reload 45acp with TITEWAD powder?

[kellyj00]

Last week, I posted that I had mistakenly purchased Hodgdon Titewad powder rather than Titegroup, so I asked here for a recipe.

After mixed replies, including Hodgdon customer service's rant about 'you're taking your life in your hands', I stupidly decided to load a few 45's for experimental purposes.

I loaded up TCBB 230 grain once-fired brass at 5 rounds each of
2.0 grains titewad
2.5 grains titewad
3.0 grains titewad

All cycled the action on a Sig 220, an XD and my Springfield 1911. The 2.0 grains was extremely light recoil. 2.5 a little lighter than a 9mm and the 3.0 felt like 9mm recoil. I was nervous with the 2.0 grain version so I didn't aim, can't tell you if they were accurate. The 2.5 and 3.0 versions, however, were accurate at 20 yards.

Again, this was a personal experiment to prove to myself or die trying. edit: I do not share this information as a recipe for using Titewad powders in a .45acp cartridge, because it worked for me it may not necessarily work for you.

 

[Master Blaster]

After mixed replies, including Hodgdon customer service's rant about 'you're taking your life in your hands', I stupidly decided to load a few 45's for experimental purposes.

You are lucky you didn't stick a round in the barrel and then blow the gun up with the next one. Did you check to make sure that each round actually cleared the barrel??

Undercharging can be as dangerous as overcharging.

 

[JDGray]

Undercharging can be as dangerous as overcharging.

Since there isn't any load data on earth, for this powder in a 45, he didn't know.

Glad everything worked out for ya, and at that charge weight, you shouldnt run out of powder any time soon.

 

[Walkalong]

It's good to start low. Worst thing if you stick a round is you will have to take the brass rod (the one everybody keeps in their range bag, right. ) and pop a bullet back out and go to the next more powerful load. I have no dought kellyj00 was checking for stuck bullets as he went.

 

[kellyj00]

actually, they fired with immense force. Just as much dust was kicked up by these bullets at 20 yards as my others that were loaded with 4.3 grains of Red Dot.

Thanks for the note Master Blaster, I'll go ahead and write up the only existing load data for titewad in a .45acp that way the minimum starting load will be considered 2.0 grains, so I was not undercharging.

That's my wise-butt way of saying I started low because I was afraid putting more powder into it would do exactly what you said...blow my flippin hand off. As a precaution I was shooting with my right instead of my left because I write with that hand. That's my wise-butt way of saying, there's no way to precaution against blowing your hand off with my method, so DON"T TRY IT! Just take my word for it, only one dumbbell needs to experiment to know that it's not a good idea to drink Poinsetta tea with a touch of Visine.