Berry's 165 .40 HBFP-TP

[hAkron]

I just ordered a box of the new Berry's hollow base, flat point, thick plate.

I assemebled some mid range 10MM rounds with HP-38, HS-6, Blue Dot, & AA #9. I took the load data mostly from the latest Lyman and Speer manuals. All of the loads were listed as being around 1100-1200 FPS. The Thick Plate can be pushed to either 1450 fp/s or 1500 fp/s depending on who you go by (the box, or the website). They were pretty accurate (I used my rest for the first time, turns out my rest technique needs some work)...all except for the blue dot which was all over the place.

When working up loads for my 357 Sig using normal Berry's (non thick plate) once I got into the mid ranges I would see lots of keyholing, my hunch is that is because the plate was tearing off of the bullets causing the lead core to tumble. I didnt have this issue with the thick plate in the 10mm. They also have these bullets in a 124 RN for 38 Super (I guess for 357 sig too, but I like a flat nose for sig).

 

[lturford]

I like the Berry's HB and have loaded a couple 1000 of the 155's in.40 S&W- I really like AA#2 under them and want to try #5 but haven't got to that yet - I just picked up some missouri 155's for the cost savings - I have loaded the 9mm 124gr HBRN-TP and pushed them pretty good with nice results - post up how they do -

 

[hAkron]

I would show off the targets, but it was my first time using this rest (or any rest) and I did a sloppy job of it. If you saw my targets you would laugh. The HP-38 and the AA #9 seemed to be the best groups followed by HS-6. Blue dot only landed 2 out of 5 shots on target and the recoil and report were fierce!

The barrel didn't show signs of anything but a little powder fouling.

 

[918v]

One thing that has helped me when shooting off a rest is locking my shooting elbow and removing it from the bench. Locking the elbow forces you to lock your wrist as well and prevents the gun from free recoiling off the test. An inconsistent grip will induce fliers.