You'll have to let me know when your birthday comes around.

Spring of 1992.

Rural area south of KC MO. My landlord was also the father of my late best friend from college. He was a super experienced handloader, who I would have trusted absolutely.

We were in his back yard, and shooting his nearly new trade acquired Smith 639 in 9mm. My eyes and skill set were way better then.

I noted when I shot it, it seemed to recoil more than expected for a 35-36ish ounce 9.And seemed to shoot a little extra flat at 50 yards.

Long and short of it, he worked from memory, and his load was 1/2 a grain over max for his Bulleye/115ish cast. Primers looked fine, case head expansion was also normal. All I can say is praise be the steel framed, still tight Smith was as strong as it was.