powder suggestions - as longshot and cfe pistol our out

[Shane668]

I've shot nothing but factory 40 in my G24 and got factory 10mm velocity out of it due to its 6.02" barrel. The reason I build a longslide 10mm was to get REAL 10mm ballistics.  I agree the fastest loads aren't always the most accurate but there's no reason not to get as much as you can while maintaining that accuracy.

[Shane668]

I'm currently experimenting with Blue Dot. My loads are going to be for hunting and to quote Elmer Keith "two holes bleed better than one".  ...For personal defense you may want .40 velocity out of you 10mm or a lighter hyper fast bullet that doesn't over penatrate and causes alot of trauma. What you plan to do with your handgun will dictate how far you want to push the envelope of power and velocity.

[gandog56]

D...For personal defense you may want .40 velocity out of you 10mm or a lighter hyper fast bullet that doesn't over penatrate and causes alot of trauma.

Aw go on!

I own BOTH! 

[sstewart]

PS. Just picked up 2 pounds of longshot at my local Cabela's today.

[n2horns]

So trips and calls to local Cabelas resulted in zero long shot.

ON my porch no, not the man in brown waiting patiently for my signature again, was brown box of powders.

8 lbs longshot and 8 lbs of AA2200.  All as promised from http://www.cacassociatesinc.com.

[Shane668]

Currently I only have access to blue dot. My 10gr loads under a 200gr XTP shot very nicely at 1200fps.  I'm gonna work up more. Some guys say their going as high as 11gr but I don't think I'll push it past 10.5gr.  It will all come down to what's the most accurate since a 200gr XTP at 1200fps will kill anything I hunt on four legs there's no reason to push too far into the danger zone. I already know my G24 will drop a deer in its tracks at 48yds with a factory 180gr Rem UMC hollow point. Those chroned less than 1200fps and that bullet broke both shoulders and was recovered under the skin on the opposite side. Text book performance out of cheap factory ammo. Go figure.

[ShadeTreeVTX]

I have too many different powders - I've been grabbing what I could find over the last 3 years and from reading every thing here I got carried away with " new powder of the month you need "

800x - 4lb,2 1lbs
PP    - 4lb, 1-1lb
LS    - 4- 1lbs
2400- 1-1lbs
BD   - 1-1lbs
#9   - 1-1lb
Unique - 1-1lb

I'm going to par down to 4 - 800x,#9,LS, - the PP I load the 40's for my daughter and son. I'm still looking to get 4lbs of #9 yet and the rest I'm just shooting up to get rid of them.

Doug

[gandog56]

I have 1 pound of 800X, about 4 pounds left of Blue Dot, and about 6 pounds left of Unique. I'm good for 10mm.

But I bought it all November the year Obozo got re-elected because I remember the shortages from his first election.