Sell me on plated .45 ACP bullets

[Steve in PA]

Rainier's work for me.

 

[Pilot]

I've used hardcast lead 200 grain SWC for most of my plinking/target shooting, but I've also used the Berry's and Ranier copper plated bullets with great success over Clays powder.

 

[chbrow10]

+1 on Berry's over clays.

 

[eflatminor]

Why use copper at all?

There is no need to use and copper, plated or jacketed. They're more expensive than lead (plain or moly coated) and requires chemicals to clean the barrel (not so with lead)...and they're way cheaper. Loading is as straight forward as any round.

I like Bear Creek lead 200g SWC over 5.0g of WST for IPSC and IDPA competitions. For Bullseye, I use Oregon Trail lead bullets.

 

[DragonFire]

Keep in mind, not all plated bullets are the same. And some "plated" ones are really copper-washed. Personally I like X-treme bullets, which used to be called West-Coast bullets.

We organize a group buy at the club, and get a pretty good discount when we order over 25,000 (which isn't as many as it sounds as the last three orders we 52K 45K and 55K).


Besides the cost, I think the less handling of lead the better.