Lyman 452424 Hollow Points in .45ACP

[Texasflyboy]

An interesting experiment. I was loading Hensley & Gibb's #68's into .45ACP brass the other day with my Dillon 550 when towards the end of the loading session I impulsively loaded a dummy round using the Lyman 452424 Hollow Point that was lying in the box on the table.

The Lyman projectile seated to the same same COAL in the .45ACP case and looked very similar in profile to the Hensley & Gibbs #68.

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So I did some online research and decided 5.0 grains of W231 would be a good load for he Lyman 452424 and loaded up about 50:














The loads functioned perfectly in a Colt Combat Commander using Wilson Combat mags. Accuracy was respectable as was recoil. No high pressure signs. The rounds shot almost to the same point of aim as the Hensley & Gibbs #68.

I know I am not the first to try this experiment, I seem to recall Skeeter Skelton trying the same thing with a 1911 years ago in one of his Shooting Times articles.

[Doby45]

Let us know how they go. They are good looking boolits and they do appear to have the same profile.