Anyone can recommend a starter power, primer, and bullet for 40S&W
- Thread starter RemingtonMarlin
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You will have to go with Jacketed ammo as lead is not recommanded for glock stock barrel.
CCI Small primer pistol are good, for powder you have the choice:
HS-6, Titegroup, Universal Clays, blue dot.
Edit: Titegroup is good for light load (135pf), Universal Clays doesn't burn completely on light load but is soft.
CCI Small primer pistol are good, for powder you have the choice:
HS-6, Titegroup, Universal Clays, blue dot.
Edit: Titegroup is good for light load (135pf), Universal Clays doesn't burn completely on light load but is soft.
i use:
180gr frontier FMJ RNFP bullets
winchester small pistol primers
5.5 grains of universal
final lenght of 1.165 inch
.003 bullet crip
average fps is 1020
power factor is 186.7
Works like a charm in my Tanfoglio, solved my gun's stove pipe problem
180gr frontier FMJ RNFP bullets
winchester small pistol primers
5.5 grains of universal
final lenght of 1.165 inch
.003 bullet crip
average fps is 1020
power factor is 186.7
Works like a charm in my Tanfoglio, solved my gun's stove pipe problem
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I sometimes shoot a G22 in Production division, so I download to minor loads.
180 gr Montana Gold
Any small pistol primer
3.5 gr Titegroup.
Goes around 720 fps.
It goes "poof" and the recoil is like holding onto a mouse farting.
180 gr Montana Gold
Any small pistol primer
3.5 gr Titegroup.
Goes around 720 fps.
It goes "poof" and the recoil is like holding onto a mouse farting.
Rule of thum
For the least perceived felt recoil, go with the fastest powder and heaviest bullet.
Me, I load for IPSC Production Division Minor. 200 Gr plated bullet (Berry's Mfg) over 2.9 gr of Titegroup for a MV of about 650 to 670 FPS. I use Federal primers. (My Glock doesn't like Winchester primers - too many failures to fire despite solid striker hits)
Of course, YMMV......
For the least perceived felt recoil, go with the fastest powder and heaviest bullet. Me, I load for IPSC Production Division Minor. 200 Gr plated bullet (Berry's Mfg) over 2.9 gr of Titegroup for a MV of about 650 to 670 FPS. I use Federal primers. (My Glock doesn't like Winchester primers - too many failures to fire despite solid striker hits)
Of course, YMMV......
Is it true that reload can not be used in GLOCK guns as claimed in Modern Reloading?
It states that the chamber do not fully support the cartridge due to the intrusion of the feed ramp.
How 's your reloading working out in you GLOCK22?
It states that the chamber do not fully support the cartridge due to the intrusion of the feed ramp.
How 's your reloading working out in you GLOCK22?
96Brigadier said:
Reloads work fine in Glocks if done correctly .
Glocks require plated bullets due to the type of rifling in the barrel .
The concern is if you shoot lead though this type of rifling ( polygonal ?) it will quickly build up lead . A bullet travelling through the barrel will have a harder time getting through this build up and increase chamber pressure . Because the chamber is not fully supported it would take less of a pressure increase to cause a failure . Being a polymer gun , when it does fail , it fails it a big way . As a side note all gun makers state that reloads can't be used .
At least this is how I have understood the issue .
Thanks for the recipes , I also just got a Glock 22 for Production div..
Glocks require plated bullets due to the type of rifling in the barrel .
The concern is if you shoot lead though this type of rifling ( polygonal ?) it will quickly build up lead . A bullet travelling through the barrel will have a harder time getting through this build up and increase chamber pressure . Because the chamber is not fully supported it would take less of a pressure increase to cause a failure . Being a polymer gun , when it does fail , it fails it a big way . As a side note all gun makers state that reloads can't be used .
At least this is how I have understood the issue .
Thanks for the recipes , I also just got a Glock 22 for Production div..
Hi,
I use a SA XD-40 for IDPA. I use Frontier - 180 RNFT, 7.3 Gr HS-6 with Winchester primers. I have chronyed these loads and they are well within the acceptable load limits for my sport, unfortunately I do not have that data with me at this time. I have fired thousands of rounds with this recipe and have had no problems with feeding or accuracy which is great. I like the HS-6 because for 40 S&W, it fills the entire cartridge which arguablely give a more consistant ignition/detenation.
Steve
I use a SA XD-40 for IDPA. I use Frontier - 180 RNFT, 7.3 Gr HS-6 with Winchester primers. I have chronyed these loads and they are well within the acceptable load limits for my sport, unfortunately I do not have that data with me at this time. I have fired thousands of rounds with this recipe and have had no problems with feeding or accuracy which is great. I like the HS-6 because for 40 S&W, it fills the entire cartridge which arguablely give a more consistant ignition/detenation.
Steve
RemingtonMarlin said:
No problems reloading for a Glock, don't use lead as has already been stated. I was worried about the same thing before I bought my first Glock, now I have two G22's and haven't shot anything but reloads through both of them. My first G22 has about 4,000 reloads through it, my second about a thousand. I only shoot minor loads through both Glocks using the exact recipe I already posted.
Many powder warns you to not reload for .40 in unsupported chamber like glock as increased pressure might blow up.
Hodgdon said:WARNINThis data is intended for use in firearms with barrels which fully support the cartridge in the chamber. Use of this data in firearms which do not fully support the cartridge may result in bulged cases, ruptured cases, case head separation, or other condition which may result in damage to the firearm and/or result in injury or death of the shooter and/or bystanders.
