Shot my first reloads last night .45ACP

[Obtunded]

Right-on Bro!

It's a sickness and there is no cure!!! I remember very well the first reloads I ever shot, and it was a very exciting outing!!

I also started with 45 ACP using Titegroup and Montana Gold 230 FMJ's. I loaded literally thousands with my Dillon 550 and I must have put 10,000 through my tuned Valtro and Colt 1911 in one year alone

I learned to find a load just powerful enough to cycle the action... easier to pick up brass and comfortable enough to shoot all day long.

Congrats and enjoy!!

 

[pdubois64]

Well I just got back from firing my second set of test rounds. Went from 5.4 to 5.8gr in .1gr incriments and it looks like 5.7 is the winner. Got five shots in a 2.5" group at 15m off a rest. Now I can go to town and roll a bunch.

Next I am going to play around with some 200gr LSWC with the same powder.

 

[pdubois64]

My .45 loads all use 200 GR LSWC bullets and I run 5.2 231 for fun loads/plates/puchin paper etc and i used to use 5.9 231 for the old IPSC major all out of my series 80 gov't. These cycle perfectly with an 18 lb spring. I want to work up a 165 PF load for ODPL CDP and I think 5.4 of 231 should be about right. I hope to chrono some loads when some of the white S^*T is gone.
Andy

It looks like the load should be quite similar with this bullet.

 

[pdubois64]

Right-on Bro!

It's a sickness and there is no cure!!! I remember very well the first reloads I ever shot, and it was a very exciting outing!!

I also started with 45 ACP using Titegroup and Montana Gold 230 FMJ's. I loaded literally thousands with my Dillon 550 and I must have put 10,000 through my tuned Valtro and Colt 1911 in one year alone

I learned to find a load just powerful enough to cycle the action... easier to pick up brass and comfortable enough to shoot all day long.

Congrats and enjoy!!

I have the 550B also. Great machine.

 

[pdubois64]

nice to see you "developing " your loads- but you still have a lot more top end if you want to use it- my series 70 likes a 200 swc over 6.0 of 231, which is what a lot of bowling pin guys use- according to the speer , even with the 230 jacketed( which you don't need b/c the bullets aren't going fast enough) the load is still 6.3 top end- but under 900 fps in both cases-

Picked up some Speer 200gr LSWC. Using my barrel as a guide looks like OAL will be 1.220" Going to work up some test rounds and fire them tomorrow.