marmstrong
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I recently loaded several hundred rounds of 45acp, 230 FMJ, 4.7-5.1 gr. loads with a slight increase in loads to find a good all around load for my RI 1911 cs. Most fired OK with little difference in shot grouping. I also brought along a box of Remington UMC 230gr JHP from WM. These were the best rounds I fired all day. No FTF, FTE, nothing...And the tightest shot groups of all. Now my question...how to reproduce this load? I pulled a round apart and carefully weighed the 5.1 gr of powder. Seems like an easy question to answer but have read that factory powder is not same as the powder from my 1# can of Hogdon 38. I laid the Rem 5.1 next to my Hodgdon 38 5.1 and they look exactly the same to my untrained eyes. See attached pic. Thanks.