180 grainers in 10mm and Quick Load

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Brutus

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Loaded up some 180gr XTP's over 13,8gr's of AA#9 for my Kimber 10.
According to Hornady's latest it produced 1150fps out of a Delta Elite and I could have gone up to 14.4gr's for 1200.
My results yielded 1227 to 1266 and they were tack drivers, however according to Quick Load this recipe was a dangerous overload.
I've noticed that while Quick Load seems to be spot on for rifles it's not so hot for straight wall pistol/ revolver loads. Anybody else notice this?
 
Loaded up some 180gr XTP's over 13,8gr's of AA#9 for my Kimber 10.
According to Hornady's latest it produced 1150fps out of a Delta Elite and I could have gone up to 14.4gr's for 1200.
My results yielded 1227 to 1266 and they were tack drivers, however according to Quick Load this recipe was a dangerous overload.
I've noticed that while Quick Load seems to be spot on for rifles it's not so hot for straight wall pistol/ revolver loads. Anybody else notice this?
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Actually I have found that Quickload is pretty good with Pistol as well as Rifle loads.

But you have to account for the fact that your test conditions aren't the same as those in the manual and that Quickload is just a mathematical calculation base on the data YOU put into it.

Elevation, humidity, and a bunch other factors will affect your results from published data. Your use of the chronograph is the best way to ensure you are getting the expected performance from your loads. But after that, adjust QL to match your results, see the manual, and you may be surprised how accurate it can be.

As for me, I work up loads in QL first, and then compare them to published manual data and usually they are VERY close.

YMMV of course.
 
Brutus, you have a solution in search of a problem.

QuickLoad can do some wonky things with straight-walls. I have QL. For the most part, it seems to give a pretty good guideline if you tweak the numbers a bit. Plug in "known good" data and see how it emulates reality. Move some stuff around until it yields the right velocities. etc. But it can also leave you scratching your head. It's just another tool; and it's not gospel.

Anyway, what you got is what you got. There is no substitute for your real world data.

P.S. I like 180's for 10mm. For my Glocks (20 & 29), I prefer to stick with AA#7. Book max of 12.0 grains yields 1268 f/s through the G20; and 1222 through the G29. That's all the poop I need. IMO, AA#9 would be a bit much for the <5" barreled Glocks. Too loud. Too flashy. Too thrusty. That's just me and my load style though. Opinions vary.
 
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