Hello everyone,
I recently acquired a Lee 255 RF and would like to try it, in my 1911.
I did not realize that crossing the 230 gr line was such a special animal. I’m struggling to find actual published data. Google and forum searches are yielding “personal suggestions” of 4.5 to 4.8 grs HP-38 . It was also suggested to find data for .45 auto rim , for the heavier boolits, in .45 acp.
Another day of internet searching found the old Lee manual listing .45 AR data. They break down their data to “jacketed boolits” and “lead boolits” . OK says I, that works for me… until I get down to the heavy weights and it just lists “ 260 gr “ without designating jacketed or lead.
That data is 4 gr start and 4.6 max. Is that for jacketed, lead or both?
But wait….
….. there’s more….
The next page does have .45 acp data. But the same thing, everything is listed as jacketed or lead, until the heavy weights… again. It just says 260 boolit, and it has 4.5 gr HP-38 up to 5.1 max.
This seems high to me, just from seeing how my loads have progressed from Lee 200 SWC , to 230 TC and now seeing this data.
Any thoughts or experience on this load?