[Griz44]

They just don't look right. Does anyone have a factory round they can measure OAL on? I bought a batch of bullets and want to load them up.

[Iron Sight]

7th edition of the Hornady handbook of cartridge reloading says
C.O.L. of 1.230 for no 45160 HP-XTP.

[Ridgerunner665]

I don't have any factory rounds ...but I do use 230 xtp's for my hunting and ccw loads...my gun likes 1.23 OAL...I can post a pic of one of my reloads if that will help.

[Walkalong]

The factory rounds I measured were 1.235 O.A.L. That is what I loaded them at and they worked just fine.

[DEDON45]

My reloads are using those bullets are set at OAL 1.200 ... had a few minor issues in some 1911 pattern guns (that work great with all kinds of other ammo), so I went just a little deeper. If you do this, remember to back off the charge a bit and work back up... I ended up with (using mixed cases) 8.2 Grains of HS-6, seated to an OAL of 1.200", with the 230 grain Hndy JHP/XTP with a Magtech 2 1/2 primer to fire it off. Kind of warm in my gun, but good.

[Griz44]

Thanks! I will load a few and head for the range.

[Iron Sight]

I am going to get 1000 of those bullets as a free bonus on the Hornady LnL AP (Press) I purchased recently. Hope they shoot good.

[Ridgerunner665]

Hope they shoot good.

They are the most accurate JHP bullets I've ever used...and I've tried them all...but this will vary some from gun to gun.

[DEDON45]

Iron Sight... I too am awaiting the 1300 bullets that are coming my way... I couldn't wait so I bought a couple of boxes of those 230grain .451 XTPs... very good... good accuracy. Got a 1000 of those coming, and 300 .44 Mag 240gr XTPs on the way too (2 die sets and an extra powder measure w/ pistol rotor).

I'm diggin' my LnL press...

[Wilburt]

I posted the same question a while back when i got mine and walkalong was kind enough to give me the same help. I also called hornady and they said 1.230; however, i still haven't goton around to loading 'em yet :rolleyes: moving and other stuff.