.45 acp rifle ANy Updates 2 years in the running???

Chuck3436 said:
The pistol caliber carbine is such a niche market that is aching to be filled reasonably in Canada.
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Indeed! With milsurp ammo scarce or so expensive it makes perfect sense to the budget minded shooter and a set of carbide pistol dies to have a fun afternoon of plinking. To 100 meters any pistol round is very accurate and lethal out of 16" + rifle barrel.

I remember club shooters in the past converting their AR-15's to 9mm , but couldn't shoot lead because of gas ports. Problem gone in the bolt action.
 
The pistol caliber carbine is really nothing new or novel in Canada. Just look at the number of lever actions in .357 Mag., .44 Mag, and .45 LC, there are in the market. I think a lot of guys overlook these as options.

There are precious few bolt actions in comparison. Too bad John couldn't find a stash of Spanish Destroyer Carbines laying around. I'd like to eventually own one of those as well.
 
lejarretnoir said:
I remember club shooters in the past converting their AR-15's to 9mm , but couldn't shoot lead because of gas ports. Problem gone in the bolt action.
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The 9mm conversions for the AR-15 delete the gas tube and barrel port, working off of direct blow back instead.
 
I'll guess Zastava they make a nice little m48/63 mauser sporter.
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and their m85
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And I belive they even built yugo sks's
so john am I even warm?
 
This is getting interesting.....

Thinking aloud, since a .44 Rem Magnum in a lever gun works well as a short range deer round, how would the performance of .45ACP soft points in a carbine compare as a bush gun for deer? As a combination small game and deer rifle, this rifle sounds really intriguing.

BTW, the military mauser look is the cooler of the two :)

Regards,

Frank
 
Beadwindow said:
This is getting interesting.....

Thinking aloud, since a .44 Rem Magnum in a lever gun works well as a short range deer round, how would the performance of .45ACP soft points in a carbine compare as a bush gun for deer? As a combination small game and deer rifle, this rifle sounds really intriguing.

BTW, the military mauser look is the cooler of the two :)

Regards,

Frank
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Guys get some pretty good velocities out of .44 mag and .45 colt with the longer rifle barrels. Just looking in my reloading manual and the top velocity shown for a 230 gr bullet with 16 1/2" barrel is 800 fps for .45 ACP. That's not any better then I can do with my 1911. Maybe some loads using slower powders would make better use of the longer barrels?
 
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Harold Manback said:
Guys get some pretty good velocities out of .44 mag and .45 colt with the longer rifle barrels. Just looking in my reloading manual and the top velocity shown for a 230 gr bullet with 16 1/2' barrel is 800 fps for .45 ACP. That's not any better then I can do with my 1911. Maybe some loads using slower powders would make better use of the longer barrels?
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Just thinking out loud here, but what if a guy used 45 Super brass?? I'm sure I've read articles about it, and it is the same as the 45 acp, only with stronger/thicker brass and going about 300 fps faster IIRC. That might pep it up a bit.....
 
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