Been loading 10mm, and everything else, for decades. My goto 10mm powder has been Blue Dot and it works well but I thought I would try Longshot since that is what I load in 20ga and I have a bunch of it (and ot gets me a few more FPS according to the book). I loaded 5 groups of five rounds starting at 8.3gr going up to the "book max" of 9.5gr in .3gr increments. I am using Hodgdon data for the 180gr Sierra bullet but I am actually using Zero 180gr JHPs, bullets I have been using for a very long time and they perform well and look like exact copies of the Hornady XTP without the cannelure. All these were tested out of a new XDm-10 4.5 that I just picked up. All charges were thrown and measured with a Pact dispenser and scale. Bullets were seated to 1.260 and lightly crimped. My results were very surprising. Primers were CCI LP and brass, while consistent within the 5 round groups was either PPU, Hornady or A USA. All rounds showed primer flow (even the blue dot loads) but none of the primers were what I would consider flat. According to Hodgdon's load data 9.5grs out of a 5" barrel maxes out at 1287FPS. I hit that with 8.9grs out of a 4.5 inch barrel. The firing pin hole in the XDm slide is quite large so the primer flow is not as concerning as it would be on say a GLOCK but it was significant. Anyone else using Longshot and seeing some issue towards the top of the "book" loads? For comparison I put the Blue Dot velocities below the Longshot data. In the pic the case marked with red is the top and silver is the bottom charge.
Longshot
Charge. Ave FPS. SD
8.3 1212. 2.91
8.6 1259 3.07
8.9 1288 8.69
9.2 1315 8.27
9.5 1353 13.11
Blue Dot
Charge. Ave FPS. SD
9.6 1099. 14.92
9.9 1134 15.60
10.2 1163 22.63
10.5 1190 9.23
10.7 1213 9.54
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Longshot
Charge. Ave FPS. SD
8.3 1212. 2.91
8.6 1259 3.07
8.9 1288 8.69
9.2 1315 8.27
9.5 1353 13.11
Blue Dot
Charge. Ave FPS. SD
9.6 1099. 14.92
9.9 1134 15.60
10.2 1163 22.63
10.5 1190 9.23
10.7 1213 9.54
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