Drakejake
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I heard last night that a friend of mine had successfully loaded and shot .45 Long Colt bullets in .45 ACP cases out of a 1911. My friend is active in cowboy shooting and loads .45 Colt. To save money in reloading .45 ACP, he worked up a load which would allow him to put the bigger bullet into .45 cases. On Sunday he had the first test of the ammo and it worked (cycled, didn't blow-up). I suppose he had to reduce the powder in order to compensate for the greater pressure caused by the longer .45 Colt bullet (255 gr.?) in the ACP case. Does this make sense? I don't reload. I heard that the recoil from the ".45 Short Colt" was slightly stronger than from standard .45 ACP.
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Drakejake
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