Starting to reload 10mm any tips or good loads?

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So I'm starting to load 10mm this week. Do any of you have any favourite loads or any tips? I'm looking for a good 10mm load, not super hot or at max but a proper load (not a 40s&w load). These will be shot out of a glock 20 gen4. Thanks!!
 
First tip, take your time. Don't load other people loads if you're at it for the first time. Trust just the manuals at first. Do you plan on using cast bullets in that Glock or plated?
 
Longshot is a fine flake powder, kind of looks like HP-38/W231. Meters very well and provides better velocity with a lower charge than Blue Dot. It's my new favourite for 180grn bullets. Sooner or later I'm gonna work out some loads with 200grn bullets. It's erratic when loaded light, medium velocity loads seem fine.
 
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Longshot is a fine flake powder, kind of looks like HP-38/W231. Meters very well and provides better velocity with a lower charge than Blue Dot. It's my new favourite for 180grn bullets. Sooner or later I'm gonna work out some loads with 200grn bullets. It's erratic when loaded light, medium velocity loads seem fine.
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Do you think Longshot will be fine for 155gr bullets as well? Thanks!
 
I have never seen the point of the middle weights. Just a personal view, there is certainly nothing "wrong" with them. In the many tens of thousands of rounds I have loaded nearly all has been 135, 180 or 200 grain.
 
All my 10mm loads so far have been with 800x, 155gr and 180gr pills are all I've loaded so far and I like making strong 10mm loads so they have all been pretty spicey, if I'm going to shoot weak loads I'll just shoot the 45acp or 9mm, my 10mm and 44mag are for when I want a bigger smile from shooting not just plinking. The worst thing about shooting 10mm is losing brass which is why mine doesn't get used a lot.
 
If you don't mind hand weighing charges I haven't found a powder that gives higher velocities than 800-X. It's usually a lot cheaper than other powders too.
 
cr5 said:
All my 10mm loads so far have been with 800x, 155gr and 180gr pills are all I've loaded so far and I like making strong 10mm loads so they have all been pretty spicey, if I'm going to shoot weak loads I'll just shoot the 45acp or 9mm, my 10mm and 44mag are for when I want a bigger smile from shooting not just plinking. The worst thing about shooting 10mm is losing brass which is why mine doesn't get used a lot.
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Yep, losing specialized brass is a PITA so I won't be shooting 10mm in my semi-autos that often. Picked up this baby a little while ago so I can shoot 40S&W and 10mm and no chasing brass :)
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VanMan said:
Yep, losing specialized brass is a PITA so I won't be shooting 10mm in my semi-autos that often. Picked up this baby a little while ago so I can shoot 40S&W and 10mm and no chasing brass :)
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Lol, exactly why I sold my Desert Eagle 44mag and bought a Taurus Raging Bull


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If you don't mind hand weighing charges I haven't found a powder that gives higher velocities than 800-X. It's usually a lot cheaper than other powders too.
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I use my chargemaster combo and it meters fine :)
 
Here is the load I have been using in my G21 with a conversion barrel to 10mm: 180gr Campro with Titegroup 5.6gr, Federal Large Pistol primer. Loaded with a Dillon 650. I also plan to develop a load with 800x and w231.
For Brass, I simply shoot enough of it from the same standing location so that it all piles up in the same spot and it is easy to find and pickup lol. (minimum 50 to usually 100 or 150 rounds)
 
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