Loading 9x18 Mak

[mrappe]

I bought the gun back in the 90's and haven't shot it in several years. I also bought RCBS dies, brass and a lot of Hornady XTP 95gn hollowpoint bullets but never loaded any. I thought I might load some and try out.
Any suggestions as to powder etc. I looked at the Hogdon loading data on the net and I do have some Universal powder which they show a range of 3.6 to 4.0 grns but I don’t know if some other powders are better.
Thanks

Thanks

 

[Charley]

Most any medium burn rate powder will work fine. I use Unique in my 9x18 loads.

 

[mrappe]

I use Unique in my .45 Colt. The only thing is that it does not burn very clean in those loads. How is it in the Mak?

 

[motorcarman]

I have searched the interweb for load data and I also tried heavy .380 Auto and light 9X19 load data.

I tried to find 9X18 brass years ago and just started trimming 9X19 brass (because it is cheap and plentiful), then resizing with Lee dies.
The trimmed/resized 9X19 works fine.

I bought bulk steel cased 9X18 but that is disposable cases for the times I don't pick up my fired cases.

I will look in my printouts of 9X18 load data to see the few different powder/loads I came up with.

 

[mrappe]

I tried to seat some of the Hornady XTP bullets and unused starline brass that I had bought years ago and it appears that the RCBS die sized the brass down too much so that when the bullets are seated the cases have a slight bulge where the bullet is. Also, the top edge of the brass does not appear to have any crimp and sticks out slightly.

 

[robertc1024]

9x18 bullets are a different diameter than 9x19.

 

[motorcarman]

My Hornady handload manual (8th Edition) has a listing and recommendations for the 9X18 Makarov round.
The usual powders are 700X, HP-38, W231,Unique etc. They only list the 95 gr. bullet but I cast some LRN 115 gr. .365 or .366.

Info on the makarov.com site
https://www.makarov.com/mak04.html

 

[satx78247]

My Hornady handload manual (8th Edition) has a listing and recommendations for the 9X18 Makarov round.
The usual powders are 700X, HP-38, W231,Unique etc. They only list the 95 gr. bullet but I cast some LRN 115 gr. .365 or .366.

Info on the makarov.com site
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https://www.makarov.com/mak04.html

motorcarman,

Could I buy a FEW DOZEN of the .366LRN cast bullets from you??
(I want to experiment with some small to medium game loads for/in my 9.3x62mm pump rifle & would rather NOT have to buy molds for that caliber in 9x18mm, in case the "experiment" doesn't work out.)

yours, satx