hornady xtp

[single action]

I am thinking about reloading .44 mag using the hornady 240 grain xtp bullet. In both of my reloading manuals, they have several loads under the listing "240 gr jacketed bullet", but they have a seperate listing for "240 grain hornady xtp bullet"with only a couple of loads.. Why is this? the velocities and pressures seem to be in the same range, so I do not understand why the seperate listing. Is there something about the construction of the bullet? would it be unsafe to load using the other data for a " regular "240 gr jacketed bullet? Thanks ahead of time for any ideas. I went to the hornady web site and could not find out any answers.

[41 mag]

Most of the XTP's have a bit heavier jacket material than other bullets. They are designed for deeper more controlled expansion. The reason could be the pressures could have been higher with the other powders used for the other bullets, or that they simply got better results with the powders listed than with anything else.

I have shot them in several calibers and generally used either 2400, AA-9, or H-110/296 for powders with good results and no issues with pressure.

[Grumulkin]

I am thinking about reloading .44 mag using the hornady 240 grain xtp bullet. In both of my reloading manuals, they have several loads under the listing "240 gr jacketed bullet", but they have a seperate listing for "240 grain hornady xtp bullet"with only a couple of loads.. Why is this? the velocities and pressures seem to be in the same range, so I do not understand why the seperate listing.

I don't understand either why there should be a separate listing.  I've been using data for jacketed bullets with Hornady XTP bullets with several different cartridges for some time now with no problems.

[single action]

thanks for the answers guys, i appreciate it.

[buck460XVR]

 I use the same load recipe for 240 gr XTPs as I do for 240 gr Nosler JHP/JSP and Speer JHP/JSP.

[Steve P]

Hornady XTP is constructed a little different than some other bullets.  If you look, you will see the cannelure is in a little different place or the bullet is a little longer than another.  Case capacity is playing a role here.  Work up your loads.  Don't grab a max book load for another bullet and just go with it.  You could find some pressures that disagree with your handgun.

Steve