200gr 45 bullets

[tango6]

just purchased a taurus 1911 and 500 missouri bullet 200gr LRNFP. I am wanting to try some red dot, 231, and unique but cannot find any load data for this bullet.
can someone point me to some data?

 

[Walkalong]

Hodgdon

Alliant

Any 200 Gr RN or TrFP lead data will be fine.

Welcome to THR

 

[tango6]

OK, Thanks.

 

[Walkalong]

5.0 Grs of W-231 would be a great place to start.

 

[RKRCPA]

This month's issue of Handloader magazine has an article dedicated to 200gr .45 loads

 

[tango6]

Thanks walkalong and I will p/u a copy of the mag, also, RKRCPA.

 

[greyling22]

my pt1911 will feed anything. my handloads choked up 2 other guys 1911's and ran perfectly in mine. 200 grn lead really big flat point round nose.

 

[tango6]

what load were you using

 

[Starter52]

+1 on the 5.0 of 231. That's the load I use with lead 200 gr. bullets in the .45 ACP.

 

[greyling22]

I'm using the .76 hole on my lee auto disk with a mystery powder my uncle got from a dying old guy. he calls it hodgdon trap 14 but I can't find a reference to it anywhere. It's dirty and a little scary but it's free and it works. And he worked up the load on his own gun so I didn't have to risk mine He claims it behaves somewhere between red dot and blue dot. I get about 800 fps. I would stick to something in a load manual. maybe red dot? it's versatile and you don't use very much in a 45 so it will last longer.

 

[tango6]

I have some red dot & unique but can't find any 231 yet. looking thru all my manuals, it seems you get pretty good velocity out of red dot.

 

[Drail]

Use data for a 200 gr. SWC. You may have to experiment with OAL to get good feeding. I have been running RNLPs for a couple of years in a couple of Springfields with very good results. I am loading them at 1.225."