lturford
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I’ve been loading Berry’s plated in .40S&W, 9mm, 38 Special, and a little .357 mag for about a year and half. I just bought my first Missouri bullets and looking for some advice. I’m shooting paper and with still being new to reloading I’ve stayed away from pushing to max loads. My concern with the Missouri bullets is losing accuracy and/or a buildup of lead and possibly doing damage to the guns. I’m shooting a Stoeger Cougar and a Taurus PT101 in the 40’s – the .38’s are in an assortment of revolvers -
I purchased 155gr .40 SWC’s (IDP #9) and 38 Specials in 125RNFP (cowboy #17). I have liked AA#2 for the .40’s with the plated and Lyman’s 49th lists 5.0gr of AA#2 as most accurate for a 150 in lead. I loaded 10 rounds of this and shot 5, they cycled fine and seemed pretty accurate but with only 5 shots that needs further evaluation. I’m down to the bottom of that pound of AA#2 and need to buy more if that is the powder I should use - I also have HP-38, Power Pistol, Bullseye, and some red dot on the shelf. My thought is that the Bullseye and Red Dot are too fast for the .40 high pressure cartridge with me being a newbie?
When it comes to the .38 I’ve been using mostly 3.6 of bullseye under 125 berry’s -
Any advice and recipes are appreciated.
I purchased 155gr .40 SWC’s (IDP #9) and 38 Specials in 125RNFP (cowboy #17). I have liked AA#2 for the .40’s with the plated and Lyman’s 49th lists 5.0gr of AA#2 as most accurate for a 150 in lead. I loaded 10 rounds of this and shot 5, they cycled fine and seemed pretty accurate but with only 5 shots that needs further evaluation. I’m down to the bottom of that pound of AA#2 and need to buy more if that is the powder I should use - I also have HP-38, Power Pistol, Bullseye, and some red dot on the shelf. My thought is that the Bullseye and Red Dot are too fast for the .40 high pressure cartridge with me being a newbie?
When it comes to the .38 I’ve been using mostly 3.6 of bullseye under 125 berry’s -
Any advice and recipes are appreciated.