I found a box of 115g plated x-treme bullets in the garage so I took the time to load them up with 6.0g of No 5
http://www.xtremebullets.com/9mm-115-RN ... -b0500.htm The site charges $39.95/500. I don't think I paid that much at the reloading store.
No 5 Powder: min 5.3g 1,001fps //max 6.3g 1,148fps 34,200cup 1.100 OAL
No 5 is near the faster end of Accurate products but less than Bullseye. I used a Norinco 213 and Sig P938. Surprisingly, the Norinco did not care for this at all and it has, until now, cycled all sorts of Russian crap, lacquered cases, and soft lead.
The Sig churned through it with a few FTE at the end and I imagine this was due to fouling after several 100 rounds. Impact to sight was interesting and I liked what it did. Straight arm, just glancing over the slide was dead on at 7ish yards. Holding the front/rear sights level it hit consistently about an inch above. Sure beats covering the target with the sight and hope you hit it.
Back to the bullets. No issues tearing the plating while loading. No crazy morphed-out seconds like you might see in bulk boxes. I need to write the price on stuff so I can factor cost for future buying. They must have been fairly cheap or I wouldn't have gotten them.
Re: X-treme plated 9mm
2I've shot some 1500 of those and 500 of their 124 grains plus several hundred of their .38 148 WC - oh and their .223 55 grains but those are jackets. No complaints, all function well and are very precise.
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3Agreed Viking. I shot a few thousand of the 115gr versions before switching to the 147's. I did a write up on the different plated brands a couple of years ago, the xtreme's are just fine, and you can push them pretty hot with no issues.
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4I got a box of xtreme 230 Gr 45 ACP. I paid 60 some dollars for it.
I haven't shot any yet but I loaded up 100 and I didn't notice any issues.
I haven't shot any yet but I loaded up 100 and I didn't notice any issues.
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5Oh. And here's the write up I did on a few different vendors, including Xtremes.
http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/phpBB3 ... ilit=berry
http://www.theliberalgunclub.com/phpBB3 ... ilit=berry