New Federal Handgun Loads for 2021

[revchuck38]

This should be entitled "Handgun" rather than "Revolver", my fault.

I don't know if we'll ever see them, but they're described here.

(title fixed for OP - Moderator)

[farscott]

The 10mm load with the 200-grain Swift A-Frame bullet is intriguing for handgun hunting of things a bit tougher than whitetail deer. It should go well with the six-inch Glock 40 barrel. Too bad the Federal website has no information on it. It shows the .327 Federal load but not the 10mm load.

There is a 200-grain Solid Core (polymer jacket over hard cast lead) in 10mm that is new; I bet that is the new load, not the 10mm A-Frame. 1200 fps out of a five-inch test barrel; it should do close to 1250 fps out of a six-inch Glock 40 barrel. 200-grain 10mm at 1250 fps should provide plenty of penetration for medium and large size game. Sounds like the load is designed for pigs and boars.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

Interested in the 100-grain .327 Federal for my 632

[Wayne Dobbs]

Good to see them coming back with another 148 WC for .38 Special. Wish they'd load a full power non-hollow base one at about 850 from a 4" barrel.

[rjohnson4405]

380 hydra-shock deep interesting alternative to ball

[revchuck38]

Good to see them coming back with another 148 WC for .38 Special. Wish they'd load a full power non-hollow base one at about 850 from a 4" barrel.

From the picture on the box, it looks like a solid-base wadcutter, though probably at about the same velocity as the HBWC.

[Wayne Dobbs]

380 hydra-shock deep interesting alternative to ball

It may finally get the .380 into the edge of viable performance. Will be interested to see what properly conducted gel testing will show.

[Wayne Dobbs]

From the picture on the box, it looks like a solid-base wadcutter, though probably at about the same velocity as the HBWC.

What do you see on the box's image that tells you it's solid based?

[revchuck38]

What do you see on the box's image that tells you it's solid based?

There’s a little round nose above the case mouth, similar to a button-nose wadcutter. I’m just guessing here, I don’t have any other info on it.

[Hambo]

https://www.swiftbullets.com/pages/bullets has the Swift heavy pistol bullets for those that reload.