Stew0576
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I get my 180 grain jhp from zero bullets, been using longshot powder, tried a few others but was disappointed with the results but plan on trying blue dot soon, my 10mm is my favorite pistol to shoot and load for.
YES! ^^^^^This is my advice^^^^^. This and expect to recover less than 80%of your brass out of that XD. Those 10mm cases usually get ejected into the next county.I'm starting with Blue Dot
I thought I would be able to recover brass for my reload but found out that it was ejecting the brass more than 3 lanes over, and when I was shoot at 25 yards next to the cover all the brass was landing on top of the roof.YES! ^^^^^This is my advice^^^^^. This and expect to recover less than 80%of your brass out of that XD. Those 10mm cases usually get ejected into the next county.
I thought I would be able to recover brass for my reload but found out that it was ejecting the brass more than 3 lanes over, and when I was shoot at 25 yards next to the cover all the brass was landing on top of the roof.
I found out also that the 10mm brass is also the parent case for the 9X25 Dillon cartridge, which has me thinking as I had been wanting to get the FN 5.7, now I don't know.
Picked up a 10mm XDm 5.25" pistol a few days ago, Starline brass and 200 grain XTP bullets are showing up today. Hope to have a load work up ready to go for some Saturday blasting.
Anything I should know about that makes the 10mm any different then loading for the .40 or any other caliber?
I'm also in the process of putting together the items needed to cast and load around a 200 grain bullet. Slugged the bore which came out at .401 so it looks like I'll need a little bigger bullet and tools over my .40 cal stuff.
I have 200 pieces of Starline brass showing up from Midway today. Planning on starting out with my .40 dies but will eventually at least purchase a dedicated sizer die so I don't have to mess with the .40 dies which are set up for the Hornady progressive. Figured I could size and bell with the Hornady AP press but I will probably hand weight charges and then seat bullets on the single stage at least for the ammo I plan on carrying as a defense load. Planning on a couple elk hunts in Wyoming grizzly country with this pistol.
Thanks for the info, like I said I just bought the 10mm and have only put a couple of hundred rounds of Sig ammo thru it. So it will be a while before I pull the trigger and to add more fuel to the fire a buddy of mine bought a Rock Island 22 TCM and I got to shoot it yesterday, talk about fireballs, now I want that too. Anyway thanks for the input on the 9X25 Dillon.I have two pistols in 9x25 Dillon, and yes, the 10mm is the parent case. It's a simple conversion, but the dies are very expensive. To tell you the truth, some of the .38 Super loadings come close to what the 9x25 Dillon can do. Not quite as fast, but close. No one makes brass for the 9x25, so you'll have to have the dies to neck the 10mm down, but it's easy, once you spring for the dies, which you'd need to load the round, anyway. I believe some people have experimented by sizing in a 10mm size die, then finishing it off with a 357 Sig size die, adjusted out for the proper forming of the shoulder. I haven't needed to try that myself, but I guess it would be a possibility.
The 9x23 Winchester comes even closer, but it's still not quite as fast as the 9x25. I have one pistol and one revolver in 9x23 Winchester. With either the .38 Super +P, or the 9x23 Winchester, you don't lose magazine capacity like you do with the larger 10mm case.
Hope this helps.
Fred
Some of that SIG ammo is considered to be or near to Full Power. I like that ammo.just bought the 10mm and have only put a couple of hundred rounds of Sig ammo thru it.
No special instructions for 10mm, although I personally would watch what you shoot those maxed-out loads in when running Starline brass...I found that Starline behaves a lot like Silly Putty at even book max loads, and in a factory Glock barrel, might as well just throw it away because it'll never be right again.
It shot very well in my firearm. Recoil was not bad as I thought it would be, as others had mentioned that it was, but I founded to be very similar to shooting one of my short barrel 1911's in 45 acp, I guess the 6" slide tames it a little too. I find that my 686 with a 3" barrel that I carry daily is much more stout. You are the second person that has mentioned that the sig ammo is full power, and that is all that I shoot in it until I collect enough brass, if I ever find it.Some of that SIG ammo is considered to be or near to Full Power. I like that ammo.