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Thread: Do 45ACP Shot Shells Only Work In 1911??

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    I wonder what CCI does differently with .38/.357 and .44 Spec/.44 Mag shotshells? GF

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    I wonder what CCI does differently with .38/.357 and .44 Spec/.44 Mag shotshells? GF
    Might be a headspace issue. Rimmed verses semi rimmed in a cylinder?

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    Its definitely a headspace issue, the same one that says no to bottle necked cartridges in a revolver (which is what a .45 ACP shotshell is).

    You will see the same setback and hard turning of the cylinder if you make cylinder length brass for shotshells in the .44 mag or .45 Colt, at least I did in my Vaquero.

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    I make them longer for my 45 ACP revolvers. Hold more shot and a real wad vs 45LC and Speer capsules.

    My semiauto 45acp load on the left, next to a 230 LRN, and a cylinders worth of the long ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gray Fox View Post
    I wonder what CCI does differently with .38/.357 and .44 Spec/.44 Mag shotshells? GF
    Just a question, would drilling the flashhole out help or is the whole case being set back as opposed to just the primer?

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    I'd bet the cylinder is hanging up on primers, and enlarging the flash hole to 1/8" would cure it.

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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