Your most accurate 45ACP load?

[JHTexas]

45acp SWC(H&G #68) 200gr 900fps 4.6gr TiteGroup

 

[9mmepiphany]

Curious - is that a typo? I load a full grain less

That feeds through a 220?

 

[reddog81]

200 gr S&G #68 bullet over 4.0 grns Bullseye.

That would be my suggestion also. For anything under 25 yards it works great. For longer distances I use something with more velocity and less drop, but 4.0 BE with 200 grain SWC is pretty much a time tested target load.

 

[v8stang289]

Loaded a few test rounds to try in the backyard.
Can only go out to 10 yards at the moment, but 4.4gn WST under a .451" 200gn blue bullet SWC shows some promise out of the Gold Match.
I can also tell I'm getting rusty. Haven't shot in several months due to the heat and humidity around here.(82* with 74% humidity today, I'm ready for fall/winter!)

Gonna load up some with some other powders to try next time I can get to the range.

 

[JCSC]

200 gr SWC or RN over 4.7-4.8 HP38 for me.

 

[Austin Albright]

Home cast H&G #68, 200 gr LSWC's, seated to allow just a hair's width of full dia. bullet shank above the case rim. This allows that hair line of lead showing above the tapered crimp to smooth the entry into the chamber. A loading trick I picked up from Al Dinan, noted match grade 1911 gunsmith from the 50's & 60's.

With 5.1-5.2 gr of Win 231, that bullet will do nicely for 25 & 50 yd Bullseye competition. I size to 0.452", and the alloy is wheel weights to lead in a ratio of 2:1. I also use the old NRA lube formula: 50/50 alox to beeswax.

My 1911's include a Colt Nat'l Match Gold Cup, a WWll Remington-Rand, two Ruger 1911's, a Sig 1911 RCS, a Sig P227 & 220, and my son's DW, and two Colts. All prefer this loading above any other. At ~800 fps from a 5" bbl., it'll also do nicely for CC if you don't mind reloads.

In addition to the above, that same combination also works to perfection in a 7-1/2" bbl'd Colt SAA with my spare .45 ACP cylinder installed. In my S&W M-25 1955 Target N frame, it's the most accurate .45 ACP load I've ever fired averaging 1.5" gps at 25 yds as the rule. The Smith's 6.5" bbl gives me a chrono'd 875+ fps making it a field gun with considerable smack. Fifteen years ago, I put down a young buck whose rear off side leg had been broken by a misguided bow hunter's broadhead. Penetration from the front was through the skull, brain and exited through 5" of neck muscle. Penetration it's got!

HTH's Rod

My results almost mirror yours.
I use H&G 68 cast with alloy of 1 pt lino to 2 parts ww. Sized .452 in Star Lubrisizer. I use my own lube made from a 5 gallon bucket of Alox purchesed about 30 years ago and beeswax from local beekeeper. This is in a series 70 Colt that has been tricked out. OAL is determined by taking out the barrel and seating bullet until case is flush with hood of barrel. I used the old Winchester primer and 5.9 grains of WW231. I don't remember what the group size was but it was impressive from a Ransom rest at 50 yards. From then on I knew if my accuracy was not up to snuff it wasn't the gun that was the problem.

 

[conan32120]

Curious - is that a typo? I load a full grain less

I can load much lighter for my 1911 but those loads were unreliable in my 220. So I answered as a general .45acp load not a 1911 load

 

[SNfoilhat]

5.0 gr of Bullseye under Berry's 185 gr hollow base plated bullet. Fired from a Kimber custom II with 5 in barrel. Light recoil & accurate at 25 yards. This has been my go to load for the last 10 or so years.

 

[Walkalong]

Lots of good combinations in .45 ACP

 

[cfullgraf]

Up until recently, I've been happy with 230 RN over 5.0 700-X. Functions well in all my 1911's and i get good accuracy. Depends on the gun though.

Other shape bullets are hit and miss function wise depending on the bullet shape and the particular gun I shoot them in.

Recently, I bought a current production Gold Cup. It feeds SWC bullets well and with Accurate #2 powder gets great accuracy.

 

[vaalpens]

That feeds through a 220?

Probably yes and no.

My most accurate load for my P220 is an Xtreme 200gr SWC load using CFE Pistol, but it does not feed reliably in my P220. What a waste of an accurate load.

 

[red rick]

Good thread . I just ordered some 200 gr rn bullets from Xtreme . This will be my first time loading .45 acp .

 

[joneb]

I'm happy with Alliant's Bulls Eye for target loads for 45 acp with most bullet weights.

 

[joneb]

Good thread . I just ordered some 200 gr rn bullets from Xtreme . This will be my first time loading .45 acp .

If those bullets are Xtreme 200gr plated RN try 5.2gr of Bulls eye at 1.262"
Find your jam point and stay .01-.015 from it, using your barrel as a gage.
Use a light taper crimp to remove the flare, seat and crimp in separate steps. check for bullet movement with a dummy round in the firearm, adjust crimp and or COL accordingly.

 

[GRIZ22]

6.0 gr of Unique under a 200 gr H&G lswc. Gives me 900-950 fps out of my guns. Worked for me for almost 50 years.

 

[Dudedog]

MBC 200gr SWC 4.7 or 5.ogr of HP38/W231, shooter is the limiting factor.

I think 5.0 was maybe a hair more accurate but 4.7 is softer,

If I tried some of the bullets Bullseye shooters use so they might do better.
RMR 230gr RNs with 4.7 or 5.0 of HP38 also shot very well for me.

 

[Alaskamike]

It's pretty difficult to make an inaccurate load in .45 auto.

That said, my favorite target load is a 200 grain cast SWC over 4.0 grains of Clays. It's worked beautifully for me in several unmodified 1911s and my P220.

 

[BushMaster-15]

I'm building 200 gr. Berry loads currently powered by Unique 7.2-7.5 Gr. seem OK but I'm NO .45 guru . Just like to keep proficient with MY .45's .

 

[hdbiker]

5.3 grains on Win. 231/Hp38 under a cast 230 grain round nose bullet. Any of the pistol powders run good in my Springfield.