powder suggestion for 40 smith and wesson

[TIPPY91]

looking a good powder to use in glock 35 40s&w bullet weight 165 to 180 grain.

 

[tacticalreload]

I use Winchester 231, it seems to be a good all round powder.

 

[The_Shooter]

I use WSF across the board, however I found Herco for 180 grainers awesome.

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[horseman2]

6.9 grains of HS-6 gives 1000 loads per pound. Velocity was consistent with good accuracy.

 

[chrisward3]

win231 and HP38 are nearly identical and I use them interchangeably. I down-load my 40 to just barely meet IPSC production PF...its a really smooth load.

 

[kman300]

4gr n320 180 Berry 750 fps g22.

 

[Great Crouton]

I've only used one powder so far but 6.7 grains of power pistol with a 165 gr FMJ has yielded some good results for me. And man do I love that muzzle flash.

 

[Jarlath]

Titegroup & Win 231.

 

[BP7]

Hodg Longshot

high velocity with low pressure to keep a Glock from going kaboom.

 

[hoochie]

ive always used tight group or HS6. I like HS-6 because its what i load buckshot with, tightgroup is good cause I use it in 9mm too. less tightgroup than HS-6 per round

 

[Maximum]

Winchester recommends Autocomp or WSF for .40 on their site.

They are pretty close together on the burn rate chart, with autocomp being slightly slower relatively.

http://www.wwpowder.com/burn-rate.html

 

[TheJuggernaut]

I don't think you can beat Longshot if you want the best BANG for your buck - awesome muzzle velocity and fireballs. 7.5 gr with 180gr Berries got me around 1130fps. I switched to Power Pistol now, it's more tame which is nice. Got a pound of WSF to try some day as well. 7.2gr PP with 165gr AIM got me around 1100fps.

 

[hatman1793]

Stick with the basic well-known, available and classic powders that most started out with. WW231 would not be my first choice but it works. Alliant's Bullseye works terrific and so does Alliant's RedDot. Accuracy can be very good with the 40S&W round. My first and last choice is a RandRBullets.com [Magma engineering] cast lead 155grain SWC behind 3.8grains of Alliant's PROMO powder.

 

[BP7]

Stick with the basic well-known, available and classic powders that most started out with. WW231 would not be my first choice but it works. Alliant's Bullseye works terrific and so does Alliant's RedDot. Accuracy can be very good with the 40S&W round. My first and last choice is a RandRBullets.com [Magma engineering] cast lead 155grain SWC behind 3.8grains of Alliant's PROMO powder.

hmm, i'm torn. I want to rake you over the coals for rejecting advances and sticking to "classic" old powders that haven't been improved upon. I've tried some of those "traditional" powders and they are dirty and create way too much smoke esp when shooting indoors. they may be well-understood, but there's new stuff out there to try that might be better.

but then, I get my lead from rick @ R&R as well.... so I gotta give you kudos for that.

 

[HKMark23]

4gr n320 180 Berry 750 fps g22.

Use N320 under a 185 gr bullet in 45 ACP and N350 for 38 Super. Love that clean Vv powder. Win 231 and HS-6 are dirty.

 

[Great Crouton]

I don't think you can beat Longshot if you want the best BANG for your buck - awesome muzzle velocity and fireballs. 7.5 gr with 180gr Berries got me around 1130fps. I switched to Power Pistol now, it's more tame which is nice. Got a pound of WSF to try some day as well. 7.2gr PP with 165gr AIM got me around 1100fps.

Have you noticed your ejected brass is pretty dirty inside and out?

 

[TheJuggernaut]

Have you noticed your ejected brass is pretty dirty inside and out?

I want to say no but I also haven't looked very closely. I got a bucket load of cheap brass so I haven't been picking up for a while. The gun is a lot cleaner than with Longshot, that's for sure.

 

[TIPPY91]

i was thinking of trying vv3N37 or N340

 

[ampegor]

for major loads i like 231/hp-38 cause its easy to get - power pistol is nice too

for minor loads clays

 

[#1bcshooter]

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