Heavy 45 acp boolit?

[HHI 812]

I have a few samples of the 300 grain 45ACP bullets.

[ddixie884]

Cool..................

[alamogunr]

Interesting resurrection of an old discussion. Just to add my 2¢, I have an Arsenal 45-230 WFN mold. I've not loaded any yet because I wanted to try powder coat on them but may not wait for that. The lube groove looks sort of shallow but is probably enough to handle regular loaded 45 ACP velocities.

[Char-Gar]

IMHO, the shooting of ultra-heavy bullets in a 1911 is not a very good idea. I do understand that attractiveness of the notion as those heavies do hit with a noticeable thump. The heaviest bullet I have used weights 242 grains (452423) and there is a noticeable difference in recoil, slide speed and impact on target vis-a-vi a 230 grain bullet. Any good 1911 with a properly throated barrel will feed these 100%.

The problem is the battering the very heavies do to the pistol. This can be compensated for, to a degree, with recoil buffers and heavy springs, but those present their own problems.

There really is no reason to do this anyway. Today, Accurate and other mold makers cut molds for a 230 grain with rounded sides and a meplat as big as the 452423. It is the meplat that does the work and these new bullets feed without problems, produce higher velocities than the heavies, will put a real hurtin on the target and not produce undue wear and battering on the pistol. The ultra-heavies were a notion in the past and make no sense today, when we have much better option.