Blue Dot + 135 Rs = Zoom Zoom

[HQBrass]

I loaded up some Berry's 40 cal. 135 RS's this weekend over some (a lot actually) Blue Dot. Finding data for a 135gr 40 is not the easiest thing I have ever done. I found one load on Maass's list that call for 12gr. That seemed like a lot to me but I figured I would work up to it. I started at 10.5 gr and went in .5 gr. increments up to 12.0. 12.0 gr. of Blue Dot is a FULL case no danger of a double charge there. I took it to the range and ran some through the chrono and found that I should have stopped at 11.0 gr. 10.5 gr. at a OAL of 1.135 gave me an avg. 1240 FPS with a 167 PF but that was sort of thin for me so I ran the 11.0 gr.'ers and that gave me an avg. 1340 with a 180PF and a good vertical dot track. I didn't chrono the 11.5 gr. rounds but curiosity got the better of me so I ran one of the 12.0 gr. rounds across the chrono, 1430 FPS! All of the rounds were shot out of a G-35 with a KKM 4 Port Comp. Work up your own loads for your own gun, this data is not to be used to generate loads it is just raw data. Use at your risk.

[Alan Meek]

HQBrass,

The last time I shot my .40 Open I used 10.4 of HS-6 and Nosler 135 JHP. They chronoed for a 186PF. This was at the 2003 VAMDSection. I was worried that I was not going to make major as my chrono had been acting up. I even won B Class Open with that load.

Alan