40 s&w recipe using 180 gr bear creek

[tangocharlie7]

Just bought a G22 and have 1k bear creek 180 gr LRN, wondering if you have some recipes you might like to share.

I have Clays, Bullseye, Power Pistol and True Blue on hand for powder

Thx!

[rhbanjo]

I thought I read somewhere that you can't use lead in a Glock barrel? Something about the rifling.?

[tangocharlie7]

Moly coated lead are fine. I've run 1k's through my G21sf no problem

[CalTeacher]

Glocks will shoot lead just fine. Don't believe Internet myths to the contrary. I lIke 5.4 gr of Unique. With a 180gr cast bullet it runs about 950fps

[tangocharlie7]

Ok Great. I don't have any Unique on hand but will reference this load later when I do
Thx

[Kappy]

I don't know about the moly thing, but I wouldn't reload lead in a Glock. It's questionable enough that I'd be worried. On the other hand, I suppose if you check the barrel enough...

I've shot Bullseye in .40S&W, no problem. I started with lead (in my CZ75). I want to say I was shooting 4.5gr?

[CalTeacher]

I don't know about the moly thing, but I wouldn't reload lead in a Glock. It's questionable enough that I'd be worried. On the other hand, I suppose if you check the barrel enough...

I've shot Bullseye in .40S&W, no problem. I started with lead (in my CZ75). I want to say I was shooting 4.5gr?

Seriously, there's nothing wrong with shooting lead bullets in a stock goock barrel.

[Corbin Dallas]

I don't know about the moly thing, but I wouldn't reload lead in a Glock. It's questionable enough that I'd be worried. On the other hand, I suppose if you check the barrel enough...

I've shot Bullseye in .40S&W, no problem. I started with lead (in my CZ75). I want to say I was shooting 4.5gr?

Then don't comment. If you don't know how moly coated bullets affect the barrel, especially in a Glock, stop and wait for those of us who do know, comment to the OP.

Nothing worse than being an internet armchair quarterback who has no idea what they are talking about.

[Corbin Dallas]

Just bought a G22 and have 1k bear creek 180 gr LRN, wondering if you have some recipes you might like to share.

I have Clays, Bullseye, Power Pistol and True Blue on hand for powder

Thx!

TC7 - I run around 5.4g of unique under my 180g BC's.

[Munk]

disregard the myths about lead in a glock barrel. You're more likely to have issues when running lead too fast, than with the glock factory rifling.

That being said, I like the idea of using an aftermarket barrel for shooting glocks with reloads anyway. Tighter chamber leads to less brass stress, and longer brass life. You can also buy a barrel that's extended, or ported, or extended AND ported (fancy!).

[OzzieF]

5.3 Win WSF , 1.135" 180 bear creek was my load for a while.
4.1 VV N320 , same as above
4.6 VV N340 , same as above

These loads all made 930-950 fps out of my 5" SVI.

[tangocharlie7]

Thx Corbin Dallas. You were a big help on my 45 acp loads as well. When I pick up the G22 I'm going to grab a few lbs of unique and try your load. You running oal around 1.115-1.120 range?

[Corbin Dallas]

Tango 1.125

[qtrxist]

5.3 Win WSF , 1.135" 180 bear creek was my load for a while.
4.1 VV N320 , same as above
4.6 VV N340 , same as above

These loads all made 930-950 fps out of my 5" SVI.

I bet that 4.1 load of 320 is very very soft! In my experience 320 and W231 is the same laod (NOT THE SAME POWDER). I use W231 4.1, will be rechronoing it. 6" Scheumann bushing non-AET.

Reece

[rsrocket1]

These are loads in a 4.25" S&W M&P40 all seated at 1.135" COL
the velocities are my own measurements, YMMV

5.0g Bullseye 1000 fps my max load (25% margin) with this bullet/powder
4.7g Bullseye 950 fps good all around round
4.0g Bullseye for a light load, but a bit more dirty in terms of unburned powder 875 fps

7.0g Power Pistol 1060 fps. Max load (25% margin)
6.0g Power Pistol 960 fps, no need to go any lower as PP is only used for max loads.

Recently after taking up shotgun loading, I have 8 pounds of Clays and figured I could use some for light recoil pistol shooting.

2.5g Clays ridiculously low recoil. 1 stovepipe in 100 rounds, probably marginal in terms of reliablity

3.0g Clays. Excellent light load. Complete burn of the powder, no soot on cases (sufficient expansion of the brass to seal the chamber). Recoil somewhere between a light 30 special shot out of a heavy 357 Magnum pistol and a 22lr. Most of the gun movement seems to be the slide moving back and forth. Excellent for practicing trigger control on a long DA trigger pull gun.

If 3.0g Clays makes you nervous in terms of risking a stuck bullet, start at 3.3g and work down. I think you'll have issues with cycling well before you get down to the stuck bullet zone.

Clays will never generate the speeds of Unique, PP, Bullseye before reaching dangerous peak pressures, but it is an excellent clean powder for low recoil/low velocity loads as is Red Dot (2.8-3.0g)