I went to my range last Friday and shot pistols. After a lot of .22LR work with my iron sight G44 and my dot sight P322, I decided to shoot my P365 Macro Comp. I put a couple magazines each of my reloaded RMR Flat Nose and NUKE 135 gr Rounds. All were loaded with 4.2 gr N340. All NUKES had CCI 500 primers. The flat nose had mostly Win SP primers.
The weather was gorgeous…around 80 with a nice 10-15 breeze. Targets were freshly painted steel. First set was 8 rounds at 15 yards. Left target was FP rounds, right was NUKES. POA for the dot was centered at the neckline. All shots were standing off hand slow fire.
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At 15 yards, the eight NUKES all landed close enough for one single splatter, while the FP’s grouped great but not a one splatter group.
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I repainted the steel and went back to 25 yards. The results shifted a bit. I’m pointing to my POA on each target. NUKES are the top picture. At 25 yards I prefer the FP group, but I was kinda bucking the breeze for stability through most shots and I’m definitely NOT aerodynamic! (Top pics)**
Overall, I’m VERY happy with this bullet from RMR. I think I’ll stick with the 135’s and probably continue to load both FP’s and JHP’s for the foreseeable future.
One thing about RMR FMJ pistol bullets, their copper jackets are pretty heavy and thick…these are not plated bullets. I really like the truncated cone versions because if push comes to shove, I have no qualms about using them for a “woods” carry option or even any type of self defense scenario. I’m probably going to use these when I rotate ammo in my “just in case” loaded mags.
Another reason I like this combo, I load both the FMJ and JHP to the exact same load including powder amount and bullet seating depth, so switching loading them on the Dillon from one to another is seamless. Same with shooting them.
I do carry commercial JHP rounds, but the more I shoot these, the less inclined I am to worry about stocking thousands of Gold Dots or HST.
I just got mine too. I’ll piggyback on this thread. Shot into some jugs of water/freezer gel at no specific blend. They open up pretty well. As much as I hate 9mm’s weakness, the 135 gr is THE do all bullet for the caliber. It’s stays subsonic, but cycles better than the 147s which give sluggish slide speed. I load 135 SNS coated bullets at reduced velocities for Pappabear’s Atlas guns for his match shooting. It’s the perfect bullet weight. I plan to load the Nukes for Sub Gun defense ammo, not that the sub gun is my primary choice, but it’s a tool in the box.
I used to shoot coated bullets but when I found RMR for almost the same price I went with them and haven’t looked back.
I used to load RMR 147 FMJ FN and the 124 NUKE’s but when they started building a 135 NUKE I just transitioned to that for all. I definitely noticed I have much fewer case bulges when loading the lower end Eastern EURO brass.
I have a bunch of RMRs too in 40 cal. Precision Delta are also primo jacketed bullets priced good.
The first time I saw coated bullets I was like WTF? I’m not shooting that in my gun! I don’t even like plated very much. But now… thousands of rounds later, I love shooting them.
Coated bullets: almost nothing to lose and almost everything to gain.
-No direct contact with lead as you handle them.
-Presumably less lead in the gunsmoke. Not sure about that but it seems logical..
-In any case, less smoke. Conventionally lubed lead bullets are smokey,
-Just me in “some Chrono testing”, not a study: 20 FPS more, all other things being equal.
Now, there are a lot of different companies offering coated bullets. For all I know they are not all using the same stuff. I’m still a student here but some smell kinda OK or not at all, others smell like, “that’s not good for you.”
Not saying better than jacketed but….. FPS advantage goes to coated.
The “free” velocity is great. I loaded some 135 SNS coated for Pappabear’s match ammo. The power factor was safely high enough and the recoil was super low.
I first loaded them in 40 cal and I got spooked when they shot like 40 fps faster than factory ammo. I didn’t know they shoot faster and thought I was in dangerous pressure levels.
I’ve tried about 6 types of coated, and the SNS are probably the best. Blue Bullets are great too.
I have some brass monkey bullets that have a drywall like texture. They’re powder coated and shoot great, but some have finish boogers on them.
I shot some through my piece of shit Prodigy and they’re TOO soft. The gun has a hog barrel and is huge, but to me, something that soft is unfulfilling. There’s something about fighting a full power “duty” gun when training to fight that gives you a sense of delivery of force.
Some of the 9mm is so soft it’s like a video game gun.
