AA #2 reload date for .40s&w please

bought 3 5 pound jugs of AA#2 at a good price

now what can I use it for???

found some data but would like more info

loaded about 30 rnds of .40 with 180gr plated flatnose bullets--used 5grns of AA#2--I'll fire them tomorrow to test them out


I also reload .44 mag, 9mm , .45acp ,pistol calibers--can AA#2 be used for any of those ??

yes i have the link to AA's website

thanks

Not meaning to sound flippant, but what further information do you seek that cannot be obtained on the Accurate Powder site which you say you have already visited???

I have shot Berrys 180 Gr plated TrFP's with 5.1 Grs of AA #2, but that is OVER the recommended max of 4.8 Grs AA #2 with a Ranier 180 Gr plated HP. Is is not over their 5.6 Gr max with a 180 Gr Hornady XTP, but plated act differently than jacketed. Accurate gave 33,4000 PSI for 4.8 and the Ranier & 35,000 PSI for the Hornady and 5.6 Grs AA #2.

My point is you are already over Accurate's max for a 180 Gr plated bullet. A slower powder is more suited to .40 S&W. AA #5 and Universal Clays work very well here.

Fast powders are fine for slow plinker loads in .40. At least AA #2 isn't real fast, like some of them.

I also have 3 8lb jugs of CPP--would this be better for .40

thanks for the info--I did read somewhere that 5.6 gr was max with aa#2 so I used 5 to be on the safe side


did n't have time today to test fire them--well not true--I slept all day because i go into work at 11pm and still have some snow to shovel

anyone anyone

I've been using 5.5 gr. of AA#2 with cast and plated 180 gr. for about 10 years in a variety of guns, even Glocks.