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5.8gns CFE Pistol
CCI #500
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Finishing up the last 50 rounds today.
5.8gns CFE Pistol
CCI #500
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Nice Cody!!!
Love me some Gold Dots!!
Hell yeah!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wes Sage
You get any 124gr in yet?
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Nice bud. I use CFE pistol as well. [emoji41][emoji106]Sent from my SM-N910V using TapatalkQuote:
Originally Posted by CodySPowell
Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Guns4545
Yup, CFE Pistol has been my go-to powder for 9mm. I've got some AA#2 that I'll be playing with as well.
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Nice! I've really been liking Alliant BE-86 the past year. Still using CFE Pistol for my .45 loads. I've previously loaded up thousands of Gold Dots in 9mm using Ramshot Silhouette, worked great as it gets good velocities.
Try Power pistol as well. I use it for my 124gr Gold dots in plus P. I found it was needed for my short barrels. Wasn't getting the proper expansion.Quote:
Originally Posted by CodySPowell
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^Exactly why I like the BE-86, it's very similar to Power Pistol without the flash! I used to use PP until I discovered BE-86... Just my .02, YMMV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guns4545
Cool! I only have two 9mm's, my 92FS and a S&W M&P 2.0 compact. The 92 eats everything happily, the S&W is a bit more picky. Have to load some of my target 9mm a little warmer for the S&W.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guns4545
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Good to know! Always a good idea to have options when reloading! [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare
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I got that to mark. I may try it, though the flash isn't as bad as I thought.Sent from my SM-N910V using TapatalkQuote:
Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare
This is from Paul at Alliant, when asked about the 'new' (at that time) BE-86 powder, perhaps it'll be helpful here:
I added the bold part in his quote as I believe it applies to this Gold Dot thread discussion...Quote:
I am glad to see you have stumbled onto some of the BE-86 we began shipping into distribution recently. Sorry to take so long to get it to market, but we have been under siege demand wise for all of our existing products in both OEM and canister markets that marketing didn't want to prioritize this new product (for canister). We will continue to get some out as we can, so if you ask for it, those orders should pull through.
I am very confident you will really like this powder. It is the same magic formulation as Bullseye(R) and Power Pistol(R), and virtually the exact geometry of Power Pistol. It is a little faster burning that Power Pistol though, and very similar to Unique(R), burn speed wise.
As you mentioned, we have added flash suppressant to this product to moderate the flash response, whereas we do not for Power Pistol. BE-86(TM) is a high energy propellant though, so do not expect it to be flashless. The FS added moderates what would be maybe a basketball or bushel basket size bloom for a stout load of Power Pistol down to more like a baseball or cueball.
I find it very acceptable from the shooter's position, and we have several OEM's that use this material for duty applications.
So to summarize, the "so what" on BE-86 is that it has the outstanding ballistics and ignitability of the BE series powders, in Unique burnrate, with great metering characteristics, with FS to moderate the flash bloom.
We worked up a good amount of data for this powder, but if we have left any applications out that you think might be interesting, send a message in through our "ask the expert" on our website, www.alliantpowder.com
Thank you for your interest in our new pistol powder BE-86.
Shoot well,
Paul
No matter what powder you use, load 'em up and enjoy!
Thanks Mark. Heck I'll give BE-86 a shot as well as I have some on the shelve.[emoji41][emoji106]Sent from my SM-N910V using TapatalkQuote:
Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare
Sweet! Great info, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare
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Just found out today that Speer publishes their data online, so here's a link to their 115gr 9mm data, which covers the GD bullet:
https://www.speer-ammo.com/downloads...__115_rev1.pdf
Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing that one!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkDisciplinare