surplus for 45 ACP?

[harley45]

I'm thinking about trying some of this surplus powder and was wondering what you guys liked for the old ACP also any favorite loads for a 230 gr LRN? I want to come close to duplicating hardball ballistics.
Eric

[Cherokee]

Don't think there are any surplus powders for the 45 ACP but there are bulk powdeers that will work. See www.Patsreloading.com

[Lloyd Smale]

pr200 which is aa2 is about all i use in the acps anymore. Its given me some of the best accuracy ive gotten out of my 1911s

[BD]

I'm currently using surplus 231. Unfortunately it's no longer available. I bought an 8 pound jug of surplus #7 one time. Shot great as long as you're willing to trickle every load as it won't meter at all. The chinese #2 equivalent is probably your best bet these days.
I've also used a good bit of Titegroup which we bought from Grafs in a local group buy for $98/8 lb jug, free shipping and hazmat. There's a very fast lot of WC820 out there which works in the .45 acp for hardball loads, but at a 10 grain charge weight for the WC820, the Titegroup works out to cost less.
BD

[carpetman]

BD---I think if you found someone with a Belding&Mull powder measure,they could throw that #7 powder. I have yet to find a powder that they dont meter.

[BD]

Carpetman, what a good idea. I do in fact have a B&M measure set up for my .223 Varget load. I'll give it a try. BD

[carpetman]

BD---You have Belding & Mull set up for a specific load????????? Does this mean you have a "fixed" charging tube made up? The charging tubes are adjustable so switching one weight to another not too hard. Anyways please give it a try with that powder and let me know how it works out.

[BD]

C-Man, It's not a "fixed" tube. Just a dedicated powder measure for my .223 highpower loads. The belding and Mull will measure Varget as accurately as my 505 scale can read. As I have to drop tube the load to seat the 77 grainers to mag length, using the B&M really speeds things up compared to trickling them. I keep an old Pro-Jector set up for .45 acp, and the B&M and a Lyman turret plate set up for .223. I load 50 to a hundred each of other calibers each year, but thousands of those two. The experiment with the surplus #7 occurred a few years before I got the B&M, and I guess it just never occurred to me to try the two together as I load all my .45 acp on the progressive press. BD

[carpetman]

BD---I have read many times that various powders would not meter good. The only measure I've ever used is B&M and I've not found a powder it doesn't meter about like what you described.

[MikeG]

I use #105 from Bartletts. It works great in the 45 ACP.

Mike G.