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Originally Posted by dirtyted
Hey all,
New to reloading here. I bought a bunch of 165 grain plated bullets from rocky mountain reloading. I have read online to use cast bullets load data or mild jacketed with the same profile and weight. My manual has a similar shape bullet starting at 5 grains of titegroup. Is that a good starting point? Thanks for any help.
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I am not sure what manual you have that tells you TG at that charge is "mild". IMO, TG is TERRIBLE choice for a noob reloader in aany caliber & for the 40, it borders on foolish. Make a small mistake w/ an uberfast powder in a small volume/high pressure round like the 40 & there is just no margin for error. You would use the STARTING jacketed data, that is closer to 4.5gr & your upside is only a couple 1/10s w/ TG.
IMO, put it on the shelf until you have loaded say 2K rds using a medium burner like Unique, WSF, Universal or or PowerPistol. TG is at best a bunny fart powder for rounds like the 40.