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Old 09-19-2012, 03:33 AM
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Since about 2002 I have loaded and shot thousands of 180gr LTC bullets in 40 S&W in a pair of 5.5" Ruger Vaqueros chambered in 40/38-40.

The cowboy load is 4.5grWSF and a WSP for about 825fps. OAL 1.15, heavy taper crimp.

If you take it up to 5.4gr WSF, it runs about 950fps.

I don't have my exact chrono test data handy but those are the ballpark numbers I wrote in my load logbook.

The latter load shoots quite well in my Model 4053 too.

Those were Carroll Bullets molly coated bullets. I still have a couple thousand of them around. I got a lot of bullets from them over the years, good stuff. Too bad they went out of business many years ago.
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