Data for 380 ACP 115 gr LRN?

[altitude_19]

I finally got some lead to load for the Bodyguard...115 gr LRN is the best I could do. I have Accurate #2 and #5 on hand (and don't plan on being able to find anything different). Anyone have data for this projectile and powder? Thanks in advance!

 

[saitek]

load data

what brand had 115 gr ,sound's like a luger 9mm lead bullet ?

 

[rcmodel]

Neither Accurate or Lyman #49 has any data for either powder with that heavy a bullet in .380.

That's what I sometimes like to call a Clue that you need to find a different powder.

Lyman #49 has data for a 120 RN lead bullet using all the usual suspects.
Which would work equally well for your 115.

Just not AA #2 or AA #5.

Maybe you could call them and ask them for data?

Except they don't / won't publish any information on how to call or contact them that I've ever found!!! :banghead:

rc

 

[beatledog7]

I guess we'll soon be seeing an increase in people blowing up guns from using inappropriate powder/bullet/cartridge combinations because these mismatches were all they could get.

 

[cfullgraf]

In the eighties, I loaded some 110 JHP bullets in 380 ACP. You just cannot get enough velocity with the heavy bullets to make it work better than the standard 90 to 100 grain bullets considered the standard weight for 380 ACP.

 

[Rule3]

A 115 gr bullet is heavy for caliber in the 380. That's why there is so little data for it.

You gain nothing and lose a lot with such a "heavy" bullet. Stay with the 90-95 grain.

 

[hang fire]

I finally got some lead to load for the Bodyguard...115 gr LRN is the best I could do. I have Accurate #2 and #5 on hand (and don't plan on being able to find anything different). Anyone have data for this projectile and powder? Thanks in advance!

Data for 380 ACP 115 gr LRN?

Just a suggestion, but advise to stay under 100 grain bullets for that .380. Every time I went over that weight, encountered feeding problems.

 

[altitude_19]

You gain nothing and lose a lot with such a "heavy" bullet. Stay with the 90-95 grain.

If I could have them, I'd do it in a heartbeat. You work with what you have. Well, assuming you can find load data for what you have...

 

[Jesse Heywood]

I'm not finding anything for #2 or #5. M.D. Smith shows some other powders for 120 LRN, which would be a good starting point. http://www.reloadammo.com/380auto.htm