Bought a new 10mm and just received my Lehigh 140 gr bullets.
Anyone reload for them?
Trying to get a baseline to start from.
Anyone reload for them?
Trying to get a baseline to start from.
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Thanks guys.As FEENIX knows our weather is rotten right now so I'll load a few and try them out when the weather gets better.
Thanks again
Thanks again
Yep, it's been brutal.
For a 5" or so barrel I tend to use a med burn rate powder like Accurate #7 or CFE Pistol
If it is Longer I use Accurate #9.
If it is Longer I use Accurate #9.
I use longshot, hs6, 7, 9, 3n37, silhouette and blue dot for 135-155gr. On occasion hp38. I have 10mm's in barrel lengths of 4.5, 5.3, 6, 6.53 and 16", so I load for a lot of different styles, but only up to 180gr. I won''t say how much BD I've put into a case, it's a way crazy amount and not just barely over 100%. 1 day I'll get around to chrono everything I load in pistol and rifle. I did a 357sig load that was safe when a brake was used, but removed the brake and WOW! Not good! The brass looked fine, but the way the slide came back and the speed the case ejected at was fierce. I made notation on the box for brake use only.
sierracharlie338
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For a carry gun while out at the ranch hunting/working do y'all think it's worth reloading for a 10mm with 5 inch barrel (handgun) or just picking up some factory hard cast?
For now I picked up 4 boxes of Underwood 220 gr hard cast and 4 boxes of HSM 200 gr hard cast but I will get a mold and cast my own later.I wanted to see which load shoots best in this new S&W M&P 2.0.
I had some 150 gr hollow point Noslers I had for many years and loaded a few with an old familiar load of Bluedot 10.7 grs that I used to use in my old Smith&Wesson many years ago.That is a pretty warm load.
I bought a 200gr mold and 1000 pieces of starline brass when I bought my 10mm back in 2006. It's a Kimber Stainless Target model with the 5" barrel. The only factory ammo I found worthwhile back then was Double Tap. 200gr cast at 1300fps. My handloads are around 1250fps with Blue Dot and 1300fps out of my Glock model 40 with it's 6" barrel. I haven't tried them with a chrono attached to my 10.5 AR pistol. I'm guessing in the 1400fps range.
sierracharlie338
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Awesome let me know how they work because that's the same gun I picked up.
Will do.
The display model had a shorter barrel but the box of the one I bought it says 4.6 inches.
Maybe it just looked shorter but I like this.
I changed the grip back strap and it made a huge difference on grip sierracharlie338.
Can't wait to test it out.
sierracharlie338
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I love the feel of mine and plan to get some range time in soon. Have some generic 180 jacketed ammo for plinking.
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!
