140 xtp what to do with them

Best use of hornady 140 xtp.

  • Max 38 special

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  • 38+p

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  • Throttle up to full 357 mag.

    Votes: 33 91.7%
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Charlie98 said:
Honestly... and, hey, it's me, Mr Unique talking here... I'd stick with 2400 or Silhouette over Unique, depending on barrel length. I loaded a LOT of Unique in .357 back in the day, almost all to max... and there is a better mousetrap. The caveat to that is if you have a short, 4" or less, barrel, then I would make an argument for Unique, just not to max. Unique will do the job, however, no doubt.
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Yup. @AJC1 has a 4” .357 he’s been looking for a decent load for a while. It’s kinda funny but, 4” is the most common barrel length in a .357 revolver but it’s the hardest to load for efficiently.
 
Rule3 said:
If you are not going to do anything with them, why not just keep them as bullets?
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Because there are those of us who look at a box o' bullets setting on the bench and ponder 'what if?' That box of bullets stays with you, causing sleepless nights, gut churning, and an overall poor disposition... until their potential is finally realized, and you mash them into cases. Like the struggle between Good and Evil... that box of bullets is fine setting there on the shelf, but you are tired of looking at it setting there on the shelf... so you load it up, even though you don't need it. Then you have 100 cartridges loaded up... setting there on the shelf. You don't really want to waste them on paper, but you're tired of them just setting on the shelf, using up perfectly good brass. The Struggle goes on...

I've heard there is a Reloaders Boot Camp and Recovery Program out there, to break you of such madness. Next thing you know, I'll be turning necks and weighing brass...
 
Charlie98 said:
Because there are those of us who look at a box o' bullets setting on the bench and ponder 'what if?' That box of bullets stays with you, causing sleepless nights, gut churning, and an overall poor disposition... until their potential is finally realized, and you mash them into cases. Like the struggle between Good and Evil... that box of bullets is fine setting there on the shelf, but you are tired of looking at it setting there on the shelf... so you load it up, even though you don't need it. Then you have 100 cartridges loaded up... setting there on the shelf. You don't really want to waste them on paper, but you're tired of them just setting on the shelf, using up perfectly good brass. The Struggle goes on...

I've heard there is a Reloaders Boot Camp and Recovery Program out there, to break you of such madness. Next thing you know, I'll be turning necks and weighing brass...
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I have boxes of good bullets (XTP GD etc) sitting out in a cabinet in the garage, I want to load them but then I would shoot them, then I would no longer have them and feel bad.
Kinda like selling a gun. So I hoard!:rofl:

Happened just a day ago. I have no shot my 327 Fed Mag for a long time, so I only loaded the lead bullets not the XTP's.:)
 
Charlie98 said:
Because there are those of us who look at a box o' bullets setting on the bench and ponder 'what if?' That box of bullets stays with you, causing sleepless nights, gut churning, and an overall poor disposition... until their potential is finally realized, and you mash them into cases. Like the struggle between Good and Evil... that box of bullets is fine setting there on the shelf, but you are tired of looking at it setting there on the shelf... so you load it up, even though you don't need it. Then you have 100 cartridges loaded up... setting there on the shelf. You don't really want to waste them on paper, but you're tired of them just setting on the shelf, using up perfectly good brass. The Struggle goes on...

I've heard there is a Reloaders Boot Camp and Recovery Program out there, to break you of such madness. Next thing you know, I'll be turning necks and weighing brass...
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This.... also it's their first step at leaving inventory.
 
I have Nosler and Gold Dot bullets on my shelf. I cast also and consider the former more valuable so my plan is to box them up with prepped casings and powder and store them away. I already have an accuracy load for those loads. Also, I've read too often of inherited handloads that are merely pulled apart because the previous owner can't be trusted. Why waste my time reloading all that ammo for? I have cast bullets for practice and a box of factory ammo for SD. Another option is trade them for left over components another reloader doesn't have use for.
 
BJung said:
I have Nosler and Gold Dot bullets on my shelf. I cast also and consider the former more valuable so my plan is to box them up with prepped casings and powder and store them away. I already have an accuracy load for those loads. Also, I've read too often of inherited handloads that are merely pulled apart because the previous owner can't be trusted. Why waste my time reloading all that ammo for? I have cast bullets for practice and a box of factory ammo for SD. Another option is trade them for left over components another reloader doesn't have use for.
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The good news in.my case is that I'm a 4th generation lever jerk and my son is already deep in the game as the 5th generation. Anything I load he is happy to unload....
 
Rule3 said:
I have boxes of good bullets (XTP GD etc) sitting out in a cabinet in the garage, I want to load them but then I would shoot them, then I would no longer have them and feel bad.
Kinda like selling a gun. So I hoard!:rofl:

Happened just a day ago. I have no shot my 327 Fed Mag for a long time, so I only loaded the lead bullets not the XTP's.:)
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Yea... I have a bunch of XTP's and JSP's for my .41, from back when all I shot was jacketed bullets. In fact, I have about 350 rounds loaded up, likely been setting on the shelf for 5 or more years... I just don't shoot jacketed anymore. That may change... I bought an AR500 target for my birthday, and to test it out, I fired some leftover .348WCF factory JSP's I had on hand... and boy howdy! did that plate ring! So I might have to... finally... burn up that loaded ammos I have on that, so I can have my cases back for cast bullets.
 
Charlie98 said:
Yea... I have a bunch of XTP's and JSP's for my .41, from back when all I shot was jacketed bullets. In fact, I have about 350 rounds loaded up, likely been setting on the shelf for 5 or more years... I just don't shoot jacketed anymore. That may change... I bought an AR500 target for my birthday, and to test it out, I fired some leftover .348WCF factory JSP's I had on hand... and boy howdy! did that plate ring! So I might have to... finally... burn up that loaded ammos I have on that, so I can have my cases back for cast bullets.
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Know the feeling. I have half a box of old Speer JHP .410’s. Never had a .41 in anything. I got them and a bunch of reloading stuff from a friend who used to reload - including for a .41Magnum. He’s not reloading anymore and sold off the .41. I’ve been wondering what I was going to do with them since I found them in the box of stuff he give me. :fire::(:scrutiny:
 
Whenever I get inventory like this, which happens every now and then as I can't really pass up a good deal when someone is cleaning out their reloading bench, I load them up with about a 2/3 of max load and use them for shooting rocks in the desert, practice, whatever. I'd load the 140's the OP has into 357 cases and probably use 2400 or Herco, since I have 8 lbs of each. But I do have some 296 in the cabinet, so I might try some of those. I have 4 or 5 357's, so I could find something to shoot them in.
 
I think the OP needs a Henry single shot. Mine eats all sorts of random .357/.38 stuff, and you can play with non-standard seating lengths and skip the crimp. It's a training aid and just plain fun shooting gun at my hunting camp. The neighbor kids love it! I never turn down a short lot of random bullets from an old shooter or cheap auction lot. An old fashioned hollow base long RN 158 over a mouse-fart-light charge of Red dot was my favorite so far. Simulated 500 yard sharps shooting at 100 yard steel with a louder clang than bang. Kentucky with a capital K, and remarkable accuracy!

Lots of fun to run the lighter JHPS really fast over H110 and shoot the squash and pumpkins that didn't make the cut as well or split some firewood.
 
Full Throttle, .357. But, you do need to shoot one or two every so often to make sure they’re still viable.

Charlie98 said:
I've heard there is a Reloaders Boot Camp and Recovery Program out there, to break you of such madness. Next thing you know, I'll be turning necks and weighing brass...
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Please, please, where? I hang around craigslist and marketplace too often, found a good deal now I have a plastic tote of partial bullets, ALL kinds….
 
Hornady 9th addition indicates expansion only likely in 357 Magnum (supersonic across the load levels). For me, I would probably save them for my rifle, since in a handgun I would probably not be wearing hearing protection.
 
Good bullets, not for .38 Special though. At least get them up to and beyond 1100 fps for reliable expansion. Full throttle .357 in a carbine would make a very nice game round.
 
Charlie98 said:
Because there are those of us who look at a box o' bullets setting on the bench and ponder 'what if?' That box of bullets stays with you, causing sleepless nights, gut churning, and an overall poor disposition... until their potential is finally realized, and you mash them into cases.
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If I have the bullets (and powder, primers, etc) I’m perfectly happy having some of them not assembled. If I loaded ALL my components into finished ammo, I’d go nuts!
 
twarr1 said:
If I have the bullets (and powder, primers, etc) I’m perfectly happy having some of them not assembled. If I loaded ALL my components into finished ammo, I’d go nuts!
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Were a loooooong way from that even being possible. It's more of having piles of bullets and this little bag that just keeps getting moved around because it has no home.
 
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