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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 1022012" data-attributes="member: 3099">I haven&#039;t tried any jacketed yet.&nbsp; WST acts like it&#039;s not going to work well going over 135 power factor at least with the lead.&nbsp; Winchester doesn&#039;t publish ANY 9mm data and I didn&#039;t see any at all on handloads.com either.&nbsp; Somebody told me that they bought a jug of it and couldn&#039;t find any data, so they called Hodgdon and they said not to use it at all for 9mm.&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/rolleyes.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />&nbsp; Also didn&#039;t see any jacketed loads over on Enos but there are a bunch of folks using it over there for lead.&nbsp; Seems it&#039;s a great backup for Solo 1000.&nbsp; You could probably use the 3.3 load for a hollow point as a starting point and work from there.&nbsp; I might try it some day with a jacketed because it&#039;s really clean burning.&nbsp; If you keep it in a mild load I don&#039;t anticipate any real problem but I don&#039;t think it&#039;s one to hot rod.&nbsp; Heck it might make a great subsonic load for a can.&nbsp; I get some very mild primer flow/flattening at the 3.6gr load but it plenty safe enough to use in my gun.&nbsp; I get zero flow/flattening at 3.3gr and the brass just kind of dribbles out the side.&nbsp; This is only a .3 grain difference and the brass flies a good bit further with the 3.6gr load.&nbsp; So I&#039;m leary to go jacketed at this point.&nbsp; I think Titegroup, WSF or AA#5 (if you want to push it hard) is the way to go or one of the VihtaVuori powders would probably be better.I like it mainly because it meters great, doesn&#039;t smoke much, it&#039;s pretty clean, reasonably priced and seems to always be available.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen some very consistent chrono numbers and I suspect that these are all in the same brand cases.&nbsp; That&#039;s something else I need to check.&nbsp; So far I&#039;ve not segregated by mfg.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 1022012, member: 3099"] I haven't tried any jacketed yet. WST acts like it's not going to work well going over 135 power factor at least with the lead. Winchester doesn't publish [B][I]ANY[/I][/B] 9mm data and I didn't see any at all on handloads.com either. Somebody told me that they bought a jug of it and couldn't find any data, so they called Hodgdon and they said not to use it at all for 9mm. :rolleyes: Also didn't see any jacketed loads over on Enos but there are a bunch of folks using it over there for lead. Seems it's a great backup for Solo 1000. You could probably use the 3.3 load for a hollow point as a starting point and work from there. I might try it some day with a jacketed because it's really clean burning. If you keep it in a mild load I don't anticipate any real problem but I don't think it's one to hot rod. Heck it might make a great subsonic load for a can. I get some very mild primer flow/flattening at the 3.6gr load but it plenty safe enough to use in my gun. I get zero flow/flattening at 3.3gr and the brass just kind of dribbles out the side. This is only a .3 grain difference and the brass flies a good bit further with the 3.6gr load. So I'm leary to go jacketed at this point. I think Titegroup, WSF or AA#5 (if you want to push it hard) is the way to go or one of the VihtaVuori powders would probably be better. I like it mainly because it meters great, doesn't smoke much, it's pretty clean, reasonably priced and seems to always be available. I've seen some very consistent chrono numbers and I suspect that these are all in the same brand cases. That's something else I need to check. So far I've not segregated by mfg. [/QUOTE]

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