I purchased a couple of lbs of BE-86 a while ago as the LGS was out of all the handgun powder I usually use. I wasn't out but do like to stock pile and this one had been consistently on their shelves for quite some time but I'd been just too lazy to work up loads for yet another powder.
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Initial report is : Impressed.
Conditions: Sunny 68°f, no wind. Relative humidity: 20%
I fired from a rest at 15 yards distance through a Chrony Alpha Master set 3 yards from the muzzle.
I started off with the Glock, which I think might have been a mistake to do without gloves (been doing some landscaping around the house and my hands are already kind of beat up!) as even the minimum charge was fairly brutal (although satisfying).
I also left my target printouts sitting on the printer and was forced to make liberal use of .357 caliber tape.
10mm (Glock 29 - short 10 round mag only):
First group:
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worst group:
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The .45ACP's were potent but still very comfortable to shoot and nicely accurate.
.45ACP (Taurus PT1911):
Typical grouping for this load set:
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On a side note - the max loads exhibited no pressure signs of any sort in any of the loads and produced better results than even some over-max loads that I had tested a while back with both BlueDot and Power Pistol.
Initial report is : Impressed.
Conditions: Sunny 68°f, no wind. Relative humidity: 20%
I fired from a rest at 15 yards distance through a Chrony Alpha Master set 3 yards from the muzzle.
I started off with the Glock, which I think might have been a mistake to do without gloves (been doing some landscaping around the house and my hands are already kind of beat up!) as even the minimum charge was fairly brutal (although satisfying).
I also left my target printouts sitting on the printer and was forced to make liberal use of .357 caliber tape.
10mm (Glock 29 - short 10 round mag only):
| Quantity | Bullet Wt. | Bullet Type | Powder Wt. | Powder Type | Primer | Case | OAL | Notes | FPS AVG | SD | Total | Energy |
| 10 | 155gr | Hornady JHP | 8.3 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate | 1170 | 7.68 | ||
| 10 | 155gr | Hornady JHP | 8.8 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate | 1250 | 12.36 | ||
| 10 | 155gr | Hornady JHP | 9.3 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate | 1322 | 11.72 | ||
| 10 | 155gr | Hornady JHP | 9.7 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Very salty. Still clean. Accuracy suffered - maybe as a result of flinch or fatigue | 1393 | 10.24 | 668 | |
| 10 | 180gr | Hornady JHP | 7.9 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate | 1170 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 180gr | Hornady JHP | 8.2 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate | 1200 | 6.16 | ||
| 10 | 180gr | Hornady JHP | 8.5 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | Starline | 1.250 | Salty. Clean burning. Accurate - point of diminishing returns? | 1215 | 11.09 | 590 |
worst group:
The .45ACP's were potent but still very comfortable to shoot and nicely accurate.
.45ACP (Taurus PT1911):
| Quantity | Bullet Wt. | Bullet Type | Powder Wt. | Powder Type | Primer | Case | OAL | Notes | FPS AVG | SD |
| 10 | 185 gr | Nosler JHP | 7.5 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | mixed | 1.220 | Accurate, comfortable. | 1007 | 13.85 |
| 10 | 185 gr | Nosler JHP | 7.9 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | mixed | 1.220 | 1079 | 17.05 | |
| 10 | 185 gr | Nosler JHP | 8.3 gr | BE-86 | WLPM | mixed | 1.220 | 1117 | 23.23 |
Typical grouping for this load set:
On a side note - the max loads exhibited no pressure signs of any sort in any of the loads and produced better results than even some over-max loads that I had tested a while back with both BlueDot and Power Pistol.
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