75g JHP for Reloading

General Firearms Reloading & Ammunition
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I want to load up about 1000 75g JHP for a SHTF stash, not for normal self defense so spare me that argument. I have 1000 147g 9mm Gold Dots loaded up for my pistol. I have a bunch of Hornady TAP factory 2.23 75g and am hoping to load up something similar. I cant seem to find any Hornady TAP bullets for reloading. Anybody have anything that will be similar to the TAP? I have loaded up some 69g SMK, but I have read that it may or may not be a good defensive bullet. So anything 75g or 77g that will be a good defensive SHTF bullet.

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If you haven’t already, read this thread: http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=19881

I load the 77 gr. Nosler OTM when I can find it, but have found the Hornady 75 gr. OTM to be an almost interchangable substitute. Either would serve you well.

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Yea i have read that thread before. There are a few different factory ammo’s listed and I think the bullets are available, ill check them out.

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I prefer 77 grain Sierra bullets the the Hornaday 75 grain OTM due to accuracy edge and velocity edge in my guns. Here is a source however for TAP bullets.
http://www.tjconevera.com/ho22cal75bt6.html

My current load is 21.8 grains of N135 over a Federal Match Primer in Lake City Brass. This is what it can do. My chrono average is 2492 in a 14.5 inch Noveske.
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My average group with this load is 1.15 at 100 yards.

Some other info with 75 and 77 grain bullets.
Range report. 4-3-10

I went out and did some accuracy testing today. I found that H335 and N135 are much more accurate in my Noveske than Ramshot TAC.

Looks like I will be using either N135 or H335 at the larue match. I really wanted to use the TAC because its about 200 fps faster but the groups are not nearly as good.

N135 77 SMK

  1. .67
  2. 1.24
  3. .94
  4. 1.85
  5. 1.03
  6. 1.13
  7. 1.28
  8. 1.57
  9. .63
  10. 1.24
    Average group size 1.158


H335 77 SMK

  1. 1.025

  2. 1.13

  3. 1.89

  4. 1.30

  5. 1.55

  6. 1.45

  7. 1.00

  8. .99
    Average group size 1.29


    TAC 77 24 grain max

  9. 1.46

  10. 1.52

  11. 2.21

  12. 1.99
    Average 1.79

TAC 77 23.6 grains

  1. 1.79
  2. 1.56
  3. 3.00
  4. 2.10
  5. 2.74
    Average 2.238

TAC 75 Hornady

  1. 1.85
  2. 2.90
  3. 2.20
  4. 1.80
  5. 1.74
    Average 2.098

N135 75 Hornady

  1. 2.12
  2. 1.74
  3. 1.56
  4. 1.10
  5. 1.70
  6. 1.51
    Average 1.62

It was a beautiful day so I spent it at the range. Temperature was 40 with no wind and the sun was out. I took my chrono out because I wanted to see how my 77 grain 5.56 load would do in my guns for velocity. I am going to the Larue match in Texas this year and I am working on a good long distance load. Here are the chrono results

3-16-10 Chrono results

77 grain Loads with Tac max charge.

Noveske. 14.5 inch barrel

  1. 2479
  2. 2514
  3. 2499
  4. 2521
  5. 2526
  6. 2516
  7. 2482
    Average Velocity 2505
    Extreme spread 47 fps
    USPSA power factor 192

55 grain FMJ Reloads with H335 powder (plinking load)

  1. 2826
  2. 2880
  3. 2822
  4. 2833
  5. 2811
    Average velocity 2834
    Extreme spread 69 fps
    USPSA power factor 156

Factory 75 grain Tap.

  1. 2563
  2. 2597
  3. 2596
    Average Velocity 2585
    Extreme spread 33 fps
    USPSA power factor 193

Daniel Defense 16 inch barrel

77 grain load

  1. 2514
  2. 2499
  3. 2523
  4. 2452
  5. 2477
  6. 2540
  7. 2542
    Average velocity 2506 fps.
    Extreme Spread 90 fps
    USPSA power factor 192

55 grain load

  1. 2833
  2. 2807
  3. 2930
  4. 2784
  5. 2809
    Average velocity 2832
    Extreme spread 149
    USPSA power factor 155

Colt 16 inch 6920

77 grain load

  1. 2431
  2. 2370
  3. 2373
  4. 2430
  5. 2521
  6. 2507
  7. 2479
  8. 2487
    Average velocity 2449
    Extreme spread 151 fps.
    USPSA power factor 188

55 grain load

  1. 2775
  2. 2818
  3. 2866
  4. 2853
  5. 2840
    Average Velocity 2830
    Extreme spread 91 fps
    USPSA power factor 155

Larue 20 inch Stealth

  1. 2636
  2. 2608
  3. 2652
  4. 2734
  5. 2730
  6. 2667
    Average Velocity 2671
    Extreme spread 126
    USPSA power factor 205

55 grain load

  1. 2914
  2. 2932
  3. 2884
  4. 2992
    Average velocity 2930
    Extreme spread 108
    USPSA power factor 161

STI Edge in 40 sw. Vita Vory N 320 powder. 180 grain Winchester JHP bullets.

  1. 926
  2. 923
  3. 966
  4. 932
  5. 956
    Average Velocity 940
    Extreme Spread 43 fps
    USPSA power factor 169

Wilson Combat CQB 200 grain LSW. Bulls eye powder (IDPA load)

  1. 846
  2. 866
  3. 850
  4. 841
  5. 832
    Average Velocity 847
    Extreme Spread 34 fps
    USPSA power factor 169

Conclusion

Noveske N4 2505
DD M4 2506
Colt 2449
Larue 2671

SCOTT’S RRA

69 SMK 23.8 TAC

  1. 2728
  2. 2771
  3. 2681
  4. 2718
  5. 2692
    Average 2718
    Extreme spread 90
    Power factor 187

75 grain 23.6 TAC

  1. 2554
  2. 2579
  3. 2531
  4. 2556
  5. 2554
    Average 2554
    Spread 48
    Power factor 191

75 grain N135

  1. 2352
  2. 2400
  3. 2412
  4. 2375
  5. 2396
    Average 2387
    Spread 60
    Power factor 179

Noveske 23.6 grains of TAC 75 grain Hornady

  1. 2431
  2. 2433
  3. 2467
  4. 2499
  5. 2460
    Average 2458
    Spread 68 fps
    Power factor 184

Noveske N135 21.5 grains 75 Hornady

  1. 2299
  2. 2272
  3. 2243
  4. 2278
  5. 2282
    Average 2274
    Spread 56
    Power factor 170

52 grain H335 Noveske

  1. 2911
  2. 2930
  3. 2902
  4. 2930
  5. 2886
    Average 2911
    Spread 44
    Power factor 151

James MSAR 52 grain SMK

  1. 3001
  2. 3054
  3. 3034
  4. 3001
  5. 2987
    Average 3015
    Spread 67
    Power factor 156

James MSAR 69 SMK

  1. 2684
  2. 2714
  3. 2712
  4. 2607
    Average 2679
    Spread 30
    Power factor 184

4-4-10 Chrono Data

James MSAR 69 grain Sierra SMK powder H335

  1. 2787
  2. 2779
  3. 2780
  4. 2828
  5. 2764
    Average 2787
    Spread 64
    Power Factor 192

James MSAR 52 grain SMK powder H335

  1. 3188
  2. 3170
  3. 3121
  4. 3155
  5. 3151
    Average 3149
    Spread 67
    Power factor 163

Noveske 22.5 grains H335 Bullet 77 grain SMK

  1. 2537
  2. 2514
  3. 2623
  4. 2606
  5. 2521
    Average 2560
    Spread 109
    Power factor 197

Noveske 21.6 grains N135 Bullet 77 grain SMK

  1. 2479
  2. 2521
  3. 2539
  4. 2553
  5. 2550
    Average 2528
    Spread 74
    Power factor 194

4-13-10

Noveske N4 21.8 grains N135 77 grain SMK

  1. 2491
  2. 2513
  3. 2464
  4. 2505
  5. 2488
    Average 2492
    Spread 49
    Power factor 191

Noveske 55 grain ball with H322

  1. 2713
  2. 2661
  3. 2682
  4. 2689
  5. 2665
    Average 2682
    Spread 52
    Power factor 147

Tap 75 grain duty ammo

  1. 2554
  2. 2506
  3. 2658
  4. 2620
  5. 2581
    Average 2583
    Spread 152
    Power factor 193

GAP 308 Federal Match 168 grain

  1. 2631
  2. 2668
  3. 2672
  4. 2636
  5. 2621
    Average 2645
    Spread 51
    Power factor 444

GAP handload 175 grain TAC powder

  1. 2323
  2. 2328
  3. 2346
  4. 2287
  5. 2337
    Average 2324
    Spread 59
    Power factor 406

GAP handload R15 168 grain Amax

  1. 2431
  2. 2452
  3. 2423
  4. 2453
  5. 2454
    Average 2442
    Spread 31
    Power factor 410

Wilson CQB 1911 45 acp with 200 grain SWC reload 4.8 grains Bullseye

  1. 838
  2. 838
  3. 840
  4. 846
  5. 865
    Average 845
    Spread 27
    Power factor 169

Factor 230 grain HST

  1. 867
  2. 870
  3. 862
  4. 876
  5. 887
    Average 872
    Spread 25
    Power factor 200