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Give me a good starting load for my S&W 610 w/ 6.5in barrel


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I looked in the 40/10mm reloading sub-forum and didn't find a lot. So if any of you revolver shooters are shooting 40 cal - 200gr bullets I would love to hear what you're loading and what velocity its making. I would especially love to hear your load if your using Titegroup.

Thanks in advance

mcb

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6.5" 610,, 4.7 TG with Berry 180 FP OAL 1.200". 169 at last Area match

That's about the load I was using when I was loading Berry's 180 RN but I have this box of 2250pcs of MG 200gr CMJ and a bunch of Titegroup I would like to use up. From looking at Hodgdons website and what little other data I could find that uses Titegroup and 200gr bullets I think if I load to roughly 10mm OAL 1.25-1.26 (I believe I will have enough bullet with the long 200gr bullet to still get a good seat and crimp even at the length in a 40S&W case) that about 4.2gr of Titegroup should give me about a 171PF. I was hoping someone would have used a similar load in their 610 and could give me some confirming data (powder charge and velocity) actually fired in a 610.

Thanks

mcb

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Ditto what hdgun said, find a chrono.

And give the board some time, sure folks will chime in with numerous recipe's

I have shot a bunch of tightgroup in 38 cal revo's, didn't really like it.

I'll check my data tonight (hopefully :blink: ) I must have some 10mm TG loads.

I've been using clays and it shoots very soft, did a side by side test with 3

powders once and all loads were 168-171 pf but the clays load felt the best

and strangly enough it was the higher PF !

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Okay, sorry I took so long and maybe your all set,

but since I made the pdf I'm attaching it anyways :roflol:

The attached is data from 2 different 6.5 inch 610's using both 40 S&W brass and 10mm brass.

10mm brass gives better long range accuracy (+35 yrds) but I have about two 5 gallon bucket

fulls of Win 40 S&W brass so I use that. Good enough for USPSA accuracy 'till those 50 yrd shots

show up.

As you'll see from the data it looks like you might want to start around 4.0-4.2 and ya might get up

to 4.4 grns, "all depends on the gun" as they say.

As always...you this data at your own risk !

Good luck, but you might find Clays softer shooting.

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