ballman6711
Member
I met my buddy at the range yesterday morning for a few hours of target practice. I brought some small primer 45acp loads to try and had cycling issues. The loads were my standard loads, just with SPP instead of LPP.
The load was 5.4gr of W231, mixed brass, 185gr Acme swc, OAL of 1.245", Fiocchi spp (not magnum), temperature was in the low 40's.
All the rounds fired fine, all the rounds had the accuracy that I expected from this load, but they didn't have enough "umphh" to cycle the slide enough to eject the spent round, just enough to catch the case as the slide was returning to battery. They all cocked the hammer on my 1911. My buddy's 1911 fired and cycled fine with these loads, throwing them out about 5 feet or so. I never thought to take a picture of the jam/failure.
So for my gun, these primers may need a slightly hotter charge, or may need to be relegated to warmer temps. FWIW my load above has always worked fine in all temps down to about freezing (34 degrees) with Winchester LPP and CCI large pistol, both standard and magnum. The Fiocchi primers may work fine in my other guns, but they are a no go in this gun in colder temps.
Always test your loads in all conditions you may use them in.
chris
The load was 5.4gr of W231, mixed brass, 185gr Acme swc, OAL of 1.245", Fiocchi spp (not magnum), temperature was in the low 40's.
All the rounds fired fine, all the rounds had the accuracy that I expected from this load, but they didn't have enough "umphh" to cycle the slide enough to eject the spent round, just enough to catch the case as the slide was returning to battery. They all cocked the hammer on my 1911. My buddy's 1911 fired and cycled fine with these loads, throwing them out about 5 feet or so. I never thought to take a picture of the jam/failure.
So for my gun, these primers may need a slightly hotter charge, or may need to be relegated to warmer temps. FWIW my load above has always worked fine in all temps down to about freezing (34 degrees) with Winchester LPP and CCI large pistol, both standard and magnum. The Fiocchi primers may work fine in my other guns, but they are a no go in this gun in colder temps.
Always test your loads in all conditions you may use them in.
chris