40 s&w data

[Wayspr]

After a couple of years of rifle loading I have decided to start loading for my Springfield XD40. A local shop sells Winchester 165 gr Truncated cone bullets for $15.99 per 100. I have scoured my manuals but can't find any reloading data on this bullet. Winchester's site is of no use. Does anyone have any published info on this bullet? I am planning to use it for plinking and practice at the range so hot loads are neither necessary nor desirable. Thanks in advance.

[skb2706]

I have loaded for those and if I recall correctly there was no published data I could find at the time either. What I eventually did was use a little interpolation and start low.

I don't have my loading book with me here but I can get the load I ended up using. It was Blue Dot and I was also loading for an 40XD. I went for mid range load and perfect functioning as opposed to max loads.

[xdm40Rajuy]

Originally Posted by Wayspr

After a couple of years of rifle loading I have decided to start loading for my Springfield XD40. A local shop sells Winchester 165 gr Truncated cone bullets for $15.99 per 100. I have scoured my manuals but can't find any reloading data on this bullet. Winchester's site is of no use. Does anyone have any published info on this bullet? I am planning to use it for plinking and practice at the range so hot loads are neither necessary nor desirable. Thanks in advance.

What types of powder do you have available? Also If you go to xdtalk.com and look in the 10/40 reloading section, there are a few recipes that for that bullet that has worked for a few people. Hope this helps.