[timothy garrity]

Hi everyone,
I have a ? loading the 115 grain hornady xtp using winchester 231. anyone have an accurate load for that combination? seating depth.starting
grains and maximum grains? Shooting it out of an xdm. If anyone has any
info that would be great!

[gamestalker]

I take it you don't have a book, or know where to locate first hand data from the powder / bullet manufacturer? Hogdon loading pages has it for you.

GS

[Xfire68]

4.5g min to 5.5g max COL 1.050.

[timothy garrity]

I have hogdon annual manual.It says for 231 with xtp bullet starting load is
5.7 and max is 6.1. same for autocomp

[Xfire68]

The data I posted is from Hornady's manual.

[J_McLeod]

I have hogdon annual manual.It says for 231 with xtp bullet starting load is
5.7 and max is 6.1. same for autocomp
Are you SURE about that? How old is that manual? Current Hodgdon data is very different. Autocomp and 231 and very different powders and should not use the same data. 5.7-6.1 is very hot for 115gr unless you're using HS-6. I really like 231 with the 115gr FMJ, but I use 4.8-4.9gr of it. Check the data below before you load.


http://www.hodgdon.com/index.html

[rg1]

Hornady 8th and 9th Edition manuals both have the same info for 9MM with the 115gr. XTP-HP using Win 231.Overall length 1.075"
start 4.1-1000fps-----4.4-1050fps-------max 4.7-1100 fps
they used a S&W mod 39----4" barrel---Hornady case----Win SP primer

[rg1]

Lyman 49th for 9MM Luger with Win 231 powder.
4" universal receiver----CCI 500 primer----Fed cases
115gr. Hornady XTP-HP---oal 1.090"
Win 231 start---3.5-959 fps-------maximum 4.9---1253 fps

[timothy garrity]

i got that out of the hogdons annual mANUAL.I THOUGHT THE LOAD WAS HI MYSELF

[SSN Vet]

Actually.... the newest load data published by Winchester for W231 I'm seeing is higher thatn it was in 2007 when I started reloading.

[RainDodger]

I've used 4.7 grains of 231 as my standard load with a 115 grain bullet, for 9mm for maybe 20 years now. Works great. Makes all the auto-loaders function just fine.

[murf]

tg,

that powder charge is for a 38 super. you never mentioned your caliber, but we all are assuming 9mm.

murf

[bds]

I have used 4.8 gr of W231/HP-38 with 115 gr FMJ loaded to 1.125"-1.135" OAL as my reference 9mm load for years based on the 1999-2005 Winchester load data which shows 4.9 gr as max charge for 115 gr FMJ bullet.

For Hornady XTP JHP, I would feel OK using Speer Gold Dot HP load data.

Current Hodgdon load data (http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp)
115 gr Speer GDHP W231/HP-38 OAL 1.125" Start 4.7 gr (1075 fps) 25,300 CUP - Max 5.1 gr (1167 fps) 28,100 CUP

1999-2005 Winchester load data (http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=159609&stc=1&d=1329800605)
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=180030&stc=1&d=1361295258l


BTW, Lyman #49 does use the same Hornady XTP 115 gr JHP bullet at 1.090" OAL and lists:
231 Start 3.5 gr (959 fps) 20,700 CUP - Max 4.9 gr (1253 fps) 32,100 CUP

[06]

Loaded some at 5.0 =1200 fps. Would not recommend going any hotter.