I have a Ruger pc4 carbine which is way stronger than about any 40 cal pistol mAde .It usually shoot 200-300 feet faster than pistols .I have a bunch of hornady xtp 200-grain hollow points .I have p38 Hogden powder ,imr 800powder and I thought about h110-but it's probably too hot .Has anyone here made any hot carbine loads for a 40-s&w,carbine ever ?

I.just shot first set power jumped up big time as it hit over 1200 fps with 200-grain hornady xtp bullets .I even smushed some 40 Sst hornady 200-grain they blew bigger hole .I am making deer loads for up close 50 yard max for close shooting in thickets .This carbine is awesome wish I had bought all three I could have gotten just have one !

I had a Blackhawk rebarreled and the 9mm cylinder bored for .40 S/W. It's 7 1/2". Mild shooter with #9S, I'm not sure the charge, about all I could get under the bullet though.

The H110 load was pipsqueak load.

I'm also looking for a hotter load for this one.
George

The closest I have come to what you're thinking is 180gr Hornady SSP in a 20" 357Sig carbine. Using ww296 I got them up to 1600fps or so at 100∞ load density. There was very little case capacity left with a big square base pushed way back in the case.

You could always deepen the chambers in your cylinder to accept 10mmAUTO which would give you more powder room

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Originally posted by jpl:
The closest I have come to what you're thinking is 180gr Hornady SSP in a 20" 357Sig carbine. Using ww296 I got them up to 1600fps or so at 100∞ load density. There was very little case capacity left with a big square base pushed way back in the case.

Just to get this straight You put a 180gr Hornday 358 dia. bullet into the 357sig case and pushed it down a 355 dia. barrel.

What model carbine did you use. Were they able to feed through the magazine.

Or do you have a custom 357sig carbine.

Allan:
No brass around here for those.
I have a 5 gallon bucket full of /40's.
No brainer there.

George

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:

Just to get this straight You put a 180gr Hornday 358 dia. bullet into the 357sig case and pushed it down a 355 dia. barrel.

What model carbine did you use. Were they able to feed through the magazine.

Or do you have a custom 357sig carbine.

It's a .357" groove Contender barrel. The chamber/neck will support a .358" cast projectile stuffed in a case designed for .355". Incidentally, the Glock 31 will also feed/fire cast .358" 158 RNFPs just fine (162gr as cast). Its chamber/groove dimensions are generous but being a pistol I don't hot-rod the G31.

Both loads are unavailable retail so reloading is implied; that and this is the 'Reloading' forum. Work from a low pressure charge on up.