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Dude dog w/kind of .380 did you buy if you don't mind me asking? Is it rated for +p ?. John
What gr. are you going to be reloading?
For defensive feel, I got some 95 gr. HP from http://www.tjconevera.com/ that I load up to 4.2 gr. of CFE-P.
Never thought of 120-TC (124gr as dropped) in the 380, but I've got a pile of those coated with RAL.
A range report is the only condition
Have you fired any of these into any sort of test media to see how/if they open? I used to test JHPs in water jugs to see if they'd open / how many jugs they'd penetrate. Not very scientific...but at least it provides some comparison between different bullet designs. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to a range that allows those sorts of "targets".
I'd been eyeing TJ Conevera's 9mm and .380 JHPs for a while, and just got boxes of the 95gr and 124gr to try out, but have not loaded any yet.
Yep, we had very interesting discussions in those earlier threads. DD, don't forget to consider the Berry's HBRN 100gr for plinkers; they work great.Dudedog, check out the earlier threads on reloading 380... There was some good discussion of the topic...
ljnowell said: My favorite powder to use is in 380 is AA#5.
I haven't seen a bottle of #5 on the shelf in years.
Seriously the last time I found #5 was 2013.
Anyway, Titegroup & Universal are my favorite powders for .380
I have 95 gr Montana Gold JHP, 100 gr RMR HM RN and 100 gr X-Treme RNFP bullets I can PIF.Dudedog said:I would start out with 95-100gr bullets
Dude dog w/kind of .380 did you buy if you don't mind me asking? Is it rated for +p ?. John
I've seen #5 in stock at powder valley recently. It's #2 that has really disappeared. Though #5 was a ghost powder for a few years too.
Edit: I checked and found powder valley has 1 and 8 lb containers of #5.
Starting to feel better and was able to pick up the pistol.
Wonder if the 10 day waiting period is what made me ill.
As you can see it is small so shooting it should be interesting, maybe a bit more
challenging than my 1911 9mm.
kcofohio, a big thanks for the bullets got them today, nice looking bullets and the TJ Conevera's HPs look really sweet. (looks like West bound packages are faster, mine to you won't be there for another day)
Looking forward to loading for it and testing.