Looking for Load Recipes - M&P .40 Pro and Bayou Bullets

I'm just getting into reloading and looking for some good load recipes. I shoot an M&P .40 Pro 5" and plan to use Bayou Bullets.

Any good recipes out there??

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Get yourself a good loading manual and READ the tech chapters before you use any load in your gun. Every gun is a world unto itself. I had a .223 and started a pressure string from the middle of a loading manuals suggested loads. xx grains to start and .5 grains increases up to the max load suggested. The first shot showed I was vastly overloaded. Flat primer, hard bolt lift and sticky extraction. I stopped right there and broke down the remaining loads. The problem was I had used mil surp brass which is thicker than civilian brass. I reread the chapters in my manual and discovered the problem. DON'T just blindly copy a load because it works in John Doe's gun. Sneak up on a new load carefully. Start low and increase until you find the most ACCURATE load for YOUR gun. High velocity is nice but does no good if you can't hit your target.

Good luck in your reloading adventures. PLEASE always err on the low side. Blowing up your gun or getting an eye put out isn't the way to discover that a load isn't for your gun.

Doggoner