I've been whining quite a bit about my trials and tribulations with my new CW45. I'm happy to finally report a good day at the range!
I put 100 rounds through my cw45 yesterday, and for the first time since I got it, I had no problems. Horay! I was shooting 230 grain xtreme plated round nose bullets over 6 grains of unique loaded to 1.23" and 1.24" oal
This gun is picky about factory ammo, I think because it has a shorter throat than most 45s. PMC 230 grain FMJs were more reliable (fewer nose dives) than Winchester white box 230 grain, and the only difference I could find is that the Winchesters are loaded to an oal of 1.265, while the PMCs were loaded to 1.255.
As far as SD ammo, I've tested Hornady 185grain critical defence (40 rounds), Remmington golden saber 230grain (25 rounds), and Federal 230 grain hydrashock (20 rounds). The golden sabers and the hydrashocks had several feed issues. The hornadys worked flawlessly. I'll try other 185 grain and 200 grain SD loads. I'm not abig fan of 185s, but if that's what this gun likes, that's what I'll use for SD loads. I hate buying ammo (price), so I may also load up some XTPs and see how they do.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited. Not only did it run smoothly, but I was very successful with follow up shots and overall accuracy. I'm really starting to like the trigger.
I put 100 rounds through my cw45 yesterday, and for the first time since I got it, I had no problems. Horay! I was shooting 230 grain xtreme plated round nose bullets over 6 grains of unique loaded to 1.23" and 1.24" oal
This gun is picky about factory ammo, I think because it has a shorter throat than most 45s. PMC 230 grain FMJs were more reliable (fewer nose dives) than Winchester white box 230 grain, and the only difference I could find is that the Winchesters are loaded to an oal of 1.265, while the PMCs were loaded to 1.255.
As far as SD ammo, I've tested Hornady 185grain critical defence (40 rounds), Remmington golden saber 230grain (25 rounds), and Federal 230 grain hydrashock (20 rounds). The golden sabers and the hydrashocks had several feed issues. The hornadys worked flawlessly. I'll try other 185 grain and 200 grain SD loads. I'm not abig fan of 185s, but if that's what this gun likes, that's what I'll use for SD loads. I hate buying ammo (price), so I may also load up some XTPs and see how they do.
Anyway, I'm pretty excited. Not only did it run smoothly, but I was very successful with follow up shots and overall accuracy. I'm really starting to like the trigger.