I just setup my press and gathered all my components.I am using 9mm 115 gr TMJ bullets but cant find it in my lyman guide. I see a 115 Jacketed HP, and a 147 TMJ. I was wondering if I should use the weight, or the type of bullet? I was thinking of using the weight factor, but not sure how the OAL would effect it. Any suggestions?

tmj is for total metal jacket, same as a fmj full metal jacket.
115gr bullet loads are inerchangable unless the bullet is a lead cast bullet or some exotic metal.
I would reduce the load for the 115gr hp by 5% and work up a load.
Dave

First a hearty welcome!

As mentioned above, the weight factor and bullet types are close enough for you to go forward.

Okay cool thanks for the help,just loaded some rounds, going to try them out tomorrow.

As long as you aren't starting with loads listed as 'maximum', you should not experience a serious problem.

Your gun may not feed the rounds, or shoot them well, or eject them properly, but it shouldn't blow up.


George

I am also using cci small pistol primer magnums, it was all they had around my area. Will this be a problem? I am using titegroup. The recipe says to start with 4.0gr of titegroup with a max load of 4.5. I made my rounds with 4.3gr. Do you think this will be a problem?

They should work just fine.

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Originally posted by Oldtons:
I am also using cci small pistol primer magnums, it was all they had around my area. Will this be a problem? I am using titegroup. The recipe says to start with 4.0gr of titegroup with a max load of 4.5. I made my rounds with 4.3gr. Do you think this will be a problem?

You should be fine. There is no guarantee that your gun will like that load, however.

George

Thanks for all the help guys.

So I shot some of my reloads, I was very pleased with the results

Welcome to the bunch! Looks great to me!

Looks good!
Good advice here for you and everybody else.
Always start low and work up. Carefully!