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Yeah, thats an option I considered. I've seen a couple of people mention purchasing a cheap knockoff light and filling it with some type of weight. The other option, which was recommended to me, was to use tungsten putty and shot in the grip cavity. I'll probably try both and see how it works.

I know there are several threads about increasing the weight of competition Glocks, but I'm curious if anyone has done anything specific to the Glock 44? I bought one recently and really like it - it works well with most inexpensive bulk ammo. But I do find it a bit hard to shoot since it is so light. I'd like to bring the weight up to more closely match the weight of my self defense gun, a Gen 5 Glock 19. Any suggestions from anyone who has tried it?

I've always plunk tested bullets - even before it was named the "Plunk Test." Both lengths plunk equally well in my G34 barrel. I think the main difference is the decreased powder charge from the newer manual. My G34 (which is the only gun I tried the load in) has the stock recoil spring assembly so it seems like the gun just doesn't want to function with the lighter load. Even though I always tell people who ask me for reloading advice to buy a current manual and follow it, in this case I might just go back to the older data. And yes, I should test the load over a chronograph, but just haven't had the time to do it yet.

I scored a bunch of inexpensive 115 Hornady HP/XTP (and 115 HAP) bullets at a local estate sale. I started loading these bullets using data from the 4th edition of Hornady's manual - which lists the max load of Win 231 as 5.5 grains at a COL of 1.050. I tried about 100 and they worked great in my Glock 34 Gen 5 MOS - extremely accurate and 100% reliable. I realized that my book was getting pretty old (okay, really old) so I bought their latest volume, the 10th edition. The load data for the 115 HP/XTP with Win 231 is significantly different in the newer volume. So, I tried it. The max listed load for Win 231 is now 4.7 grains (versus 5.5) and the Hornady listed COL is longer -now 1.075 versus 1.050. I did a 100 or so rounds and while they were still extremely accurate, functioning was terrible. I got 2-3 failures to feed for every 25 rounds - each time the round was jammed bullet up into the chamber. So I'm curious - why the huge change? Is 231 that much hotter now? Is Hornady just more cautious? And more importantly, what's a better load and length for these bullets in my Glock 34? I want to use Win 231 if possible since I have so much of it. I do have quite a bit of TiteGroup too, so I can change if necessary.

Yeah - I blamed myself the first few times I got shots out of the group. I have a friend who is an outstanding shooter. I'm going to let him try it and see what happens. I've checked the optic. It's Loctited down and doesn't seem to be moving.

OK, here's the problem I have a Glock 19 that I just installed an aftermarket slide on . The slide is a TSD Combat Systems slide that came milled for an Trijicon RMR. I had an RMR installed on another pistol that I moved to this slide. I used all new Glock parts to complete the stripped slide, but took the stock Glock barrel and recoil spring from my stock 19 slide to use in the new slide. The good news is that the TSD slide seems very well made and has been completely reliable (except for some really light handloads that I tried). The problem is that the gun now does something that drives me nuts. I've mainly been shooting for groups with the pistol so far and I keep getting rounds that go low left out of the group. I'm no Rob Latham, but I can call my shots pretty well and these shots shouldn't be going there. On my last trip to the range, shooting at a 3 inch bullseye at 10 yards, the first shot I fired went about 4 inches low and left. Everything else centered up right in the bullseye as expected. On the prior trip, I actually had two separate groups - one centered in the bullseye and a nice group of 5 rounds low and left again. Any ideas - I've never had a pistol do this before.

I don't know that I'd say that yet - I was just surprised that a starting load recommended by the powder manufacturer was so ineffective, at least in that particular pistol.

I got some N320 from a friend - new, unopened cans - so since I was gearing back up to load a batch of 9mm I decided to use it with some 115 gr Rainiers I had on hand. I used the starting load from the VV manual - 3.9 grs of N320 with a 115 gr Rainier loaded to 1.142 OAL. Fortunately I only loaded 100 rounds to test because they didn't work at all. I tried them in a Glock 19 - which had been wonderfully reliable to date. The gun has an aftermarket slide with an RMR mounted, but the internals are all stock Glock 19. Basically the rounds went bang, but that was about it. Horrible accuracy, failed to cycle the slide at all in some cases, stove piped on ejection, never locked the slide back, etc. I shot 40 of them in single shot mode before I lost my patience. I tried a few rounds that a friend had on hand to make sure the gun was really working - it functioned perfectly with his rounds. I was a little surprised at these results. I'll load a few more with N320 to test the performance, but I'm going to jump straight to the suggested max load of 4.4 grs VV recommends for this bullet.

I made sure before I started - the FP stem is installed, RN stem is in the box.

I'm loading at about a nominal 1.130 OAL. I loaded about 25 test rounds at 4.1 grs and they worked well. Functioned the gun 100% with the stock spring and were more than acceptably accurate. I think I can go a little lower and still stay with the stock spring, so I'm loading a test batch at 4.0 grs and another at 3.9 grs.

Thanks - I was kinda thinking along the same lines. I'll give it a try and see what happens.

OK, I've never run into this before with anything else I've loaded. I've got a Dillon 550B. A few weeks ago I got a set of old style .40S&W dies for a great price (free). I set them up and loaded a few test rounds yesterday. I adjusted the seating die for a nominal 1.125 COL. The first few rounds went fine, but since I was going slow and checking every couple of rounds I noticed that the COL was creeping up slowly but surely. Within 10 rounds the average length was 1.135, so I readjusted the seating die back to 1.125. I set the seating die and stem with cases in all stations. Sure enough, same thing started happening again after I made the adjustment. I've always expected a little variance in COL, but I've never seen it constantly keep creeping up like this. I tried another small sample tonight - same results. I've checked the tightness of everything I can think of - shellplate, toolhead etc. Not sure where to go from here. For what it's worth, the bullets are 165 gr Berry's FP, the brass is all once fired (in a Glock) Winchester that's been thru a Redding GRx die. If anyone else has had this problem I'd sure like to know the cure.

I'm looking for a .40 S&W load for practice/plinking. I'm a pretty experienced reloader, but for various reasons have never reloaded .40 S&W - and never really intended to. However, I was just given a set of Dillon dies, a Redding GRx die, about 50000 bullets, and some powder by a friend. This belonged to his father and came from his estate. The bullets are primarily 165 gr Berry's, the powder largely Titegroup and some Vihtavuori N310/320/340 (all the powder still in factory sealed containers). So, I'm starting to look for a good load using the components I was given. Most of my printed manuals are so old they don't really have extensive .40 S&W data, especially with the more modern powders. I've checked the online Hodgdon and Vihtavuori data, but the starting loads seem pretty high for plated bullets. I've also searched extensively on this forum so I know lots of people use Titegroup for .40 minor loads, though it seems largely for 180 gr loads. I'd really like to get a good, mild load using the Titegroup and Berry's bullets, something in the minor .40 range. Based on what I've seen it looks like around 3.6-4.0 grains of Titegroup would probably work and keep velocities below 900 fps. I'm probably going to save the Vihtavuori for other uses so I'm concentrating on using the Titegroup. By the way, I'll be using these loads in a Glock 35 with factory barrel. It had largely been converted to 9mm prior to this, but I've pulled out the original .40 slide again. Appreciate any recommendations for a good load using these components.

First post here - picked up a lot of good info so far. I've searched the furum and found that a lot of people have been using .356 bullets in 9mm's with good results. I somewhat accidentally wound up with (2000) 130 grain .356 Remington Metal Case bullets - intended for .38 Super - and since I don't have a .38 Super planned to use them in my Glock 17. Has anyone used this specific bullet in 9mm loads? If so, do you have any loading tips - my primary use is for IDPA SSP.