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Marksman
- Sep 2, 2008
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Okay, here is the scenario. I am reloading some 9mm ammo to fire in my Lone Wolf conversion barrel (23 > 9) and trying out some XTP 124 grain bullets. I did not find a specific recipe for the XTP, so I figured that the data I found for 124 Gold Dot HP (GDHP) would suffice. It suggests 5.8 grains of Unique at 1.12 OAL. (This is listed as 1180 fps)
So here is my dilemma. The 1.120 is too long to chamber in the LWD barrel. I would need to reduce the length to about 1.000 to fit the same as the regular round nosed bullets. I checked several other commercial loads, some as long as 1.12, but because of the bullet shape (ogive?) they fit fine. The XTP seems to have the straight sides that extend further along than all the others. So I assume that it is loaded at a shorter OAL?
So can I just reduce the OAL without adjusting the charge? Has anyone loaded XTP bullets and had this issue, and if so, how did you adjust?
I know that I can send the barrel into LWD along with some dummy ammo and they will ream out the chamber to fit, but I am not going that far. If I cannot safely get the XTP to work, I will just use another bullet, and save the XTP stuff for another pistol.
Suggestions / comments / experience ?
Thanks!
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GB!
So here is my dilemma. The 1.120 is too long to chamber in the LWD barrel. I would need to reduce the length to about 1.000 to fit the same as the regular round nosed bullets. I checked several other commercial loads, some as long as 1.12, but because of the bullet shape (ogive?) they fit fine. The XTP seems to have the straight sides that extend further along than all the others. So I assume that it is loaded at a shorter OAL?
So can I just reduce the OAL without adjusting the charge? Has anyone loaded XTP bullets and had this issue, and if so, how did you adjust?
I know that I can send the barrel into LWD along with some dummy ammo and they will ream out the chamber to fit, but I am not going that far. If I cannot safely get the XTP to work, I will just use another bullet, and save the XTP stuff for another pistol.
Suggestions / comments / experience ?
Thanks!
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GB!