scale is fine, low cost & just check it with a known weight once in a while. A light bullet works as a 'check weight'.