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Thread: Hodgdon 380 loading data

  1. 03-12-2012, 10:26 AM #1
    Andrew Quigley
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    Hodgdon 380 loading data

    Howdy ya'll

    Been a while since I loaded any 380 rds and couldn't find my info I had for using Titegroup. So I looked it up at the Hodgdon website and printed it off.
    It said start at 2.6 and don't exceed 3.0. Then I happened across a thread I started over a year ago the info I posted on here then said they had you starting with 4.7 and not to exceed 5.0. Someone even posted they were loading like 4.2 of titegroup in theirs.
    I looked at the other rounds I load using titegroup and they haven't changed so it got me to wondering if they just did it on the 380's or have I completely flipped out since last year?
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  2. 03-12-2012, 11:18 AM #2
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    I start at 2.5 to 3.0 as my max load with TG and 95 grn cast bullets.
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  3. 03-12-2012, 01:16 PM #3
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    Was my thoughts too, just curious as to why the change.
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  4. 03-13-2012, 09:10 AM #4
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    I use 3gr. for the 380 and 4.2 for the 9mm, I wouldn't want to go any higher in the 380.
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  5. 03-13-2012, 09:43 AM #5
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    I have the 2009 annual manual and the higher loads you mention are not in there. I suggest someone got their wires crossed.
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  6. 03-13-2012, 12:41 PM #6
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    I suspect that somebody's eyes drifted from the .380 data to the 9mm Para data.

    That's one reason guns perform spontaneous omnidirectional disassembly.
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  7. 03-14-2012, 10:17 AM #7
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    Maybe I wasn't drinking enuff that day. LOL! Thanks guys.
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