.40 S&W loads

smitty77 · September 2, 2011, 10:04 PM

I just ordered some S&S Castings 175 SWC and need some loads to try. An OAL would be helpful also.

Rangefinder · September 2, 2011, 10:14 PM

4.2gr Red Dot runs mine nicely--I cast my own. I want to say OAL is 1.135 on those. Plenty snappy.

jim8115 · September 2, 2011, 10:17 PM

I use 5.0 to 5.5 Unique with 180 grain cast

smitty77 · September 2, 2011, 11:01 PM

Hey Rangefinder, just out of curiosity which mold are you using? Also thanks for the help.

flashhole · September 3, 2011, 09:54 AM

I shoot my own cast bullets also. I use the Lee 175 grain truncated cone microgroove 6-cavity mold. I can make a pile of bullets pretty quickly. I also run them through the Lee 401 sizer die for uniformity (highly recommended) and lube them with a modified Lee Liquid Alox lube. I seat them so the lip on the case is level with the top of the first pressure ring. That is about .008" shorter than what is called for in the manual but I found if I did not seat it flush to the case lip it served as a false shoulder and the gun would occassionally jamb. Seating them flush to the lip solved the feed problem. I shoot both HS-6 and AA#7 with this bullet and both powders work really well.

Rangefinder · September 3, 2011, 04:16 PM

I'm running on a Lee tumble-lubed 175gr. SWC. 6-cav (5 normal with one cav I bored for a HP that drops about 160gr.). I run em all the same load smoothly. 180grTC, 175grSWC, and 160grHP.

September 2, 2011, 10:04 PM	#1
smitty77 Junior Member Join Date: December 5, 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 10	.40 S&W loads I just ordered some S&S Castings 175 SWC and need some loads to try. An OAL would be helpful also.

September 2, 2011, 10:14 PM	#2
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	4.2gr Red Dot runs mine nicely--I cast my own. I want to say OAL is 1.135 on those. Plenty snappy. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

September 3, 2011, 09:54 AM	#5
flashhole Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2005 Location: Owego, NY Posts: 2,000	I shoot my own cast bullets also. I use the Lee 175 grain truncated cone microgroove 6-cavity mold. I can make a pile of bullets pretty quickly. I also run them through the Lee 401 sizer die for uniformity (highly recommended) and lube them with a modified Lee Liquid Alox lube. I seat them so the lip on the case is level with the top of the first pressure ring. That is about .008" shorter than what is called for in the manual but I found if I did not seat it flush to the case lip it served as a false shoulder and the gun would occassionally jamb. Seating them flush to the lip solved the feed problem. I shoot both HS-6 and AA#7 with this bullet and both powders work really well. __________________ ,,, stupidity comes to some people very easily. 8/22/2017 my wife in a discussion about Liberals. Are you ready for civil war?

September 3, 2011, 04:16 PM	#6
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	I'm running on a Lee tumble-lubed 175gr. SWC. 6-cav (5 normal with one cav I bored for a HP that drops about 160gr.). I run em all the same load smoothly. 180grTC, 175grSWC, and 160grHP. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

September 2, 2011, 10:17 PM	#3
jim8115 Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2011 Location: Arkansas Posts: 229	I use 5.0 to 5.5 Unique with 180 grain cast

September 2, 2011, 11:01 PM	#4
smitty77 Junior Member Join Date: December 5, 2008 Location: Idaho Posts: 10	Hey Rangefinder, just out of curiosity which mold are you using? Also thanks for the help.