.40 s&w

[TheRef]

I have a bunch of Red Dot powder and have used it for shotgun shells and I also use it in .45 Colt rounds. I know its a good powder for pistol cartridges but can't find a recipe for .40 S&W and 165gr JHP. Does anyone know a good, safe handload for this?

 

[Dawico]

Powders act funny sometimes. .40 S&W is also one of the touchy rounds to load as it is already +p. That is why they is no .40 +p ammo, it is already at the top of it's pressure curve.

That being said, there is probably a reason you can't find a load for that combo. There may not be a safe load for those two together.

Unless you hate your gun and fingers just walk away if you can't find any loads for it.

Would you really trust a load that you received off the internet anyways?

Be safe.

 

[scap99]

.40 s&w

I have a bunch of Red Dot powder and have used it for shotgun shells and I also use it in .45 Colt rounds. I know its a good powder for pistol cartridges but can't find a recipe for .40 S&W and 165gr JHP. Does anyone know a good, safe handload for this?

Check the Brian Enos Forums.
Lots of safe load data posted over there.

Good luck.

 

[Dawico]

As expected Alliant's website doesn't list any loads for that combo (or any .40 S&W bullets) with Red Dot. I figured the OP looked there.

I would avoid putting the two together.

 

[scap99]

.40 s&w

I'm seeing around 4.5 gr listed when I searched a bit.

 

[noylj]

Red Dot is a very "well behaved" powder. 4.7gn is probably max for 165gn JHP.
Alliant does not have any loads for Red Dot because they consider it a shotgun powder and decided to stop testing shotgun powders in pistol cartridges.
I would rather shoot Red Dot in .40S&W than TiteGroup or Clays.
AA5 and Silhouette are my powders for .40S&W.

 

[tmd11111]

Powders act funny sometimes. .40 S&W is also one of the touchy rounds to load as it is already +p. That is why they is no .40 +p ammo, it is already at the top of it's pressure curve.

That being said, there is probably a reason you can't find a load for that combo. There may not be a safe load for those two together.

Unless you hate your gun and fingers just walk away if you can't find any loads for it.

Would you really trust a load that you received off the internet anyways?

Be safe.

.40 S&W is not +P, in fact it SAAMI max is the same as standard 9mm loads.