This is going be a little long post here. My boy hurt himself in football and is going be out for a while, my wife has a sudden medical issue that is going put her off work for a while and I just got cut back on hours. So between medical bills and loss of hours money is going be tight for a while. My friends dad just died unexpectedly and I am helping him sell his guns. I would love to buy them but money is just not there for me at the moment. but with all the help I am giving them his mother insisted that I take what reloading supplies he had cus she just does not want to deal with it. I have never been much of a one to "play" with load data to much. I reload to save money and always hunt with factory ammo. Just the way I am. {don't have a crono to dial in a load} but the supplies they gave me I am having a hard time finding data for, and would really like to use if possible otherwise shooting is going to fall to the wayside for the next month or two. I will give a list of what I have and in ( ) I will put what data I found but it is not hard data for the bullets I have available so any help would be great. And at this time I have no option but to use what I have or don't use anything so please try and refrain from "alternative" powder advise for it is either use what I have or don't use any. This will be the first time that I have tried to use lead bullets in handguns. I have always used FMJ or JHP. So here goes:
The only powders I have are Win 231 and HP38
The primers I have are WSP and will be buying a box of Federal this weekend.
9MM
130 Gr RNFP Lead {looks to be coated}
115 Gr Copper plated {is this the same as FMJ??}
(for the 115 fmj says 4.4-4.9 gr of powder but can't find anything on 130 lead)
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380 Auto
93 Gr RN Lead {looks to be coated}
( I could only find 95 grain FMJ data and it list 3.2 gr of powder)
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38 Special {I can do +P but don't want to}
125 Gr RNFP Lead {looks to be coated}
(3.8-4.8 grains powder)
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40 S&W
180 Gr FP Lead
(I can only find data on 170 gr lead and it says 4.0-5.2 gr of powder)
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When I say the bullets look coated the lead doesn't look "dull" in color. It looks to be shinny for lack of better words. But does scratch easily with a knife so don't think they are plated with anything. I believe the bullets were purchased from Kemphs but do not know the supplier for sure. So if there is different data for coated vs non coated please post that also.
Any help with this would be great cus with the long weekend maybe my boy and I could get out and do some shooting to take other things off his mind, and mine too.
Thanks in advance for any help.
The only powders I have are Win 231 and HP38
The primers I have are WSP and will be buying a box of Federal this weekend.
9MM
130 Gr RNFP Lead {looks to be coated}
115 Gr Copper plated {is this the same as FMJ??}
(for the 115 fmj says 4.4-4.9 gr of powder but can't find anything on 130 lead)
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380 Auto
93 Gr RN Lead {looks to be coated}
( I could only find 95 grain FMJ data and it list 3.2 gr of powder)
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38 Special {I can do +P but don't want to}
125 Gr RNFP Lead {looks to be coated}
(3.8-4.8 grains powder)
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40 S&W
180 Gr FP Lead
(I can only find data on 170 gr lead and it says 4.0-5.2 gr of powder)
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When I say the bullets look coated the lead doesn't look "dull" in color. It looks to be shinny for lack of better words. But does scratch easily with a knife so don't think they are plated with anything. I believe the bullets were purchased from Kemphs but do not know the supplier for sure. So if there is different data for coated vs non coated please post that also.
Any help with this would be great cus with the long weekend maybe my boy and I could get out and do some shooting to take other things off his mind, and mine too.
Thanks in advance for any help.
