Load data for 10mm

[ARlife4me]

I haven't heard anything……but, I'm sure that they cause cancer in Kalifornia! Hell……everything causes cancer in Kalifornia! And, apparently Kalifornia Cancer is communicable……it's rapidly spreading across other states! memtb

There's warnings on trees, grass and worms if it's in CA

 

[ARlife4me]

I, too, have a Glock 40. I purchased a 6.5" after-market barrel for future replacement

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I currently shoot the HSM Bear Load 180 and Buffalo Bore Dangerous Game 190 Mono for bear defense. However, I will be loading with Lehigh Defense.

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Enjoy that gen4 g40!

 

[alaska]

HSM is below advertised vel its weak.
Buffalo Bore load much better .
Suggest KKM barrel and Glock Store Titanium Rod and 22 pound spring a Leupold Deta Pro would be great on that G40.

 

[436]

Well put 436.
Back in the early 90's I bought a used S&W 1006,re-conditioned by S&W and sold to the public from Law Enforcement returns.New barrels and accurate with copper/lead core bullets that could fully obturate in the bore but lead bullets leaded so badly I had to soak the barrel in carb cleaner for a couple of hours and clean with a bristle brush to get the lead out and back then I could never find gas checks for 40 cal bullets back then.
So I slugged my barrel,slightly over .400 so a .400 so lead bullet could never obturate in the barrel so I ordered a custom die(cheap)from Lee to size at .401 (and another at .402 just incase) and never had a leading problem again.
Then I found out about powder coating,so the lead never comes in contact with the barrel.Leading became a past problem,no more leading.
I also shot a Glock that leaded some but Powdercoating bullets fixed that problem too.

Old Rooster,
That was very interesting, and I agree, powder coat does help I pretty much use gas checks on all my hard cast rifle loads these days, I was thinking about trying coated in my .30 WFC right now I'm using a 170gr FN lead with gas check, and it shoots great. I'll give the coated bullets a try in my G20SF as well. Cheers

 

[ARlife4me]

HSM is below advertised vel its weak.
Buffalo Bore load much better .
Suggest KKM barrel and Glock Store Titanium Rod and 22 pound spring a Leupold Deta Pro would be great on that G40.

If not wanting to use good brake.

 

[436]

I haven't heard anything……but, I'm sure that they cause cancer in Kalifornia! Hell……everything causes cancer in Kalifornia! And, apparently Kalifornia Cancer is communicable……it's rapidly spreading across other states! memtb

You are correct my friend..., everything except DemocRAT's the biggest cancer of all. Cheer

 

[justinp61]

I haven't heard anything……but, I'm sure that they cause cancer in Kalifornia! Hell……everything causes cancer in Kalifornia! And, apparently Kalifornia Cancer is communicable……it's rapidly spreading across other states! memtb

I thought kalifornia was a cancer that was spreading across the rest of the US!

 

[justinp61]

I, too, have a Glock 40. I purchased a 6.5" after-market barrel for future replacement

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I currently shoot the HSM Bear Load 180 and Buffalo Bore Dangerous Game 190 Mono for bear defense. However, I will be loading with Lehigh Defense.

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Who's barrel did you purchase? Please let us know how you like it.

 

[alaska]

Old Rooster,
That was very interesting, and I agree, powder coat does help I pretty much use gas checks on all my hard cast rifle loads these days, I was thinking about trying coated in my .30 WFC right now I'm using a 170gr FN lead with gas check, and it shoots great. I'll give the coated bullets a try in my G20SF as well. Cheers

With factory barrels it's not recommended to shoot lead due to possible buildup. There's a person on another forum that does shoot lead projectiles, but limits the amount between cleaning. Be safe!

Hardcast Lead is different than lead does not apply !

 

[memtb]

I, too, have a Glock 40. I purchased a 6.5" after-market barrel for future replacement

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I currently shoot the HSM Bear Load 180 and Buffalo Bore Dangerous Game 190 Mono for bear defense. However, I will be loading with Lehigh Defense.

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FEENIX, I'm a huge proponent of solids on large animals….. but personally , I would be a lot happier with a much larger metplat than shown on that mono!

I suspect that the permanent wound channel and subsequent tissue damage would be much better if the metplat were somewhere around 0.60" to 0.65" on a 210 to 220 grain bullet. memtb

 

[ARlife4me]

Hardcast Lead is different than lead does not apply !

I don't and haven't shot any of either type.

 

[436]

Hardcast Lead is different than lead does not apply !

I agree... Hard-cast bullets may contain some lead and be grey in color, but that is where the similarities stop. Hard cast bullets can be formulated of numerous alloy mixes (antimony, silver, tin, etc) containing some lead, but the alloys make the bullet much harder than pure lead. Pure lead has a Brinell hardness # of about 4. Most hard-cast bullets will have a Brinell hardness # of 11 to 30 and as such are several times harder than lead.

Yet, there is lead in many hard cast... so I for simplicity just say lead and hard cast for its purpose and mix the two for conversation... But... your point is correct. Thank you... Cheers

 

[memtb]

I agree... Hard-cast bullets may contain some lead and be grey in color, but that is where the similarities stop. Hard cast bullets can be formulated of numerous alloy mixes (antimony, silver, tin, etc) containing some lead, but the alloys make the bullet much harder than pure lead. Pure lead has a Brinell hardness # of about 4. Most hard-cast bullets will have a Brinell hardness # of 11 to 30 and as such are several times harder than lead.

Yet, there is lead in many hard cast... so I for simplicity just say lead and hard cast for its purpose and mix the two for conversation... But... your point is correct. Thank you... Cheers

I use "plain old" wheel weights, which are primarily lead, tin, and antimony! As cast they go around 12 to 15 hardness. If I decide to "quench" them to temper them, I can easily exceed 20.

Those that are "tempered", gas checked, and with a good lube can be pushed well over 2000 mv……with no leading.

With my powder coated, and gas checked, I'm running 430 grain, wide metplat bullets @1800 (+/-) mv…..while getting 1" to 1 1/4" 5 shot groups @ 100, with a 4x scope. Could probably tighten that a bit, with some experimentation and a higher power scope!

Running 400 grain, powder coated, gas checked from my 8 3/8" S&W 460 to 1500 mv. With a 2 moa red dot, I've gotten quite a few sub 3", 4 shot groups @ 100 yards. Using a 2 moa red dot…..I figure that's as good as I'm likely to do! As 150 yards is my maximum intended use on big game…..I'm calling it good!

No signs of leading or excessive fouling with anything listed! memtb

 

[Old Rooster]

Old Rooster,
That was very interesting, and I agree, powder coat does help I pretty much use gas checks on all my hard cast rifle loads these days, I was thinking about trying coated in my .30 WFC right now I'm using a 170gr FN lead with gas check, and it shoots great. I'll give the coated bullets a try in my G20SF as well. Cheers

Been wanting to try cast lead for rifles like 30-30,358 win.I may get to that this year buddy.
Now that 40 cal gas checks are available I may go back to using them as I had zero leading with gas checks in other calibers.