Got out to the range today to try the new loads I worked up last night. Very, very disappointed.
I tried the most popular loads for target accuracy and they all performed worse than cheap Remington UMC from Walmart.
I don't know what is wrong with this pistol; I just cannot seem to get consistent accuracy out of it. Not sure if it's the trigger or what.
Bone stock I managed a 2 1/8" group at 25yds with a rest using Remington UMC 124gr FMJ...
After another 300 rounds through it and polishing the trigger, I shoot today and the same loads do noticeably worse...
Best group with reloads was 3 7/8" using 4.9gr of WSF and Hornady 115gr FMJ.
I also shot all reloads in the stock barrel and the Storm Lake barrel. Storm lake groups were noticeably worse, as they were with off-the-shelf ammo. Of course, I contacted Storm Lake about the noticeably worse performance and they pretty much didn't give a crap.
Same WSF load that performed the best with stock barrel was also the most accurate with the Storm Lake barrel, if you can call 4" at 25yds "accurate"...
Rest of the groups were from 4.5" to 6"+... Awful.
Loads tried all used the same Hornady 115gr FMJ .355 bullet.
Tried 4.0 and 4.3gr of Titegroup, 5.0gr of Unique, and the 4.9gr of WSF. Oddly enough, had two primers that failed. Used CCI 500s. I've had only one other primer fail to fire in the year I've been reloading and that was the CCI Large Pistol primer. No issue with the 550s and my .40 S&W loads. Neither of the failed primers would go after second and third strikes, either.
Thought maybe I was just having an off day; it happens. But then I got out my G29 and set the target at the 20yd mark and fired off this group...
So I don't know what to do next. Will probably order some 124gr bullets to see if I have better results. Not sure if I will go up to .356 diameter or not. Or maybe just bag the whole reloading for 9mm thing and just use cheap ammo from Wal-mart and not worry about it. Or get a G34 and hope it's more accurate.
I tried the most popular loads for target accuracy and they all performed worse than cheap Remington UMC from Walmart.
I don't know what is wrong with this pistol; I just cannot seem to get consistent accuracy out of it. Not sure if it's the trigger or what.
Bone stock I managed a 2 1/8" group at 25yds with a rest using Remington UMC 124gr FMJ...
After another 300 rounds through it and polishing the trigger, I shoot today and the same loads do noticeably worse...
Best group with reloads was 3 7/8" using 4.9gr of WSF and Hornady 115gr FMJ.
I also shot all reloads in the stock barrel and the Storm Lake barrel. Storm lake groups were noticeably worse, as they were with off-the-shelf ammo. Of course, I contacted Storm Lake about the noticeably worse performance and they pretty much didn't give a crap.
Same WSF load that performed the best with stock barrel was also the most accurate with the Storm Lake barrel, if you can call 4" at 25yds "accurate"...
Rest of the groups were from 4.5" to 6"+... Awful.
Loads tried all used the same Hornady 115gr FMJ .355 bullet.
Tried 4.0 and 4.3gr of Titegroup, 5.0gr of Unique, and the 4.9gr of WSF. Oddly enough, had two primers that failed. Used CCI 500s. I've had only one other primer fail to fire in the year I've been reloading and that was the CCI Large Pistol primer. No issue with the 550s and my .40 S&W loads. Neither of the failed primers would go after second and third strikes, either.
Thought maybe I was just having an off day; it happens. But then I got out my G29 and set the target at the 20yd mark and fired off this group...
So I don't know what to do next. Will probably order some 124gr bullets to see if I have better results. Not sure if I will go up to .356 diameter or not. Or maybe just bag the whole reloading for 9mm thing and just use cheap ammo from Wal-mart and not worry about it. Or get a G34 and hope it's more accurate.