looking to start loading for my 40...

came across Rainer Ballistics copper plated bullets...price is about half of true copper jacketed bullets...

i dont wanna fire lead due to fouling and shooting and handling lead...

looking for something that will work fine for training and punchin paper...

are these bullets a good answer for cheap bullets that wont foul like lead?? i understand they arent copper jacketed and wont hold up...but i just need them to put holes in paper...

any info??


also, what powder is a good powder for the 40 shooting 165-180s??

thanx alot

semi auto? i am understanding you can use the brass twice...once brand new, and one reload..

i shot reloads on accident,
bought them at the range and they reload and put them in the empty boxes that people leave behind....
any ways...one exploded inside my glock, it felt like a fire cracker went off in my hand, the brass was cracked and jammed the next round up...after i cleared that i had to pull the brass out with needle nose pliers..

i'll never shoot a reload in any of my pistols again.

I think I have over 10 firings in some 9mm brass. And more than that in 45ACP starline brass.

yep...mostly Sig Sauers to be exact...


ive never heard that pistol brass can only be reloaded 1 time...


sounds like someone had an error somewhere...even brass near the end of its life shouldnt "explode" and cause a "firecracker in your hands" after brass wears so long it may split or crack..but nothing terrible unless it was a hot load..i dont know i didnt load it....

really no reason to target shoot with really hot loads anyways IMO...more recoil...but that piece of paper dont know if you shot it with a hot load or not...

Montana Golds are the way to go. I don't know what kinda stuff Mr. Baked is talking about. Don't shoot someone elses ammo. May have been loaded long for a 1911, which won't do squat in a Glock...

https://secure3.mooseweb.com/montana.../pricelist.tpl

those montana golds....are they true jacketed bullets? or plated like rainer ballistics?? just curious...

price aint bad...135$ for 1000 180gr FMJ 40cal shipped...aint bad at all

Either FMJ, CMJ, JHP take your pick.... I've shot thousands of the 180 JHP's.

The only thing I shoot in my XDm .40 and LCP .380 is reloads (other than my SD ammo).
I load Berry's and Rainiers.
I'm on about 6-8x reloads on my brass and rarely have to throw out a bad piece.
Whoever says that you can only get 1 reload on pistol brass is clueless.
I'd never shoot some unknown persons reloads.
First part of reloading is inspecting brass and tossing anything questionable in the recycle bucket.

I shoot 7gr of Unique with 165gr speer golddots. Also shoot 8.5gr of HS-6 with 155gr XTP.

The unique shockingly shoots cleaner and better but hard to use with my progrssive compared to HS-6.

I have shot a lot of laser cast in other semi's and had good luck. I would like to also hear how the plated ones work out.

yeah i wanst making mine, and didnt even mean to run re-loads through,
the range re-loads and uses the old boxes people leave behind to sell them on the shelves...back then they didnt have the big sticker that they do now on the box that says re-loads....
so if i buy 1000 rounds for $135, whats to guarantee the wont crack the brass and jam in my gun. my glock has only jammed on that one occasion where the fire cracker went off in my hand, and i even sprinkled a lil sand in it one time and went through a 250 round box just to show my buddy it could do it. she is still good as new.