Nick Weidhaas Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Looking through my powder cabinet I see have a good qantity of IMR 4756 from my open pistol .38super days. I'd like to use it up. I was wondering if anyone had a recipe with this powder for .40S&W with a 180gr. JHP bullet (Zero). I checked IMR's web site and they list one load of 6.0gr. for a velocity of 1000fps. This is a little stiff as I'm looking for a IPSC limited load and don't need a 180pf. Thanks, Nick- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Weidhaas Posted January 1, 2004 Author Share Posted January 1, 2004 I can see from all the responses, this is obviously a popular powder for .40S&W I did some checking and Steve's reloading pages show you can start a 180gr. bullet with IMR 4756 at 5.1gr. I will try this and see what we get. When I was shooting open pistols, this was a real clean buring powder and we were shooting compressed loads back then to make major. I'll let you know how this powder does in .40. Nick- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Anderson Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Likely no responses because nobody wanted to tell you what they were thinking : 4756 is not a good powder for .40, go get some titegroup. Good luck with your experiments! SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe D Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Titegroup is hard to beat in .40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Weidhaas Posted January 1, 2004 Author Share Posted January 1, 2004 Guys, I know 4756 is not the powder to use in .40. I was just hoping someone had a recipe so I could use it up. No biggie. I will likely go to TG in .40. Just looking to use up some powder that is collecting dust. Happy New Year. Nick- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmd Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Nick, The loads you gave me for the 38 super have worked great - I have almost used up my first 5# keg and may be interested in buying the powder off you if you want to get rid of it - contact me if interested. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew B Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I use this for 38 super as well - works the comp well and is clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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