35 Remington Contender Loads

[Mellon]

I have a 35cal Remington Contender, 14' Barrel. I would like to shoot Hornady XTP 180. 38cal, .357 diameter bullets out the front end and not the sides or back. Can not find any load data for this bullet. Any suggestions?

 

[Jimfern]

From my 1991 "The Complete Reloading Manual for the T/C Contender", they show 24.8-28.2 gr.s H4227, 29.2-31.3 gr.s IMR-4198 and 38.9-40.8 gr.s of H322 for 180 gr jacketed bullets.

 

[R.W.Dale]

check out http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

there's a plethora of 35rem handgun data there

 

[Win52D]

Elgin Gates lists some loads in his book Metallic SilhouetteShooting (pg 143) PM me if you want a PDF of the page