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1/19/2011 5:23:42 AM EDT
16" barrel, 1/10 twist, 115 or 125 gr FMJ

Should I be looking at faster burning powders like Bullseye, Red Dot, TiteGroup

or slower like BlueDot, AA No. 7 etc

I want velocity, but I would be worried that slow burners would push back the bolt to soon, since the 9mm AR has no locking lugs.

Thoughts?
1/19/2011 5:28:27 AM EDT
[#1]
I shoot 124 gr jacketed bullets at ~ 1200 FPS.  Relatively close to the last NATO 9mm vel data I had on hand.  Same load my Glocks really like.

I use Universal Clays and Win 231 and occasionally WST.
1/19/2011 5:58:45 AM EDT
[#2]
I guess those are up there on the faster end...

Does your bolt lock back after the last round?  Using a standard or heavy buffer?
1/19/2011 6:46:27 AM EDT
[#3]
I don't load anything but 147 grain cast bullets, but I have used 231 with good results and I am really liking WST. My load is subsonic and I shoot it out to 250 yards at man-sized steel.

Here is a similar thread from a few days ago:

Anyone load for a 9mm AR

jonblack
1/19/2011 9:20:55 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
I don't load anything but 147 grain cast bullets, but I have used 231 with good results and I am really liking WST. My load is subsonic and I shoot it out to 250 yards at man-sized steel.

Here is a similar thread from a few days ago:

Anyone load for a 9mm AR

jonblack


Thanks, my search fu is weak.
1/19/2011 11:01:53 AM EDT
[#5]
Commercial loads for 9mm tend to be a bit overdone-you'll get a lot more velocity out of a 16" barrel than from a 4" barrel with the same load.  I wouldn't tinker with powder selection unless I had a full-out ballistics lab that included precise chamber pressure measurement capabilities.
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