View Full Version : What velocity range for .45 ACP devastators?
Ithaca Gunner
04-03-2016, 10:20 AM
Got the mold a few weeks ago and cast up a bunch using some softer lead than recommended, average weight, 200.4gr. I don't want little .45 hand grenades that fragment on impact, rather a nice mushroom of about .80 that gets into the vitals. I had planned on the 950fps range. Too fast for this boolit? Looks like this thing would expand just by throwing it.
Outpost75
04-03-2016, 10:24 AM
With a near pure lead core, not harder than 6-8 BHN, about 1:40 tin/lead, or 1 part wheelweights to four parts plumber's lead, that should work.
gray wolf
04-03-2016, 04:50 PM
With the correct mix you get this.
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Agree with Outpost75's post. At .45 ACP pressure/velocity, you are not going to get any "hand grenades". Worst case scenario, you cast them hard with too much Sb and you will get little to no expansion.
Don
P.S. - Are you in Ithaca, NY?
Ithaca Gunner
04-03-2016, 08:47 PM
No Don, I just like the guns that were made there.
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