.452 hard cast for 1911s

[03RN]

[03RN]

[03RN]

I really like shooting these. Its not mild but it isn't harsh. It kinda rolls.

[Spartan1980]

I was going to ask how they feed. Seems to be a non-issue from the looks of it.

[willie]

I really like shooting these. Its not mild but it isn't harsh. It kinda rolls.

The gentleman Doug Guy who reams cylinders will also open up pistol barrel throats to prevent longer bullets from hitting rifling and preventing chambering. The 255 grain bullet has to be seated deeper. You got the powder charge just right. The slower Unique is the perfect powder. .452 diameter is ideal. The slightly larger diameter also provides a tighter fit that retards bullet setback.

Thread drift: Some bullseye target shooters would set up their 45 ammo so that headspace was established by the bullet hitting the rifling. This reduced variation. Truth is that the extractor determines headspace though that was not a design intention. The extractor comment explains how one can run 380 ammo through a 9mm or 40 S&W ammo through a 10 mm. The essential requirement is loading the rounds in a magazine. Single rounds dropped in the barrel will enter too deeply.

[mmc45414]

Lee push thru bullet sizing die is an easy way to size down the .452s if you feel they will work better for you.

And I might have one you could have. I had a buttload of CLBs that were inconsistent so I sized them all down a little, and will probably never use it again. With lubed bullets it was a simple deal. I will need to double check what size it is, but if ya want it PM me.

[Johnny Walker]

I really like shooting these. Its not mild but it isn't harsh. It kinda rolls.

That looks to be a "dandy" load for woods carry... Not sure I saw you mention your source for that SWC, care to share?

I still have close to 100 Matts Bullets 250 gr short Keith designed for the 45acp...I think I am going to load up something similar to what you did and try them in my 625 as well as my DW Specialist..

[03RN]

That looks to be a "dandy" load for woods carry... Not sure I saw you mention your source for that SWC, care to share?

I still have close to 100 Matts Bullets 250 gr short Keith designed for the 45acp...I think I am going to load up something similar to what you did and try them in my 625 as well as my DW Specialist..

Rimrock.

I gave some away to get their velocity tested. Ill report what they get.

[Johnny Walker]

Rimrock.

I gave some away to get their velocity tested. Ill report what they get.

Be interesting to see what velocity you get!

Rimrock - thanks for the tip!

[Johnny Walker]

Hey O3RN,

Outside of the Flat Bottom Firing Pin plate and dual recoil spring, what else have your done to your Springfield 1911? You sure rocked it well in that video you posted shooting the 6.0gr Unique/255gr SWC load. Did you keep the FLGR on that loaded A1?