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9mm Parabellum Standard Loads

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Loads Taken from popular reloaders manuals. Tested in 4" barrel.

Reduce these loads by 10% and then work your way up.

Hodgdon Powder Company

Bullet	Type	Powder	Grains	Velocity	Pressure
90gr	JHP	HS6	8.2	1419	28,900
90gr	JHP	Universal	5.5	1266	30,100
90gr	JHP	HP38	5.8	1349	30,100
100gr	FMJ	HS6	7.5	1313	26,600
100gr	FMJ	Universal	5.3	1212	31,500
100gr	FMJ	HP38	6.0	1282	28,400
115gr	JHP	HS6	7.0	1234	29,400
115gr	JHP	Universal	5.0	1149	31,200
115gr	JHP	Clays	3.9	1095	32,600
115gr	JHP	HP38	5.1	1167	28,100
124gr	FMJ	HS6	6.8	1169	27,100
124gr	FMJ	Universal	4.9	1118	30,600
124gr	FMJ	Clays	3.7	1056	32,500
124gr	FMJ	HP38	4.8	1088	28,800
130gr	FMJ	HS6	6.6	1090	26,900
130gr	FMJ	Universal	4.7	1058	30,400
130gr	FMJ	HP38	4.6	1050	28,200
147gr	JHP	HS6	6.0	973	32,700
147gr	JHP	Universal	3.7	851	26,000

Winchester/Olin

Bullet	Type	Powder	Grains	Velocity	Pressure
95gr	FMJ	231	5.1	1235	32,600
95gr	FMJ	540	7.1	1245	33,100
95gr	FMJ	571	8.3	1290	33,200
95gr	FMJ	WSL	4.8	1195	32,700
95gr	FMJ	WAP	6.4	1285	33,000
114gr	LRN	231	4.2	1115	32,500
114gr	LRN	540	6.2	1125	33,000
114gr	LRN	WSL	4.1	1050	32,700
114gr	LRN	WAP	5.7	1160	33,200
115gr	FMJ	231	4.9	1135	32,600
115gr	FMJ	540	6.7	1135	33,400
115gr	FMJ	571	7.6	1180	33,000
115gr	FMJ	WSL	4.6	1075	33,200
115gr	FMJ	WSF	5.7	1195	31,900
115gr	FMJ	WAP	6.0	1155	33,100
115gr	JHP	231	4.8	1120	32,100
115gr	JHP	540	6.6	1130	33,400
115gr	JHP	571	7.7	1185	32,900
115gr	JHP	WSL	4.5	1105	33,600
115gr	JHP	WSF	5.7	1165	32,100
115gr	JHP	WAP	5.8	1150	33,200
124gr	LRN	231	4.0	1035	32,900
124gr	LRN	540	5.7	1050	33,500
124gr	LRN	WSL	3.8	985	33,500
124gr	LRN	WSF	4.7	1055	27,300
124gr	LRN	WAP	5.1	1080	33,200
124gr	FMJ	231	4.5	1060	32,700
124gr	FMJ	540	6.1	1065	32,900
124gr	FMJ	571	7.5	1125	32,900
124gr	FMJ	WSL	4.1	1025	32,600
124gr	FMJ	WSF	5.3	1115	32,700
124gr	FMJ	WAP	5.6	1105	33,300
147gr	LFP	231	3.5	905	32,100
147gr	LFP	540	5.0	925	32,500
147gr	LFP	571	5.9	970	32,700
147gr	LFP	WSF	4.1	965	32,800
147gr	LFP	WAP	4.7	985	33,100
147gr	FMJ	540	5.1	890	33,300
147gr	FMJ	571	6.0	960	33,000
147gr	FMJ	WSF	4.3	950	32,300

Bullet Descriptions

FMJ	Full Metal Jacket
JHP	Jacketed Hollow Point
JSP	Jacketed Soft Point
LFP	Lead Flat Point
LRN	Lead Nose Round
WC	Wad Cutter
FPJ	Full Plated Jacket
HSP	Hollow Soft Point
JSWC	Jacketed Semi-Wad Cutter
SWC	Lead Semi-Wad Cutter

All loads are presented as maximum loads.

Reduce these loads by 10% and then work your way up.

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