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40 cal under loaded
blueskies
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I made a mistake and accidentally loaded a grain under my normal load. My normal load is with 6.4 gr Power Pistol and I loaded 200 rds at 5.4 gr. Do you believe there is a concern over a squib? I would hate to pull all of them if I don't have to.
The load was:
40 cal
Berry's 180gr FP DS
Power Pistol 5.4 gr
OAL 1.130"
Thank you for your help!
The load was:
40 cal
Berry's 180gr FP DS
Power Pistol 5.4 gr
OAL 1.130"
Thank you for your help!
Comments
should function in any normal pistol.
compare your reduced loads to Winchester WST and Universal powders,
power pistol is right between them.
https://www.hodgdon.com/
This is great news. As a rule of thumb, is there a % of the 'normal' load (or max) where one would be concerned about squibbing?
Thanks again,
Jeff
Hi babun,
This is great news. As a rule of thumb, is there a % of the 'normal' load (or max) where one would be concerned about squibbing?
Thanks again,
Jeff
NO NO There is no general rules, Different powders react to different levels of charges. Blue Dot and Green Dot were 2 of the worst, even caused OVER pressures in reduced loads.
Charlie makes a good point, if it fails to reload the next round,
CHECK THE BORE FIRST.
When you have that answered, correct your procedures to ensure the desired load. You might as easily have loaded a grain over and bent your gun.
As Charlie says, an underloaded automatic will quit functioning long, long before it sticks a bullet. I can tell you for sure that 1 grain of 700X will get a .38 wadcutter out the muzzle and actually reach a target.
Whether your underload will function the gun remains to be seen. It won't hurt anything either way.
Just load right.
My procedure has been modified reducing chance of error.
Thanks again[:D]