BERRY'S MANUFACTURING - PLATED 9MM (0.356') BULLETS

They're Berry's Bullets... not much more to say. My go-to and have been using them for years... with nothing less than stellar results. Brownells delivers... and quickly! I appreciate both Brownells and Berrys companies.

Easy to load. Shoot clean no mess. Hit what you aim at.

I load these with 6.5 to 6.8 grains HS-6 with OAL of 1.140". I use a moderate case mouth flare and crimp from Lee pistol die set. This is middle of the spec for Lead Round Nose per the Hodgdon website. I've had no problems with the rounds in a Ruger SR9c. I've had no problems with barrel leading, dirty cases or blown out primers. I have loaded some of the polymer coated bullets and the Berry's plated have less issue with plating scraping off during reloading than the polymer have with that scraping off during reloading with the same amount of case mouth flare. Bonus for the purchase, the small plastic chest these bullets are packaged in are great mini ammo cans, fitting over 250 9mm or used as jumbo Altoids Tin survival container. Other people may throw the packaging away, but I've found great uses for it.

I got a box of these awhile back and finally got around to loading a few. Theyre no match bullet, the oal are off a .001-.002 , but good enough for handgun plinking. They load into cases without issue as long as you bell the mouth correctly. I use a Lee auto drum measure on top of the Lee powder thru expanding die, and that sets the perfect expansion in the case mouth. The bullet fits right in and seats no problem. Now Berrys has the Oal listed on their site as 1.130 and Im pretty sure thats their max. Because I was testing loads with Hodgdon Longshot at the 5.0 grain minimum and I started at 1.125 oal, and had no real pressures. Was enough to cycle my G17 and lock it back. But didnt have enough case obturation and got really dirty brass. And Ive took the Oal down to 1.115 with 5.1 grains Longshot and got a little cleaner cases but still dirty. No flat primers or pressure signs. Ive actually got some loads with 5.2 grains waiting to go back out and fire a few to see what I got. But I would definitely try and keep the Oal length of these bullets at/above 1.115 and if youre going with 1.15 work a load up. If anything just keep the length between 1.120-1.125 and you should be good as long as youre not starting with max loads. Be safe and work up loads.

If you weigh and measure a handful of these you will see that they are EXTREMELY consistent for plated bullets. If you need to load target or competition ammo in bulk, this is the way to go. Why waste money on jacketed bullets? You won't be disappointed with Berry's!