jjohnson
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.45 1917 Enfield Bolt/Single Shot
Great topic. Mine isn't suppressed, but I have neighbors closeby and load to subsonic levels just to keep them happy. I have a full bull barrel in .45ACP on my Enfield, and it's a real pussycat. Since I have a chronograph and loading software, custom loading to max while still subsonic is an easy excercise and makes good use of that (one) .45 bullet. I had considered, since it's a singleshot, having it rechambered to .45 Win Mag and using even heavier bullets at 1050 fps or so, but haven't seen a real reason yet to go there. My range is limited to 70 yards or so, so the trajectory isn't a big deal as I'm sighted to 50 yards. I'm half tempted to have the MUZZLE end - get this - chambered for 45 win mag so I can yank the barrel and turn it around, (and back again) but I'd have to make a custom muzzle cap.... and in the end, it would just be an interesting engineering project. I really don't want to go through the red tape on the suppressor but have thought about tinkering with a brake with enough 'baffle' to help noise a little without being illegal. The Camp 9 is a fun rifle, have one, but even 147-grain hollow points loaded up to the supersonic edge just don't have a lot of "whack" so I usually use the .45 instead. Anybody care to share data on some of these pistol bullets actually expanding (like they should) at 1000-1050 fps? Thanks.
Great topic. Mine isn't suppressed, but I have neighbors closeby and load to subsonic levels just to keep them happy. I have a full bull barrel in .45ACP on my Enfield, and it's a real pussycat. Since I have a chronograph and loading software, custom loading to max while still subsonic is an easy excercise and makes good use of that (one) .45 bullet. I had considered, since it's a singleshot, having it rechambered to .45 Win Mag and using even heavier bullets at 1050 fps or so, but haven't seen a real reason yet to go there. My range is limited to 70 yards or so, so the trajectory isn't a big deal as I'm sighted to 50 yards. I'm half tempted to have the MUZZLE end - get this - chambered for 45 win mag so I can yank the barrel and turn it around, (and back again) but I'd have to make a custom muzzle cap.... and in the end, it would just be an interesting engineering project. I really don't want to go through the red tape on the suppressor but have thought about tinkering with a brake with enough 'baffle' to help noise a little without being illegal. The Camp 9 is a fun rifle, have one, but even 147-grain hollow points loaded up to the supersonic edge just don't have a lot of "whack" so I usually use the .45 instead. Anybody care to share data on some of these pistol bullets actually expanding (like they should) at 1000-1050 fps? Thanks.