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Originally Posted by Faulkner
Loading .40 S&W is not any harder or any more dangerous as long as you don't try to make major with it. If you want a 10mm get a 10mm, but don't load your 40's hot.
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I don't quite understand this comment. Only 920 fps with a 180 grain bullet will make Major (PF 165). I recently chronographed a Winchester factory load with the 180 grain BHP bullet that did 1050 fps out of a Glock 22. If the factory does that safely, I'm sure a handloader could get over 100 fps less than that safely.
A .40 can easily make Major. Even a 165 grain bullet only needs 1000 fps. Hodgdon lists loads with every bullet that makes Major.