.45 ACP loading questions

[arspeukinen]

I imagine that the rounds may chrono differently, but all of the rounds were fine as far as function and accuracy. Competition requirements aside, the rounds were fine for range use, practice and casual shooting.

Absolutely. They function fine - and recoil noticeably less. And chrono 80-90 fps slower. Maybe this is specific to CBC (Magtech) cases, they are the only kind of .45acp brass with SP pockets I have encountered. Maybe the brass has more internal space, or something.

 

[hgte2001]

wow, for the guy trying to make majors, increase charge slightly--look at proportional chart increase and interpolate the 10s required to increase the velocity 70 to 80 FPS.

I have federal, CBC, mag-tach, and Remington with SP pockets. I was considering throwing them away but think I will use them in my next match.

Since they have come out I now sort my my brass by placing upside down in cartridge box and pulling what few SPs I end up with. I likely have a 300 of them in a bag now.

Be careful and never force a progressive to hard as I have heard of people having one go off in their Dillon.

Have fun! Anyone got a good power Pistol load for SP 230 lead Lyman bullets. I am guessing 6.8 grains based on my current 6.5 gr load!