What's your favorite .45 Revolver boolits?

[20nickels]

Please share your favorite bullet for .45 ACP competition wheelguns. I'm currently using;

S&W 625 JM
Mixed .45 ACP brass
Meister 200gr. SWC
4.5 to 5 grains of Unique
Federal Primers

The Meister is a good bullet, but sometimes doesn't load well in full moonclips due to hangups on the flat shoulder (got 'em really cheap). So I'm in the search for a new boolit as I'm almost through the lot of 1000.

[glockgod]

For ease of loading with moonclips I like 230 gr."softball" lead round nose. For making caliber size holes in paper 200 gr lead SWC.

[cdrt]

S&W 25-2
KEAD 185 SWC
3.5 grains of Bullseye
WCC brass (various year lots)
Winchester primers

[Hoser]

230 FMJs for revos.

200 H&G #68 lead sized to .453 for accuracy in my 25-2.

[Tigerseye]

Oops, I thought you meant .45 Colt loads :-)

I shoot a 250 gr lead flatnose with a moderate charge of Trail Boss for SASS in both the 1860 Henry and the RNV pistols.

[sctman800]

230gr LRN w/4.9gr Titegroup 1.250 oal about 810 fps

230gr plated RN w/5.0gr Bullseye 1.250 oal about 800 fps

I like both these but the plated with Bullseye is cleaner. I shoot these in a S&W 4513tsw and a S&W 625JM. The round nose won't hang up loading the 625 and feeds great in the 4513. Jim.

[jmorris]

you didn't say what game your going to be playing? If you're trying to make 165pf will the least ammount of recoil being the goal, I use 230gr rn with enough Clays to make 168 all day every day (can't be too safe).

[Walkalong]

Berry's 185 Gr. RNHB shoots well in my 625.

[20nickels]

Thks for the responses.
jmorris,
I shot my 1st steel target match last week (what fun!) and won it, much to my surprise. As it is a new park and they have yet to attract national matches, there is no power floor but it's inevitably coming. The next town over does pin shoots and other games. I'm looking to gain on the experience of others here to find one or two good all around bullets for the Smith 625. I've found with full moonclips, if one cartridge hangs up they all hang up.

[Citroen]

Depending what you are seeking; in my 25-2s only round nose bullets load quickly and easily - the backs of the cylinders are heavily bevelled and you can reload round nosed moon clips without taking your eyes off the targets.

For light bullets I use Rainier 185 gr. RNFP; 200 gr. LRNFP Master Blaster poly coated also work well. For IPSC and steel I like any 230 gr. Round nose.

I do often start a string of fire using LSWC but that is due to no clock running during the loading process and they are easy to score.

John
Charlotte, NC

[S&Wfan]

Yep,

As the games require more and more reloads during the timed match, you'll quickly abandon any bullets that aren't roundnosed. You can almost THROW roundnosed bullets in a moonclip at your cylinders and have 'em slide in as slick as goose crap. You do NOT want to get hung up even slightly due to a non-rounded bullet hanging up temporarily on the cylinder walls. In this "game," a hair faster usually wins in a tight match!!!

I personally prefer 230 grain lead roundnose bullets when shooting steel matches vs. FMJ but will use FMJ in a pinch. The soft lead seems to put 'em down with authority . . . and the steel tends to absorb all the lead bullet's energy as it flattens on the steel.

However, I HAVE been known to preload my FIRST cylinder with 200 grain LSWC for the first six shots!;) These have a little less recoil and allow me to swing, in double action, to the next targets a "hair" faster!!!

Again . . . In this "game," a hair faster usually wins in a tight match!!!

BTW, your power floor WILL come pretty soon I hope. Otherwise, the way folks like to beat the "game" . . . folks will be loading as light as possible (while still being 100% effective) . . . and thus shoot faster than you can with flame-throwin' loads. In this "game," a hair faster usually wins in a tight match!!! Hmm . . . I think I may have said this before.

The Power Factor levels the playing field . . . and makes the "hair shavers" focus on other ways to get an edge.

You're "gun-na" have a "BLAST" shooting steel. It's fun to both shoot and to watch . . . BUT ALWAYS WEAR EYE PROTECTION . . . EVEN 100 YARDS AWAY FROM THE ACTION . . . especially while you have no stout "Power Factor" rules.

Light loads are quite prone to come right back at cha . . . and land all over the place!!!

GET A POWER FACTOR IN PLACE SOON . . . for both safety AND to level the playing field!

T.

[HighVelocity]

4" 625-3 (Model Of 1989)
230gr Berry's plated round nose, mixed brass, Magtech primers, 3.9gr Hogden Clays.

[wheelgunner1911]

I use Berry's 200gr flat piont in my 625 for IDPA
Thay work well

[71Commander]

230 RN Masterblaster W/ 3.9 Clays. OAL 1.260. PF of 172.:)

[earplug]

MasterBlaster 200 grain Spirepoint with 4.7 WST. They load real fast with the spirepoint but with my 625 cylinder I was getting poly build up in the chamber lead.
I have since polished and its better.
MasterBlaster's owner suggested his 200 grain Roundnose Flatpoint.
I have shot A plain cast and lubed bullet like that and it worked well but smoke and mess was bad for indoor use.
I'll let you know how the 200 grain MasterBlaster RNFP work out.
Costomer service with MasterBlaster is very good.