Aloha everyone,
 This is goin to be my first time reloading a 9mm luger. i stopped by at WGS today and i bought a 1lb of Ramshot True Blue powder, 115 gr Hornady bullet and a CCI small primer. the old guy told me,its  from his book he showed me that the data im using is 4.8gr-5.0 gr max of 5.7 gr @ 993 fps velocity. can anybody comfirm this please.

i downloaded this load data from Ramshot.com but it seems like 115gr hornady is not on that list

another load data

So you are ready to load those shiny tumbled shells eh?

I can't help you with that specific powder, but I have a little experience with loading 9mm in many flavors.
My standing offer to assist beginners is still good.
If you don't have a buddy that already loads 9mm, you are welcomed to come over to my house and I can
give you a quick lesson on loading for the 9. Or I can drop by your place and check out your gear. Send me a PM if you want to do that.

For now, how about a little more info:

1- what make/ model gun?
2- what is the Hornady part# of the bullet?
3- what ammo have you been shooting up to now?
4- what loading press are you going to use?
5- have you ever reloaded any cartridge before?

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I am headed out to KHSC on Wed. 7/2 if you want to go shoot something.

im have a glock 34 and been using factory bullets. i will be reloading with Lee single press. for the hornady part # i will look at it when i get home and send u pm. thanks

i did reload 5 casing using this specs and see on friday.  115 gr hornady bullet,@ 5.2 gr ramshot true blue powder and COL of 1.100

i did reload 5 casing using this specs and see on friday.  115 gr hornady bullet,@ 5.2 gr ramshot true blue powder and COL of 1.100

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Did you use a taper crimp? Avoid the Lee final crimp die.
See my thread on the " xtp project" for some loading tips.

My observation was that ramshot data for the 115 grain bullets were closer to 6 grains.
You might want to try load a few with a higher charge. Maybe 5.7.

Were you da guy I was talking to at the range a couple weeks ago?
We spoke about the collapsing trigger on his g34.

maybe. after putting a competition spring on my g34. it jammed alot. but last saturday i did try and fired again with stock trigger spring everything works fine.

im using lee factory crimp die after i did the bullet seating die

im too new to realoding so im not goin to try to max yet. according to the old guy on WGS the max load i can put in is 5.7 gr. he did looked it up on his book

im using lee factory crimp die after i did the bullet seating die

Some fellas had problems with the FC die.

top picture is my overall length and the bottom picture is factory speer lawman

so oldfart, what do u suggest? dont use FC crimp die? just used my bullet seating as final step?

so oldfart, what do u suggest? dont use FC crimp die? just used my bullet seating as final step?

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Use what you got. See if it works.
I think some fellas had a problem with that FC die reducing the bullet diameter causing poor fit in the bore.
Accuracy was affected. In extreme cases it could cause tumbling in flight.
Low power loads could aggravate the problem by not upsetting the bullet enough to fill the bore.
But if it works for you, then no worries. When you test fire, look for scattered shots and oblong holes in the paper.

thanks. i will try it out on friday since it is my holiday off. i will also try to load some 5.5 gr to see and compare to 5.2gr

I use a spare sizing die to taper crimp the 9mm. But you gotta know what you doing.  If you you use some of the crimp dies they tend to overdo it. 

dumb question. is that taper crimp die same as factory crimp die from Lee?

dumb question. is that taper crimp die same as factory crimp die from Lee?

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Absolutely not a dumb question.
No, FC die is not the same as a taper crimp die at all.

i finished 98 rounds of new reload. 49 rd of 5.2 gr of powder and 49 rd of 5.5 gr. will try it on friday. i have 2 bobos. seems like the casing was over flared and the bullet was push down too much.

btw each round was carefully metered and weigh to those specific grain. thats why took me that long.