40s&w, Berry's 135gr Rs, Titegroup, Oal 1.135

[mcb]

A friend game me about 600 of these bullets and I have some Titegroup left over (switched to VV N-320 for my 180gr major loads) I would like to use these bullet and powder together for some practice/plinking ammo. If you have some good data using this combination I would love to see it.

Thanks

mcb

[dirtypool40]

No idea on the 135's but the 180's like 4.75gr of TG. I'd start around 5.1, but that's just a guess.

[mcb]

No idea on the 135's but the 180's like 4.75gr of TG. I'd start around 5.1, but that's just a guess.

I was making major with 4.5 grains of tight group and Berry's 180 RS out of my XD-40 Tactical. I like the N320 a little better as it seems cleaner and fills the case more.

I don't necessarily want to try for Major with the 135 grain bullets just looking for a load with enough umph to reliably cycle the old XD-40 Tactical. Hodgdon's web site list 6.4 grain at 1251fps, PF 168.9. I was hoping someone might have some actual load data with accompanying chrono data so I could back off that really fast load a bit. I searched all around and have not found much data with velocities.

Thanks

mcb

[ChuckS]

Hodgdon says 6.4 gr max for a Nosler 135 gr JHP. DP's numbers are probably a good starting point.

TITEGROUP 6.4gr 1251fps 33,200 PSI 135 GR. NOS JHP COL: 1.125"

Link to Hodgdon's load data

Later,

Chuck

[BigDave]

You should be able to drop the 135 right on top of whatever your Major powder charge was. It should make a really soft minor load ~1000 fps. Great for steel. But, TG can be a bit erratic with the light bullets in terms of velocity (read: a few weird low fps #'s will show on the chrono from time to time).

I love 135's for minor in 40. But, Clays or 700X work better IME.