40 S&W with 200 gr. Gold Dot

[Star Child]

Does anyone have any experience loading the 40S&W with the Gold Dot 200gr. bullet.  I have plenty of Alliant BE-86 powder on hand. Thank you much.

[The_Shadow]

There is data for 200 grain in 40S&W on the Nosler website but none for BE-86.  Power Pistol is there and other powders

[Star Child]

Glock is coming out with a new and improved Gen5 40S&W with a thicker slide.  Should be released in October.  The Gen5 should handle heaver than normal loads.  The 200gr. bullet loaded to normal 40S&W velocities are around 900 fps.  This seems a little on the slow side to me for a self defense load.  Would a 165 gr. bullet be a better choice for self defense?

[Kenk]

Afternoon Star Child,
You could try Speers 165gr Gold Dot, and push it to the upper end of your chosen powder manufactures  guidelines


Ken

[Muskrat]

There might be a reason that 180 grain bullets outsell every other .40 bullet by a factor of 10...

[sparkyv]

If one loads heavies in 40S&W, one must be mindful of increased likelihood to pressure sensitivity w.r.t. COAL.

[Taylor]

I have chrono checked Double Tap 200 gr .40 @1070 out of a gen 3 Glock 35 , Underwood 200gr .40 goes 960 out of my 5 inch STI 1911 and I handload 200gr bullets with Power Pistol at 975 out of the STI.

[Star Child]

Speer list the 180 gr. Gold Dot bullet maximum charge of BE-86 as being 6 grains at a velocity of 1026 fps.  Which is the highest velocity of all the powders Speer tested.  Has anyone had any experience loading the 40S&W with BE-86?  I load the 10mm with BE-86 and have good results.

https://reloading-data.speer-ammo.com/downloads/speer/reloading-pdfs/Handgun/40_caliber-10mm_400_dia/40_SmithWesson_180.pdf