45 acp loads

[fog]

just got a 1911 anybody got a target reload info for me?

 

[Dean Williams]

Congrats on the new shooter!
You'll find gobs of target loads in the various reloading manuals.

 

[earplug]

For punching paper at fifty feet
180 grain LSWC 3.6 Bullseye
200 grain LSWC 3.5 Bullseye

For USPSA Major power factor.
200 grain LSWC 4.7 WST
230 grain LRN 3.8 Clays

 

[340PD]

I use in my target gun

3.7 Bullseye under a 200 gr. lead semi wadcutter. Works in my Clark's .45 Bullseye gun

 

[mnshooter]

My Kimbers like:
200gr SWC
5.3gr W231
Any case
WLP
800 fps Commander length 1911
830 fps Full Size 1911


230gr Jacketed Round nose
7.0gr Power Pistol
Winchester Case
Fed 150 primer
800 fps Commander length 1911

230gr LRN
5.9gr Unique
Any Case
Fed 150 primer
800 fps Commander length 1911

 

[ReloaderFred]

The manuals are full of loads. You need manuals, lots of manuals.

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[TexasRedneck]

Try 4.8 gr 231 under 200 gr....nice smooth round!

 

[tbtrout]

I like a 200lswc with 5.3gr of Win 231.

 

[Thompsongunner]

SOLO 1000 Single Base and CLEAN! Takes getting use to metering, but well worth the effort.
Gunner,

 

[cliffy]

5 grains of Hodgon Clays

5.0 grains of Hodgdon Clays is great for indoor loads with a CCI 300 primer powering 185 grain plated-lead bullets. Working a 1911s action properly should be paramount. If the load doesn't cycle, the load AIN'T right for your light loads. Stove-pipes are the first sign of "OPPS" wrong load. Hodgdon Clays is clean-burning as an added benefit. Just my reloading observation, cliffy

 

[mnnate]

6.1 gr of unique in rem or win cases. Rem or fed. primers and 230gr fmj most accurate i've found for my 1911

 

[chbrow10]

I also recommend a round nose bullet for 1911 reloaders who are just getting started. It is just one less thing that will cause a jam. I'd also recommend a case filling powder like Clay's, so you will know when you get a double charge, and you can see the powder in the case...