CAMPRO 230gr RN 45ACP Users

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Hello there shooters and reloaders of CGN. I just purchased 1000 rounds of CAMPRO 45ACP 230gr FCP RN bullets today. I normally reload the Round Nose Hornady's at an OAL of 1.260 They cycle nicely in the Glock and 1911. I noticed on the CAMPRO website they list data for 9mm and 40cal pertaining to the OAL for competition barrels vs general purpose barrels. They do not list any data for the 45. These plated bullets are a little shorter then the Hornady's. Any of you guys or gals have any experience with this projectile ? Any reloaders out there care to share some CAMPRO knowledge ? I hope I end up liking them cause they sure beat the price of the preppy stuff .Was going to load them in front of some 231 and small primer brass. Whose idea was it anyways to switch to small primers on 45 anyways ? Im starting to get a lot of it.
 
i use 4.6gr of titegroup. 1.250" oal

you can email them for load data (thats what i did). just be sure to tell them which powder you will be using.
 
If memory serves, I also reload them at 1.250, using 6.9 or 7.3 of HS-6, depending on how fast I want them to fly. (BTW; In my 45's, there's no issues with a +/- .003)
I'm just a plinker, but they fly pretty 'clean' for me. Very good consistency.

Just got a batch of HP's to try, so we'll see how that goes.
New frontiers!

*The big/small primer thing is a PITA when you're reloading, but it doesn't seem to make much of a difference when you shoot them.
 
The CamPro 230 grain RN with 231 is an excellent choice. I have reloaded literally thousands of them, along with the 9mm 124 and 147 grain bullets. I use this bullet in the JR Carbine, the Vector, as well as several .45 pistols. The CamPro bullet gives excellent results in all of them. I use a taper crimp on the cases and have had few, if any failures to feed. They are a very uniform bullet. I also use Winchester WSF with very good results. I did some accuracy testing awhile back using a batch of small pistol primed cases and large pistol primed cases. I found the accuracy better, not by a huge amount but measurably better, with the large pistol primers. I just sort them and sell off the small primer cases.
 
Interesting info on the small vs larger primers RugerMan. Thanks for the share. Do you like OAL of around 1.250 as well for the 45 round nose ? Some of my books range from 4.2 grains of 231 up to 5.8 grains. I have never gone above 5.5.
 
Rugerman said:
The CamPro 230 grain RN with 231 is an excellent choice. I have reloaded literally thousands of them, along with the 9mm 124 and 147 grain bullets. I use this bullet in the JR Carbine, the Vector, as well as several .45 pistols. The CamPro bullet gives excellent results in all of them. I use a taper crimp on the cases and have had few, if any failures to feed. They are a very uniform bullet. I also use Winchester WSF with very good results. I did some accuracy testing awhile back using a batch of small pistol primed cases and large pistol primed cases. I found the accuracy better, not by a huge amount but measurably better, with the large pistol primers. I just sort them and sell off the small primer cases.
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That's interesting about the primers..I only use the large
 
The OAL that I use for both 1911 (Colt combat Elite and Sam commander) and M&P 45 is 1.269".

Primers used are large primer Winchester.

Powder IMR-700X @ 4.7grn
 
The OAL that I use for my STI Spartan 1911 is around 1.270".

Primers used are large primer CCI

Powder Bullseye @ 4.9 grn
 
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There's no difference between large pistol and small pistol primers. It's just in your head.
Campro 230's with CCI / Dominion / S&B primers and 4.4gr VV N310 comes out to 750 feet per second +/- 5 fps. Both large primer and small primer chrono the exact same.
As for OAL, it depends on what you're shooting it in. 1911's need consideration for feeding, so I dial mine back a bit.
 
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As mentioned, plunk test, and also test in your mags. Then you want to check (with a dummy round made up without powder or primer) thay you can eject live rounds and that they don't get hung up on extended ejectors.
Mine work at max oal. I only use campro projectiles in my 45acp loads. For 45 super and 44 magnum, i use hornady. I find that the hornady xtp's are more accurate at distances over 50m.
 
SoylentD said:
There's no difference between large pistol and small pistol primers. It's just in your head.
Campro 230's with CCI / Dominion / S&B primers and 4.2gr VV N310 comes out to 770 feet per second +/- 5 fps. Both large primer and small primer chrono the exact same.
As for OAL, it depends on what you're shooting it in. 1911's need consideration for feeding, so I dial mine back a bit.
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I've been using the small primed Blazer brass just so I don't have to swap around the priming assembly on the 550. Haven't noticed a difference, but I'm really not that accurate of a shooter. I had loaded some 230gr'ers a while back with 3.6gr of N310, you could actually see the bullet in-flight! They weren't the most accurate load, but it was kind of neat to see the bullet zip over to the target. I don't know how fast they were going but I'm guessing right around 700fps. My accuracy load with 230gr and N310 is 4.0gr, 4.3gr with the 200gr TC bullet.
 
All lots were 10 round AVG, with copper plated 230 gr Campro loaded to 1.250"


5.3 HP38, small primer, 724, PF 166

5.3 HP38, large primer, 767, PF 176

glad I tested the small primer brass, I'd end up scoring minor.

4.6 TG, 744, PF 171

4.8 TG, 775, PF 178

4.4 Clays, 800, PF 184
 
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