The first rounds were way too light and wouldn't work the slide. bumped up the charge and it does function now. Power Pistol is better. The data is done by bullet brand and weight but the loads are all over the place. Oh well I can use it!!  Craig

Well I went to the range this morning and all the snow fell in their parking lot. Got in talked to the owner who was shoveling snow and he didn't think they would be open today as their air system wouldn't start. I am to call this afternoon if I ant to shoot but the roads are so bad it will take a warm day to fix the roads. Craig

Need to spend some time in MN Craig, you?d love our roads 😀

Hey Ken, I am from way upstate New York. No one down here knows what real snow is!! I would say we would get 3 to 4 feet and it didn't go away for 4 months. MN I have heard cam really get some though. Craig

Got a question. I have been using some different powders as Power Pistol is not available anywhere, The problem with these powders is as max or near max they are not as powerful as a max minus .6 of Power Pistol. An example. I was shooting 125g with Accurate #5 at max data from their site and it is much less powerful than Power Pistol at 6.0 6.3 being max. Had the same problems with HS-38 and Universal. Am I missing something or is using web site company data just light loads? I even had people ask what I was using in my loads when I shot the PP loads as they said it sounded much loader and the recoil is much more. Let me know what you think!!  Craig

Hey Craig, I?m pretty sure the manufacturers max load data is on the conservative side

Hey Ken I had rounds so light it wouldn't work the slide and to fix I went a full grain over max and it still wasn't as good as Power Pistol!!! Craig

For sure, PP is a wonderful powder when you can get it

Shot a new to me FN 509 this morning and it shot great. I needed a FN for my collection. I wish I shot as good as the gun but to much diet coke and had the shakes a little but shot OK considering. I am almost out of 9mm and can't reload except for AA5 powder and I guess I can jack it up some to work better.  Craig

AA5 works well in 9mm  Just not the top velocity maker depending on the bullet.

Wade, I shot today aa5 at 6.5g with a 124g bullet was very close to my under max Power Pistol rounds.  I also compared it to Speer Lawman 115g FMJ factory rounds and the Speer were a little hotter!! The aa5 load is good enough and I will load at this rate. Craig

Those should run bout 1130 fps with that load Craig

Thanks Wade!! That's good enough for me!!  Craig

Well it's a record for me anyway, 1 degree shooting this morning. Yup 1 degree when I left for the range and 2 degrees when I got there. It's a whopping 11 degrees now and it's like a tropical heat wave. Ha Ha!!!   Craig

Right now, Midway has VV N105, which is very similar to both Power Pistol and AA5 in stock.