Update if your interested,
I went with 5.8gr w231 and put 4 through the chrono.
794fps
805fps
797fps
784fps
AV-795
They seemed to be very accurate, while shooting through the chrono I hit the same spot in the drit hill @25yrs away. Definitely not on paper however. Also the recoil was very mild. I included a pic to show the burnt powder on the brass. It looks pretty clean to me.
So now I can't make up my mind if I should just be happy and go with it or try and get them up around 900fps.
The difference in energy would be 800fps = 263 foot pounds vs 900fps = 333 fp.
*I started out looking for a hard hitting fast 45acp to carry.
Side note..... After shooting chrono this morning walking the 30yrds back to my shop a gopher was pushing up dirt by the door so I racked in a mag with 230 fmj and blasted that bugger through the dirt. Haha he had been making a mess of the yard..... No worries no more.
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Sorry about the pic upload couldn't get the upload right on my phone