Reloading data for Berry's Bullets

Warning Shot · May 29, 2013

FYI........the Hodgdon/IMR/Winchester reloading data center web site http://www.hodgdon.com/index.html now lists reloading data for several calibers of Berry's plated bullets. The abbreviation for Berry's Bullets on their site is BERB.

Up until now, about the only printed guidance on powder charges for plated bullets was "use data for lead bullets".

Charles · May 29, 2013

Good info, thank you.

SpeedyCotton · May 29, 2013

Very much appreciated, thank you.

MoneyShot1972 · May 29, 2013

Is the load data different for Berrys plated bullets vs other plated bullets? I just figure that a 124gr plated bullet would have the same load data no matter the manufacturer. Is this not the case?

WNC Seabee · May 29, 2013

this will come in very handy! Thanks for the heads up.

Warning Shot · May 29, 2013

MoneyShot1972 said:
Is the load data different for Berrys plated bullets vs other plated bullets? I just figure that a 124gr plated bullet would have the same load data no matter the manufacturer. Is this not the case?

That's a good question. Up until now, I've only used Rainier plated bullets. Last week, Cabelas online had a good supply of .40 caliber Berry's so I ordered a couple of boxes. Like I did with the Rainier bullets, I'm going to start working up a load for the Berry's in small batches of low loads (like ~4.7 grains of W231) and work upward using my chronograph, noting cycling of all three of my .40 S&W pistols, watching for signs of pressure, etc.

MoneyShot1972 · May 29, 2013

Ok. I gotcha. The reason I asked is I have been loading Berrys 124grn plated round nose. 4.5 grns unique yields 950 to 1000 fps. It's a light load but cycles all my 9mms just fine. Just wanted to be sure I wasn't doing something wrong.

Hunter · May 29, 2013

That is great information, thank you.

Slacker · May 29, 2013

I wonder how much berrys paid them to put that data in the chart.
I've always used under max but above lead. Shot many 1000's of 124 berrys over titegroup. 4.2 gr has always worked well for me.

kc9acx86 · Jan 26, 2023

is ok to shoot these in a glock in 45 acp

Reloading data for Berry's Bullets

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