SinterFire 135 Gr .40 loads

[Necessary_Nutrient]

So, I've acquired some of these rounds at a good price from Midway.

Unfortunately, the Sinterfire Reloading manual only lists two loads for these, using AA#2 and Bullseye, neither of which I have on hand.

I do have the following available, Unique, TiteGroup, BE86, Longshot, Power Pistol. Understanding that this would have to be approached with the utmost caution, I was wondering if anyone has any loads they'd be willing to share with this round.

Titegroup seems to be right next to bullseye on the speed charts, but the charge weights between the two seem to be significantly larger for bullseye

 

[Jim Watson]

I would compare the available data from Sinterfire with loads published for conventional 135 grain bullets. Match or adjust your powder charge as indicated.

Do not crimp appreciably, these bullets will break in half if crimped hard.

 

[wankerjake]

The profile on these are more like 180gr bullets. The 125gr data Sinterfire provides matches very closely to what Hodgdon publishes for 165gr berrys played data.

I am I the process of working up a load for the 135gr with W231 and I’m starting with 180gr data and seeing where it goes.

 

[Necessary_Nutrient]

Thanks for the replies, folks. I see a couple highly relevant threads out too that I’ll investigate

 

[markr6754]

So far, tests have been done with Universal (Me), W231/HP38 @wankerjake, and Blue Dot @cz1947. @wankerjake observed the working loads to overlay nicely on the Hodgdon 180gr load data. You may want to join one of those threads to continue. It'll be challenging to keep up with 3 active threads on the same topic.