40 S & W reloading for IDPA & USPSA?
I recently got involved with shooting IDPA & USPSA. What a rush! I need to start hand loding to help out with the cost. I do have a redding press and dies for the 40 S & W. My question is what would you advise to use for a bullet weight and or type. And where is there a good web page for load data? Anything you suggest will be greatly appreciated.
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I'm using Berry's 180 grain flat point with CCI primers and 4.0 grains of Titegroup. The Berry's are a plated bullet and they reccomend that you keep velocities low. Otherwise you will strip the plating right off of 'em. It's a pretty soft shooting load so you can put lots of 'em downrange without feeling it too bad at the end of the day. I run these loads through a Glock 23, 27, and 35 and have not had so much as a hiccup with them.
The Glock 40's have a partially unsupported chamber so you don't want to try and push your reloads to super high velocities/pressures if you're shooting a Glock.
As far as data goes, try this for basic information.
http://www.hodgdon.com/basic-manual-inquiry.html
I would reccomend that you buy multiple books with reloading data and keep them on hand for reference.0 -
Thanks for the info. 0 -
Some ranges have restriction for bullet types.
At the outdoor range we shoot IDPA, I use Lazercast bullets. A little less expensive, but hard enough that they don't lead up your barrel. Lead bullets are not recommended for barrels with polygonal rifling.0 -
I'm shooting the Springfield XD. 0
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