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Load data question CFE w/h Berrys 9mm 115 grain flat point

MinerJohn

Hoarder of vintage gun parts.
I ended up with 3000 of these Berrys 9mm 115gr flat points in an estate purchase. My dillon 650 is already set up with CFE so I was hoping to find a decent recipe for these. I load my 115gr V-crowns and 115gr Gold Dot's at 5.7gr and 1.120 OAL and they perform extremely well. Always have. I started the Berrys at 5.0gr and 1.085 on the OAL. I had a couple that didn't eject properly and the top 1/4 of the case was black. I haven't found a lot of info on the flat points especially with CFE. There're probably better choices on powder, but CFE is what I have. Has anyone worked with the flat nose Berrys? Any input appreciated. Thank you.
 
No experience with those specific components, and no load data on Hodgdon's site specific to them either.

CFE Pistol has data for LRN from 4.9 to 5.4 grains, I would bump up .2-3 grains.
 
Sounds like you load of 5.0 is too light. Bump up some to around 5.2 to your 5.7 and see if they don't improve the loading and better burning of the powder and stop the soot.
 

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