9mm load 125g lead 700X

[jarhead jim]

Hey all, just came across a couple boxes of reloads I did up a few years ago and the powder amount written on the box was 4.2grains. Seems a little high for this load. Anyone use this powder and load in this amount? Don't want to have to pull 400 bullets. And don't want to shoot it to find out yet either. Help!

Jim

 

[Kramer]

I used to use 3.9 of 700x with 125 lead. 4.2 I used under a 180 lead for the 40 S&W.

 

[TheColtCollector]

Honestly I’d just shoot it out of my subguns and not care

 

[ole442]

Holy moly......JJ!

Good to see you post. Hope all is well.

Have a great Christmas.

Sorry, I know nothing about re-loading!

OLE442

 

[jarhead jim]

Holy moly......JJ!

Good to see you post. Hope all is well.

Have a great Christmas.

Sorry, I know nothing about re-loading!

OLE442

Lol! Howdy stranger! Back at ya.

 

[jarhead jim]

Shot the 4.2 grain loads and they shot fine, hot but fine. Primer strike mark showed some bulging but primer wasn't flattened. 1150 fps. Dropped to 3.5 grains and primer strike looked tamer. 3.5 grains got 950 fps. Prob go with that. Still gonna shoot the rest of the 4.2, feel safer now. Cheers!

Jim

 

[Strangeranger]

FWIW Lyman shows 3.7 700X as the max load with a 120 gr. LRN

 

[strobro32]

JJ! Glad to hear from you.