spennebaker Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Folks, I'm an action shooter that has recently switched to lead due to the accuracy and savings associated with it. My platform is a Glock 20 with a storm lake barrel. My problem is that the only data I have been able to find is for 175 and 180gr bullets with a diameter of .400. The bullets I am using are 155gr and 180gr with a diameter of .401. I’m trying to keep my PF as close to 165 as possible. That’s 1065 FPS for the 155gr and 917 FPS for the 180gr. The powders I have on hand include: Titegroup WST Unique HS-6 Bullseye BlueDot The primers I have on hand are: Win LP CCI# 350 Any help would be most appreciated! Seth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Seth, welcome to the forums. There is no black magic for lead bullets.....reduce your loads by .02 grains......and you should be right at where you are with the jacketed loads....If you are at 5.0gr, reduce to 4.8, etc.....You should be in the ball park... Good luck, DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spennebaker Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 (edited) Seth, welcome to the forums.There is no black magic for lead bullets.....reduce your loads by .02 grains......and you should be right at where you are with the jacketed loads....If you are at 5.0gr, reduce to 4.8, etc.....You should be in the ball park... Good luck, DougC Thanks Doug! I just got off the phone with Rich at Sierra Bullets. Very helpful guy! Not only did he give me the contact info of a reloader friend of his that lives about 10 miles away from me, he spent about 20 minutes on the phone answering all my questions. Here's the data he gave me: 180gr LFP, .401 diameter - 950 - 1000 FPS Unique - 5.9gr Bullseye - 5.0gr Univ Clays - 5.5gr Titegroup - 5.3gr WST - 4.8gr As soon as I get my hands on a chrono, I'll let you guys know how these loads come out. Edited April 10, 2008 by spennebaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 I load 150, 180, 213 gr lead bullets in 10mm and shoot them in my G20 with a BarSto. I tried a few different powders but I keep going back to WST for lead bullets. It is great in the .45 ACP and .40 and it works great in the 10mm also. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spennebaker Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 I load 150, 180, 213 gr lead bullets in 10mm and shoot them in my G20 with a BarSto. I tried a few different powders but I keep going back to WST for lead bullets. It is great in the .45 ACP and .40 and it works great in the 10mm also. Neal in AZ I agree. It has a very nice feel to it. More of a push than a snap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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