9mm 124 gr Gold Dot Question

[kstone803]

So I got 1000 gold dot pulls from gunbroker and am going to begin loading them for my stash purposes but I had a question. I currently only have Bullseye powder and my speer manual lists them as a max velocity of around 1080. To really get true performance out of them do I need to push them to the 1200 fps that most +p is rated at? These shot fine with the bullseye and ran fine thru my gun when I loaded up 20 test rounds. Just wanted to know if it would be smart to wait til I could get some different powder to load them hotter since these will be my reserves if the world ends and dolphins learn to walk on land.

 

[lx1x]

Use the max per speer manual... unless the walking dolphins have lasers then you need bigger gun.

 

[kstone803]

Use the max per speer manual... unless the walking dolphins have lasers then you need bigger gun.

But the max with bullseye is 4.4 gr @ 1059 fps and max for HS-7 is 8.9 gr @ 1249. Do I need the extra 200 fps to get proper expansion/penetration out of the bullets? The loaded gold dots are listed at 1220 from the factory according to Midway.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/88...r-p-124-grain-jacketed-hollow-point-box-of-20

 

[Pinecone]

The higher the velocity the better the expansion.

If you are making these for SHTF, I would want the extra 200 fps.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

The Gold Dots will kill walking dolphins just fine at 1080 fps. If you want more velocity, just hang tight until you find the powder. You can try shooting into a water jug to see what expansion you get.

 

[Kinbote]

You can load them and shoot them with Bullseye, but it is something of a waste to deploy a premium bullet in such a manner. Get some cast 124 gr lead or some cheap plated bullets and load them with Bulls; use HS-7 or VVO3N37 and load the Gold Dots to 1250fps.

Most of the premium bullets are designed for optimal performance within a specific velocity window, and using them outside those parameters markedly reduces performance.