usa259 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 What would be your design load to load a 40 S&W to make Minor Pwoer Factor with a little cushion, say Pf of 130 - 135? Powder? Bullet choice? OAL? I'm looking to narrow down the many choices available. Thanks for your help, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crotchThrower Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 3.5 Grains of TiteGroup 180 Gr MG RFN Federal Small Pistol Primer oal 1.15 Average PF -> 133 Out of a full size beretta 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crotchThrower Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) I developed the above load because I wanted to shoot my beretta 96 in both production and limited 10 major. Two divisions one pistol... hope it helps. I am not even going to tell you to start at 10% below... that is really safe to load as is. But use common sense and be careful... use at your own risk,,, Edited March 10, 2015 by crotchThrower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Start from the powder first. What do you have available? I use WST. Titegroup, 231, n320, clays, solo1000, WSF, etr-7, and a few others work well also. Let us know what powders you have on hand, or have access to. If you need powder, etr7 is the easiest to come by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usa259 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) Thank you both. I currently have Bullseye and Unique. From reading other posts I was considering and am further reading about Clays, WST, tightgroup, and VIT 320. Will add your suggestions to the lists... Edited March 11, 2015 by usa259 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stician Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 180gr Bayou RNFP Loaded to 1.135" with 3.6gr N320 is 135PF out of a 4.5" barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbc44 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 3.0 grs. Clays Zero 180s 1.125 AOL 130 PF Very soft shooting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packeagle Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I was loading that same load with clays till I ran out. Great load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 3.0 grs. Clays Zero 180s 1.125 AOL 130 PF Very soft shooting Mine was very close to that...2.8 clays with a Space Coast 180tncn lead bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gahunter12 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I load 3.4gr of Titegroup under 180gr RSFP Xtreme pill, or 3.8gr of WST under 180gr RSFP XTreme pills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usa259 Posted March 16, 2015 Author Share Posted March 16, 2015 Thanks for sharing you loading information. Did any of you need to change the recoil spring with these reduce loads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packeagle Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I used a lighter spring in my G22. Feed fine with the standard spring and locked back on last round. I like the feel of the lighter spring better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbc44 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I'm shooting a 5" XD and with the lighter load it would not cycle. Went from factory to a 15# and works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsg Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Just ran yesterday... 200 Extreme 3 grains of Titegroup Win SP 1.180 oal 60 degrees Runs consistently in a Trojan 5 with original springs and recoil feels like a light 38 Special. Chono averaged 9 rounds at 133. I can also say 2.8 will not reliably run in the Trojan with factory springs. Since it would not run, I did not chrono it. EDIT: As always, your mileage may vary. Edited March 20, 2015 by jsg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usa259 Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 Cool. Will add info to my data set... Thanks for the reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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