[odysseus]

I am curious. For those who buy .45acp, what is your favorite round to buy? Also, I am thinking of buying some flatnose(flat point) FMJ ammo in this caliber, but don't know what's worth trying out.

[Kevlarman]

Winchester White Box value packs!

[Al Thompson]

WWB for practice and Georgia Arms 230 gr Gold Dots for serious use/carry.

Have a couple of K of 200 gr swc reloads that work great in one 1911. When I run out of those, I'll reload another 3 or 4 K. :)

[stans]

I usually reload my own and tailor the load to the gun. When I buy ammo for one of my 45's I usually go to Walmart and get the 100 round box of Winchester USA 230 grain FMJ for $19.99. It's cheap, it works, it's readily available and it is reliable.

[oneshooter]

Handloaded 200gr cast SWC for practice. :) Speer 200gr JHP factory for serious. :evil:

Oneshooter
Livin in Texas

[foghornl]

Range rounds: Blazer Brass or the well-known USA [Winchester White Box]

Serious Socializing Ammo: Remington 230-Gr Golden Sabre

Also use a Commercial Reloader's stuff for range rounds National Bullet Company of Eastlake Ohio [www.nationalbullet.com

[Berg01]

"For those who buy .45acp, what is your favorite round to buy?"

Blazer Brass and UMCs

"Also, I am thinking of buying some flatnose(flat point) FMJ ammo in this caliber, but don't know what's worth trying out."

When I can get 200gr LRNFP reloads from a friend of mine for $8.00/box, this is the best target ammo I have found to shoot in my SW1911.

[cratz2]

For practice ammo, I've used a lot of S&B and Winchester White Box. At equal price, I prefer the S&B.

For more serious uses, I like 230 Gr Golden Sabers for standard pressure loads and 200 Gr +P Gold Dots though the latter is a notoriously questionable feeding round.

[Lennyjoe]

WWB for practice until I get some reloading supplies.

For personal defense I choose Speer Gold Dot 200gr +P out of a 4" Kimber Pro Carry.

[R.H. Lee]

Mostly WWB or S&B hardball. What do you all think about WWB 230 gr JHP for defense?

[Nando Aqui]

Sellier & Bellot 230-FMJ from Natchez @ $8.25/box of 50. Great stuff, accurate, and reloadable!

Natchez also has Rem UMC 230-gr FMJ @ $7.99/box. I haven't used this one myself, but have read that it is very good as well.

Alex

[Z_Infidel]

WWB and S&B hardball.

[Werewolf]

Before I started reloading mostly S&B 230gr FMJ with the occassional WWB thrown in. The S&B ammo is IMO superior to the WWB as it is more consistant and a bit hotter.

Now I reload. For practice I use a 230gr FMJ. For SD a 230gr Hornady XTP. My Sig gets HP-38 and my 1911 AA#5.

[larryw]

What Werewolf said. My load data's different, but he nailed the rest for me.

[GaryP]

Remington 230gr Golden Sabre for serious work!
Georgia Arms 230gr FMJ -- Canned Heat -- for the range & other fun stuff.

Gary
:evil:

[alwayshungry]

winchester white box for play (and some occasional umc)

corbon +p 185 grain hp for business

[nitesite]

Originally posted by RileyMC:
What do you all think about WWB 230 gr JHP for defense?

I'm still in the early stages of trying it for all-round practice and carry ammo. Gotta admit it's hard to give up carrying 230-gr standard Gold Dots, but I don't feel any less well-armed when i have the USA45JHP WWBs in it.

In my informal testing (set up by a NASA engineer shooting pard) it performs very, very well and has not plugged nor failed to expand. This thru 4-layer denim, 1/4" ply and water jugs (or clay). They held together extremely well without shedding its jacket from the core.

It is as accurate as any other brand I have tried. And the flash is quite low, almost equal to the factory Speer Gold Dot 230-gr cartridge. Velocity standard deviation is about normal <20 fps.

http://www.gunpix.com/gallery/Miscellaneous_and_Oddities/WWB 230 JHP web.jpg

http://www.gunpix.com/gallery/Miscellaneous_and_Oddities/WWB 230 JHP 2web.jpg

[lee n. field]

Buy? Wally World white box.

Shoot? handloaded 230 grain FMJ or LRN.

[dairycreek]

I use any brand that reliably works in my guns. Mostly it is UMC.

[Magnum88C]

Practice? UMC, PMC, Federal American Eagle, Winchester White box 230-gr FMJ

Rearranging a bag guy's plans? 230-gr Hydra-Shok or 230-gr Gold Dot.

[fedlaw]

Competition: Federal Gold Match SWC 185gr.:Reliable, accurate, very little recoil
Carry: Speer 185gr +P, JHP: Reliable, accurate, lots of muzzle energy.
Everything else: 230gr. hardball based on $, mostly Fed. Amer. Eagle, Blazer Brass, Aquila, Win. white box; all about the same with slight differences in point of aim. I have also run S&B, Zero, Black Hills and Speer Lawman. My finicky SIG P220 turned me off to S&B; my S&W 625 doesn't like Zero. My Kimber seems to be able to digest everything without getting an upset stomach (without me getting an upset stomach, that is.)

[Schwatt]

Practice: 230gr American Eagle (can't beat it for $9.99 a box!)

Carry: 185gr +p Cor-Bon

[Lone_Gunman]

I use hardball for practice and defense.

UMC, Winchester, or S&B... its all about the same.

[RRTX]

Practice - WWB mostly
Carry - 230gr Winchester Ranger T

[Bulldozer]

Carry: PMC-El Dorado 230-grain Starfire JHP. Feeds and functions flawlessly. Reliable expansion and nice thump.

Practice: Anything that's affordable, and often reloads too.

[Ala Dan]

Magnus 200 grain L-SWC's for practice; and Federal 230 grain JHP
"Hydra-Shok's" for those unexpected encounters of a serious nature! :D

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

[bpisler]

I shoot mostly my various cast bullet reloads in my 625-6 mountain gun.Wolf has proven to be the most accurate factory load i've tried.

[PowderBurn]

WWWB

(As in WAL-MART WWB)

[deputy tom]

Remington 230gr Golden Sabres for carry.I load my own LSWCs for range use.tom.

[wolf]

the beretta likes 230 WWB FMJ for practice & 230 gr speer gold dots for a good nights sleep

wolf

[trickyasafox]

for those who reload, if you buy bullets instead of cast ones, how much does it cost to reload by the box?

[ChristopherG]

Depends on the bullet.

I load a 230 gr. LRN that I get from rozedist.com for $49/1,000, shipped to my door. Add 15 bucks for a thousand primers and a bit more than half a pound of Clays (say, 9 bucks), that's what... $73 a thousand, or $3.65 for 50.

Of course that doesn't include the brass; but at moderate power loads, .45 acp brass appears to last virtually forever, and I shoot a moonclipped revolver, so I always retain virtually 100 percent of it; so I consider brass part of the hardware. You mileage may vary at any one of a number of points, clearly.

[ARGarrison]

Most of the ammo I've bought is UMC, seconded by Remington Golden Saber 230 grain. Still new to the .45 ACP and haven't bought a whole lot, yet. ;)

[MCNETT]

The DoubleTap 200gr Gold Dot @ 1125 has been revving my engine lately!
-Mike

[Chupacabra]

Right now I'm using Federal American Eagle for range work. I like it! It's very consistent and shoots well. I've used Sellier & Bellot in the past and it is good too.

For carry, my magazines get loaded up with 230grain Remington Golden Sabers.

:D

[Sneaky]

I recently had the honor of being introduced to EXTREME SHOCK ammo, thanks to the fine folks at this forum.

I think I would select the 'poisonous exploding terrorist decapitators' or perhaps the more strategic 'antitank incendiary fragmentary Dirty Harry' round. Not inexpensive, but you get what you pay for. Right?

Sorry, couldn't resist! :p

(P.S. say the name of the second one out loud, it's funnier that way)

(P.S.S. Has anyone else noticed that the three nomex fags on the opening page are the same guy??)

[Zach S]

Practice: Blazer Brass, WWB, and Magtech. Magtech feels the hottest, I prefer it.

Carry: First mag is loaded with 230gr Hydra-Shoks. Second (and sometimes third) mag is loaded with Magtech.

After I burn through the hydra-shocks I have I'll probably start carrying the cheap winchester JHPs. which is what the first magazine of my thompson is loaded with.

[HogRider]

For carry: 230g Federal Hydra Shock.
For the range: I reload.

[Old Dog]

Every .45 I own, and especially my 1911s, seems to favor 230 grain Remington Golder Sabers. Possibly the best-feeding, least malfunction-inducing JHP, coupled with consistent accuracy in most of my pistols, I've ever used. This is my exclusive carry load now.

Winchester White Box 100-round value packs constitute the bulk of my range ammo, though I sometimes use CCI Blazers, Wolf or S&B if I get good bulk deals on it ...