How many times do you reload 40 S&W

[Blue68f100]

As with any simi-auto, when you loose them or they split. I don't even attempt to keep up with reload counts on handgun brass.

 

[vaalpens]

You are correct. They are cast. I meant traditional lubed cast bullets. I have never run any bare lead in a .40. I used to shoot 230 gr plain lead in 45 ACP but never in a .40. I would just be interested in how they do since it's a higher pressure round than 45 acp. I have contemplated casting my own and then powder coating since the Eggleston have performed so well as far as accuracy is concerned. If you attempt to cast your own or try some regular uncoated lead thats tradionally lubed or whatever, I would be interested in how that did Sorry. I wasn't more clear on the bare lead part. When I think of cast bullets I think of bare lead with lube grooves packed with some kind of hard waxy lube. I do realize the coated projectiles are hard cast lead but that's not what I think of when I think of cast bullets. Sorry if I was confusing.

Not a big deal. I should have realized what you meant, but I just wanted to make sure I understood the point you were making. Maybe one of these days I will try some coated cast bullets in .40S&W.

 

[Casefull]

It totally depends on how hot you load them. 40 is no different than most other pistol and rifle cartridges. My experience is the primer pockets start loosening up after 3 healthy loads. Medium loads will go 10. I throw them out when primers go in to easily. Never last long enough for cases to split.

 

[lightman]

Like many of the others, I load them until they fail. Theres a 50/50 chance that I'll loose as many as what fails. When my working batch starts getting loose primer pockets or cracks I'll scrap them and start a new batch. I don't know if I ever kept up with the times fired. 40's are pretty plentiful and cheap right now. I pick them up even though I don't need them and have them for when the next shortage happens.

 

[NWPilgrim]

I reload my .40S&W cases shot through various Glocks (Gen 2, 3, 4) many, many times. I have about 4,500 cases and shoot about 1,000 per year of this caliber. I pick up range brass, gravel pit brass, etc, or get fired brass from friends. I figure I only toss about one case per couple of hundred reloads for split neck, and lose in the dirt about 3-5 cases per hundred shot. I've been shooting and reloading the .40 for about 30 years and still have some of the original cases I started with. Up until 2008 I had maybe 700-1,000 cases I had been using for the prior 20 years. Then I started really collecting them seeing a shortage about to come on in early 2008. This is about the same rate of loss I see with 9x19 Luger as well. I typically load to no more than .5 gr under max as that is usually good accuracy and I see no need to try to push the .40 limits. Never had a Glock bulge, loose primer pockets (or in any handgun cartridge) or anything else out of the ordinary compared to 9mm or .45ACP.