4gr red dot, grooveless bullet with hitek coating. Nice gun.
4gr red dot, grooveless bullet with hitek coating. Nice gun.
3/3/96 MP 454-200 deep HP over 5.6g Bullseye has been a very nice performer in revolver, several 1911s from original 1918 to 2018 R1 DS, and Sig P220. Dad took down a ton of bowling pins with this load and it has served me well.
Personally, I love the old HG 130 (3/3/94) over 3.0gr bullseye. Makes an awesome mouse fart load that will just barely cycle my tuned 1911s but does and shoots great. Does very well in 1917s too.
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Bullseye, Red Dot, and AA#2 lately. Enough to push either the Lee 200gr swc or 230gr tc to around 800fps. My idea of a pistol cartridge since back when I weighed 125 pounds.....
Good shooting with a good looking pistol there!
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No thin skin and no offense taken. I just didn’t register here to be goaded into trying to prove something. Just shared some of what I do hopefully to read what some of y’all had to say about casting and loading for 45acp. Thank you all for replying and sharing your pet .45 loads. With component supplies what they are, I doubt I’m the only loader with interest in what others are loading for
There 45’s with good results. Thanks to those that replied.
Willie
That's real good shooting. Could do that once upon a time myself, but days long past. These days it's hit the black consistently and I'm happy.
.45ACP in a Colt Gov't, a great combination.
Lyman #452488 - 3.5grs Bulleye in a Gold Cup
RCBS #45-201-KT - 5.2grs TiteGroup in a Combat Gov't Model
Lyman #452374 - 5.0grs Bullseye in a Gov't Model & Glock M21
All loads taken from Lyman handbooks over the last 60+ years.
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Lee copy of the H&G 68, think it is the 452-200 SWC in the Lee catalog. This was a bevel base I milled down to flat base and comes in about 190 grs in range lead or slightly less with 96-3-1. Backed by 3.1 grs of Bullseye pleasant to shoot and accurate, although it does require a lighter recoil spring to function. That's some fine shooting, wish I could still do as well but age and arthritis have taken their toll.
I did the same thing with a file. The Lee mold was ugly on the back and nothing to loose. The boolit turned out good enough that I like it. I have done several Lee molds like that. You need to go slow as you can't unfile it. If you screw it up put it away and your wife can sell it when you kick the bucket. 4.5 of Bullseye is my favorite load for a 200gr. in 45acp.
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I use the Lee 230gr TC with 5.2gr of W231/HP38. The secret to good handgun shooting is simple. Put the sights on target and hold them there until the round has been fired. Doing that simple thing is not so easy which is why I don't shoot nearly that well. Good shooting on your part.
Even at my peak I wasn't anywhere close to that. Yep, takes a lot of skill development to do that kind of thing consistently, and a well tuned pistol with good ammo.
Steel match loads
155 SWC
7.4 VV 340
This is for steel matches with a reduced recoil spring. It has a slow pressure curve and will drop the cases at your feet with very low recoil to keep you on target. Velocity is high enough you don't have to change POA from one stage to the other. The 155 SWC may require some work on the gun though to feed properly. But, if you need quick shots with the barrel staying on target this one to try. It's not a USPSA load so don't know the power factor.
If I may interject a comment here with out making Mr. Willie T upset as I did on my first post on this thread if I had a load that shoots like his does (research the Al Dormant Military NRA Bullseye load for reference) I wouldnt worry not one bit what anyone else is using. If anyone looked at the photo of that target shot slowfire, at 25 yards, so evidentially offhand, it doesnt get any better
Six or seven shots in less than an inch is phenominal shooting. Even with the "flyer" it is still phenomenal.
I dont think that is a custom Bullseye set up 1911 either.
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Most accurate load I have shot is the H&G 68 (or copy) 200 grain SWC over 4.2 Bullseye.
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44Mag#1, I sent you a PM.
I just found this forum. I started before there was an Internet. Experimentation to understand what works for me is the route I have traveled. This forum opened up a whole new world of other casters/shooters to me. I shared what I came up with and have great interest in studying what some of y’all have came up with. No it is not a bullseye set up pistol. It has a match grade barrel and a nice tight barrel bushing. My interest in developing that load was accuracy without leading and expansion in that particular pistol. Of note to me is the number of competitors developing loads with minimal recoil for laying down faster shot strings on target. This forum is cool!!!
Last edited by Willie T; 04-26-2022 at 02:52 PM.
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45 ACP - Pet Load - AMT Hardballer - 5" barrel
Lyman # 452460 - 200 gr. - SWC - 50/50 alloy - sized .452"
5.2 grs. Unique @ 730 fps
Good accurate lower midrange load , not a powder-puff target load , and not a MAX load .
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My VERY FAVORITE is 6.5-7.0/Unique/215 gr. SAECO #58 LSWC.
I've shot 4.0/Bullseye/darned-near-everything and never had it NOT work.
When I had delusions of breaking into IDPA big time, I bought an 8# jug of Promo, b/c it was the least expensive of the "fast"-burning propellants & used it to make 20,000 - 30,000 reloads with it, easily. I still have some of it around. I used 4.2/Promo/230 gr. LRN or 225 gr. T/C for practice and competition. I used 4.6/Promo/200 gr. LSWC or RNFP. Both shot tightly, easily, and reliably.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |