.40 s&w question

flyinpolack · February 26, 2010, 06:00 AM

Hiya all,
I'm about to start reloading .40 S&W. I went to my local gunshop & picked up 200- 165 gr. TC winchester projectiles. I'll be using power pistol & cci #500 primers. I went home , looked in my hornady book but it only lists 155, & 180 gr. projectiles (the sizes that hornady makes). My Lee die instruction sheet has the same info..
Does anyone know where the reloading data for this setup might be found?

Rockhanger · February 26, 2010, 06:11 AM

Try powder manfr. web sight

DEVILDOGLILES · February 26, 2010, 07:54 AM

I am pretty sure you will that information in the Lyman Book (49th) edition. I am at work right now and dont have it in front of me but I specifically remember seeing Power Pistol in their data.

SL1 · February 26, 2010, 08:19 AM

is here http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/default.aspx .

It has data for Power Pistol with Speer 165 grain Gold Dot HPs. Should put you in the ball park, but remember, they are different bullets, probably with different lenghts, so using the COL in the data for your Winchester bullets might not give the same results, including pressures. Start low and work up.

SL1

flyinpolack · February 26, 2010, 02:45 PM

Sweet, thanks for the link!
Does anyone out there know what the length of a speer 165gr .40 projectile is?

azredhawk44 · February 26, 2010, 02:53 PM

flyinpolack:

It's not just the length that can affect your load: There's also the bullet ogive profile. That will also affect your intended seating depth.

The speer 165 or your TC winchester could have the ogive further forward, causing it to bash against the rifling rather than cleanly headspacing on the mouth.

A quick email to Alliant will get you exactly what you're looking for.

February 26, 2010, 06:00 AM	#1
flyinpolack Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2010 Posts: 152	.40 s&w question Hiya all, I'm about to start reloading .40 S&W. I went to my local gunshop & picked up 200- 165 gr. TC winchester projectiles. I'll be using power pistol & cci #500 primers. I went home , looked in my hornady book but it only lists 155, & 180 gr. projectiles (the sizes that hornady makes). My Lee die instruction sheet has the same info.. Does anyone know where the reloading data for this setup might be found?

February 26, 2010, 07:54 AM	#3
DEVILDOGLILES Junior Member Join Date: February 16, 2010 Location: Beaufort, SC Posts: 11	I am pretty sure you will that information in the Lyman Book (49th) edition. I am at work right now and dont have it in front of me but I specifically remember seeing Power Pistol in their data. __________________ Travis Liles USMC - Marksmanship Instructor NRA Certified Pistol Instructor

February 26, 2010, 08:19 AM	#4
SL1 Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2007 Posts: 2,001	The Alliant site is here http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/default.aspx . It has data for Power Pistol with Speer 165 grain Gold Dot HPs. Should put you in the ball park, but remember, they are different bullets, probably with different lenghts, so using the COL in the data for your Winchester bullets might not give the same results, including pressures. Start low and work up. SL1

February 26, 2010, 06:11 AM	#2
Rockhanger Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2010 Posts: 111	Try powder manfr. web sight

February 26, 2010, 02:45 PM	#5
flyinpolack Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2010 Posts: 152	Sweet, thanks for the link! Does anyone out there know what the length of a speer 165gr .40 projectile is?

February 26, 2010, 02:53 PM	#6
azredhawk44 Junior member Join Date: September 28, 2005 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 6,465	flyinpolack: It's not just the length that can affect your load: There's also the bullet ogive profile. That will also affect your intended seating depth. The speer 165 or your TC winchester could have the ogive further forward, causing it to bash against the rifling rather than cleanly headspacing on the mouth. A quick email to Alliant will get you exactly what you're looking for.