Bullseye-45acp

[chief99]

Loading 45 acp , 230 gr. Berrys copper plated bullets. My Lee manual data for jacketed bullets is 5.0 to 5.7 grs. I have always read on this forum for plated bullets start at low to mid range of jacketed data. I am loading with 4.7 grs. of Bullseye and have had very good results with accuracy , recoil , etc. Am I loading to light ?

 

[chief99]

45acp-bullseye

Think I got that wrong . For plated use data between lead and jacketed . So 4.7 grs. might be good.

 

[vongh]

Does this load cycle your pistol reliably?

 

[hanno]

I have loaded and shot many rounds with the exact same load (4.7 gr BE under a 230 gr Berry's). Mild and accurate.

If your pistol functions reliably, keep loading and shooting

 

[472x1A/B]

4.7 grs. is what I use for my lead cast 225-230 gr's.. Works great.

 

[Joea132]

I load 5 grains even under plated 230s. Cycles my pistols reliably.

 

[Tony k]

I read somewhere that bullseye was the original powder that JMB used when he was developing the 1911/ 45 auto. If that's even remotely true,what charge was he using when he was developing for the 200 grain bullet? What about when the army asked him to switch to the heavier 230 grain bullet?

Sorry if this is too off topic Chief... your post just piqued my curiosity. Plus, it might give some baseline for your load, even if we're talking lead vs jacketed vs plated.

 

[PO2Hammer]

I always use starting jacketed data for plated. When I had a chrono, plated always seemed to agree with jacketed data. Rainier says to use staring jacketed data with their plated bullets.
The testing done here seems to agree;
http://38super.net/Pages/How%20Fast.html
But if your current load is accurate and ejecting with some enthusiasm, I would stick with it.

 

[tcoz]

I had once read that 5.0gr of BE was the standard military load for the 230gr ball round.

I load 4.9gr BE under a 230gr X-Treme PRN Bullet

 

[joneb]

The COL is also a BIG factor here, lets not forget about it.

 

[jwalts27]

I cant imagine how dirty it must be shooting light loads of BE. My dad shoots it at mid range loads and i find it very dirty after even a 100 rounds or so

 

[1KPerDay]

I am loading with 4.7 grs. of Bullseye and have had very good results with accuracy , recoil , etc. Am I loading to light ?

You answered your own question. No, you're not.

 

[wlkjr]

Looks like you nailed it.

 

[Quags]

I'm doing 4.0 gr of Bullseye at 1.24" with 230 gr Lead and CPRN bullets without issues.....

 

[savanahsdad]

I load 5 grains even under plated 230s. Cycles my pistols reliably.

same here, 5 even ,

 

[rsrocket1]

5 grains of BE under a 230g bullet is a pretty sout load. I use 5g Unique or 4.7g Bullseye. Even at full pressure and with a complete burn, Bullseye will leave lots of sooty residue but it cleans up very easily with Hoppes No9.

 

[Edcnh]

I have used 5.0g of Bullseye with 230g lead round nose bullets. It is a pretty stout load but very accurate.

 

[RussellC]

I'll have to try the 5.0 of Bullseye. With Unique, I believe I was loading 6.1. Both at 1.27 OAL

 

[horseman1]

My dater on that load

According to my log, it appears I used 4.7gr of Bullseye and got good (for me) results in my gun. Notes say I ended up with an OAL of 1.265 with the Berry's 230gr plated rn bullet in my 1911. Notes also say it was low recoil, but cycled the gun reliably and was accurate enough to make me happy enough at the time .

 

[tcoz]

I mentioned in a post above that I load 4.9gr of BE under the X-Treme 230gr PRN. I developed that load two years ago when my Sig 1911 was new, and it wouldn't reliably cycle 100% of the time until I reached that load. Since my gun and most Sig 1911's have very tight tolerances out of the box and since its now been very well broken in, I think I'll try scaling back my load to 4.7 and see what happens. It sounds like a lot of people have good luck with that load. I'm also using a Chargemaster now instead of the Pro Auto-Disk and I can easily drop the exact charge I want. I cant remember what my original ladder increment was but I think I might have gone from 4.6 to 4.9. I think it's worth a try if I can save 0.2gr of powder and some wear and tear on my gun.

 

[jeepmor]

I never have any problems going low on charge until I run into the soft shooting cowboy action loads. I had one case only eject out hard enough to land on the top of my slide. Many stovepiped on that batch.