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I went today and picked up the Lee dies w/ the factory crimp to reload 380 for my In-Laws. I can't find any concrete numbers on my recipe I want to roll.
I bought 300 Remington 88 gr JHP and 1 lb of Power Pistol. I am thinking somewhere around 4.0-4.2 grains, but want to get some opinions on what a good mid level load would be with Power Pistol and 88 gr JHP.

Thoughts?
 
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I would be extremely careful LOADING FOR OTHERS!
There is a lot of liability involved and it might actually be ILLEGAL.
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I've been reloading for a while now and only give my loads to family members or friends that go shooting with me.
I only own two guns chambered for 380 and never wanted to load my own, but my in-laws have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 380's and love to shoot.......so I agreed.

Also, I have a lot of data for XTP's and Speer GD's but don't you need to load those a little differently than regular JHP's?
 
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I've been reloading for a while now and only give my loads to family members or friends that go shooting with me.
I only own two guns chambered for 380 and never wanted to load my own, but my in-laws have somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 380's and love to shoot.......so I agreed.

Also, I have a lot of data for XTP's and Speer GD's but don't you need to load those a little differently than regular JHP's?
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I don't know. I typically treat a jacketed bullet as a "Jacketed Bullet!" Now, I realize the Barnes Solid Copper XPB (X-Pistol Bullet) and TSX (Terminal Shock X bullet) you cannot compare with jacketed bullets, they are a complete different animal.

Start low and work up. Don't be too anxious to get the right load the first try, or you may go overboard and ruin the gun and/or your person.

Do you have a chronograph? If so, I would use it.

If you are shooting an LCP or similar gun, be careful, as the bottom portion of chamber - which is where the feed ramp is, does NOT support the base of the bullet. You want to watch out for bulges in that small upside-down U-Shaped area that you will most likely see at the 6 o'clock position on the bottom of the brass, when the mark from the extractor is located in the 9 o'clock position. If that area is bulged on the brass, back off or you may have a case rupture which may ruin the gun!

With a chronograph, at least you can see if you are somewhat close to factory ammo (if you have any that is the approximate same weight as what you are loading).
 
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