Metalman1
Member
I use a Lee Classic Turret 4 hole press. Is there any wrong with using plated 40 or 9MM bullets? I'll be using them for target shooting only. I have read they are not the best bullets to use.
If by target shooting, you mean trying to obtain very accurate rounds for bullseye and similar competition, then plated bullets probably aren't your best bet. Properly sized cast bullets and good jacketed bullets will beat them by a wide margin for that purpose.I use a Lee Classic Turret 4 hole press. Is there any wrong with using plated 40 or 9MM bullets? I'll be using them for target shooting only. I have read they are not the best bullets to use.
Well, that's what I thought but Hodgdon recently published load data for Berry's regular plated 40S&W and they are comparable to jacketed load data (Rainier Ballistics still tells us to use lead load data) - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=688509KansasSasquatch said:Berry's tells you to use mid range jacketed data while Rainier says to use lead data.
155 GR. BERB FP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 5.1 gr (979 fps) 24,100 PSI - Max 6.0 gr (1130 fps) 33,900 PSI
155 GR. HDY XTP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 5.0 gr (937 fps) 22,900 PSI - Max 6.0 gr (1103 fps) 33,000 PSI
165 GR. BERB FP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 4.7 gr (933 fps) 25,200 PSI - Max 5.4 gr (1049 fps) 33,400 PSI
165 GR. SIE JHP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 4.8 gr (946 fps) 28,100 PSI - Max 5.3 gr (1001 fps) 32,500 PSI
180 GR. BERB FP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 4.4 gr (872 fps) 26,400 PSI - Max 5.1 gr (984 fps) 33,500 PSI
180 GR. HDY XTP W231/HP-38 .400" OAL 1.125" Start 4.1 gr (797 fps) 23,800 PSI - Max 5.0 gr (947 fps) 32,900 PSI
If there is anything wrong with using plated bullets for target shooting, there are thousands of people doing it wrong every day.I use a Lee Classic Turret 4 hole press. Is there any wrong with using plated 40 or 9MM bullets? I'll be using them for target shooting only. I have read they are not the best bullets to use.
But that's comparing an XTP to a TC (truncated cone) plated bullet. I imagine they keep the charge a little low on the XTP due to their fairly long bearing surface compared to a normal jacketed TC bullet. I'd bet a jacketed TC bullet would have a higher charge than a Berry's bullet of similar design and weight. If you notice, Hodgdon doesn't appear to list anything besides jacketed HPs and Berry's bullets. They should list a jacketed TC to compare but they dont.Well, that's what I thought but Hodgdon recently published load data for Berry's regular plated 40S&W and they are comparable to jacketed load data (Rainier Ballistics still tells us to use lead load data) - http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=688509
Here's an example of the newly published load data: