9mm Brown Bear 115gr FMJ, Federal 115gr BPLE JHP +P+, Black Hills 124gr JHP XTP

[Intercooler]

   A few more 9mm's I tested today.


Springfield XD 4" 1228, 1246, 1244, 1251, 1214. Average = 1236.6 FPS/ 391 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1223, 1262, 1249, 1216, 1231. Average = 1236.2/ 390 LBS

This powder must not make much of a difference in the longer barrel. Strongest of all the steel cased 9mm's so far, almost a +P.


Springfield XD 4" 1226, 1240. Average = 1233 FPS/ 422 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1269, 1269. Average = 1269 FPS/ 447 LBS


Springfield XD 4" 1207, 1206. Average = 1206.5 FPS/ 401 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1303, 1305. Average = 1304 FPS/ 468 LBS


Springfield XD 4" 1390, 1349. Average = 1369.5 FPS/ 479 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1451, 1454. Average = 1452.5 FPS/ 539 LBS

These are rated 1300 FPS and performed way better! It's right there with Buffalo Bore, Doubletap and Underwood.

[Intercooler]

Crazy results with the BPLE 

[The_Shadow]

Are you going to send some of them for pull downs?  It would be interesting t o be able to figure out the powder if those federal loadings!  I did a pull-down of 40S&W Federal HST 180gr and was surprised it was AutoComp.

[Intercooler]

  I have seen other Chronograph videos of the blue and silver boxed BPLE where they fell in the 1200's for velocity. I'm trying to make a trade for some of those to compare.


Sending all of these plus a couple more tomorrow.

[The_Shadow]

Yea that's cool!  I wonder what the BPLE stands for...Bonded Projectile Law Enforcement?  I know that there were some contracts for Federal that didn't meet certain specs and the were sold as is to the public even at WalMart.

[HammersD]

I am interested to see what is in these as I snagged a few boxes a few months ago.    I would have thought bonded also, but they are the normal Federal Classic JHP based on the ATK LE info page and the velocity numbers are based on a 4" test barrel according to the info, so that is likely contributing to the better than stated number.

http://le.atk.com/ammunition/federal/handgun/details.aspx?id=526

[Intercooler]

  The BPLE results are getting some discussions going about the results. They are rated at 1300 FPS, yet my results eclipsed that with a good bit, even in the 4" XD. I know the recoil told me these felt like Underwood and some of the others were near box rating. I may have to do them one more time just to follow up the results and capture it on video. Back when I ran Kevin's +P+ which gave me 1450 FPS+ in the XD I had to run it a second time on video to prove it out to the skeptics.

[4949shooter]

The BPLE load has put down a lot of bad guys, historically.

The Brown Bear load is like a NATO round!

[4949shooter]

Yea that's cool!  I wonder what the BPLE stands for...Bonded Projectile Law Enforcement?  I know that there were some contracts for Federal that didn't meet certain specs and the were sold as is to the public even at WalMart.

Shadow, BPLE stands for Border Patrol Law Enforcement. The load supposedly was designed for the US Border Patrol.

[Intercooler]

  The Brown Bear was a shocker too. I didn't think with an 1180 FPS it would be lumped in the middle of the +P rounds. It always makes me second guess when I get results out of the norm, but I am also running a group at a time and many of the others fall about dead on or a little under ratings. I'm headed out now to do the Sig rounds and will fire a couple more of each of these.

[Intercooler]

 To prove out the BPLE, I performed a retest today using some similar +P/+P+ rounds. This time I used the diffusers since I had no clouds unlike the last test. The temperature was 45 degrees with 18 MPH cross-winds. I'm going to need more BPLE 

Brown Bear 115gr FMJ
Springfield XD 4" 1245, 1233. Average = 1239 FPS/ 392 LBS. Last time: Average = 1236.6 FPS/ 391 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1271, 1249. Average = 1260 FPS/ 405 LBS. Last time: Average = 1236.2/ 390 LBS

IMI 115gr FMJ
Springfield XD 4" 1319, 1289, 1299, 1307. Average = 1303.5 FPS/ 434 LBS. Last time: Average = 1286 FPS/ 422 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1330, 1302, 1323, 1306. Average = 1315.25 FPS/ 442 LBS. Last time: Average = 1303 FPS/ 433 LBS

Underwood 115gr Nosler JHP +P+
Springfield XD 4" 1497, 1478. Average = 1487.5 FPS/ 565 LBS. Didn't run in the XD last time. New data for the sheet.
EAA Limited 4.75" 1529, 1539. Average = 1534 FPS/ 601 LBS. Last time: Average = 1518 FPS/ 588 LBS

Federal BPLE 115gr JHP +P+
Springfield XD 4" 1349, 1379, 1352, 1348, 1329. Average = 1351.4 FPS/ 466 LBS. Last time: Average = 1369.5 FPS/ 479 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1447, 1444, 1414, 1439, 1417. Average = 1432.2 FPS/ 520 LBS. Last time: Average = 1452.5 FPS/ 539 LBS

This larger sampling will be the new sheet data for BPLE.

ZQ1 123gr FMJ NATO
Springfield XD 4" 1185, 1212. Average = 1198.5 FPS/ 367 LBS. Last time: Average = 1209 FPS/ 399 LBS
EAA Elite Limited 4.75" 1251, 1258. Average = 1254.5 FPS/ 402 LBS. Last time: Average = 1251 FPS/ 427 LBS

[P33v3]

The 9BPLE is the only round I carry in my 9mm's. I have carried it for years now. It has a proven track record and has great expansion given the size of the hollow point.