Recommend me some optimum 9mm Powders

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I currently have some Red Dot, Blue Dot, Bullseye, Alliant 2400, and Win 296/H110. I have 6k 124 gr 9mm Jacketed bullets on order and dont have enough Bullseye to load them all. I Want to place an order for powder when I find it available and wondered what you guys use. Feel free to leave complete recepes and your favorite loads.

I know the 2400 and 296/H110 are magnum powders but they meter very well and something similar would be great.

For what its worth, they will be fired in a Beretta 92A1, Sig P226R, a handful of Glocks and possibly a 9mm Carbine.

I will be using mixed brass with CCI500 primers until the CCIs are gone, then switch to Federal Small Magnum #200 primers (with load development).
 
7.8g AA#7 with 124's, around 1200 fps and very, very accurate...very fine powder that throws in the powder measure very accurately.

AA#7 burns very clean!!!
 
power pistol works amazing. its a bit loud, but cycles flawlessly in several pistols and a couple carbines i've tested it in (ruger LC9, hipoint carbine, 7.5" ar-9, 16" ar-9, buddy's glock)
 
I have used Unique before in both .45 Auto and 9mm, I quit buying it because it was extremely dirty. Worse than Bullseye. That was powder from the old cylindrical cardboard bottles though, back when it was still labeled Hercules. Anybody know if its a cleaner blend now?
 
I just ran some 9mm subsonic tests with HS6. My dad had plenty and he uses it for 45acp. I downloaded for subs with 147gr bullets. Worked for me.

TC
 
Hate to do it with the availability of powders and their cost but it looks like im gonna start with a few different types and try them before I order 16 lbs of what I like.
 
Older manuals give a lot more powder selections than the new
manuals. For instance, I'm getting low on Power Pistol and
haven't been able to find any. I have Green Shot and heard it
could be used for 9mm. Using a DuckDuckGo search, I found the
following site:

http://www.castpics.net/LoadData/Freebies/default.html

The 2003 Alliant manual has loads for your 125gr bullets. Other
older powder manuals probably have other powders listed as
well. I would not start with maximum loads though.
 
I've used Unique, CFE Pistol, Blue Dot, HS-6 and will start trying HS-7 shortly since I have about 16lbs of it. All of them have worked just fine for practice ammo with both cast and jacketed bullets.
 
Originally Posted By: masshunterYou can go on line to Alliant and Hodgdon and get data for free.

I realize that, I also have about a dozen manuals too. I'm looking for info on what everyones preference is based on experience, not necessarily load data. Basically want to know where $400 is best spent when I order powder
 
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