Both Doubletap and Buffalo Bore sell a +P load, but I want a standard pressure load in one of these weights, plus I'm not made of money. I emailed Hodgdon and they don't have any loads. I did find this on Reloadersnest.com:

http://reloadersnest.com/query_bw_handgun.asp?CaliberID=17&BulletWeight=255

Thanks in advance.

JV

44afic,

My favorite 45acp load is a Lee 255gr cast with 5 grains of Unique.
I get 850fps with my 4.25" barrel comander.

I load 6grs of Unique behind 255gr cast bullets.

For a DW VBOB, my notes say 255 gr LaserCast bullets loaded over 5.2 gr of Unique to an OAL of 1.16" gives 850 fps.

The same setup with 6 gr of Unique puts it a little over 900 fps.

The recoil is quite snappy even with a stiffer recoil spring.

200 gr SWC's over 700 7.0 gr of Unique went 950 fps and were much more pleasant to shoot.

Only 10 loads per pound of powder!

Been a few years since I loaded .45 ACP/255's but I wanna say that was my load also. My recollection was about 810fps out of my Commander.

I also put an RCBS 45-250-FN which threw bullets at 262gr in my mold with straight wheel weights. I loaded that bullet over the same powder charge of 5.0 of Unique for around 770fps (IIRC)

250's are snug in a .45 ACP case, but they'll fit and every 250 I've loaded into my .45 ACP's has been quite accurate.

HA HA!

That's supposed to be "7" gr -> NOT "700"

You can find some on the 6.0 free download, for 45 ACP and +P, up to 250 gr.


http://blog.westernpowders.com/newest-reloading-data/

I was gonna say "I'll bet that thing kicks almost as hard as a Forty does on the Internet!"

25 years ago we were getting right at 900 f/s with Blue Dot and 255 SWCs. Believe it was a +P load and I ran a 24# spring in my Colt. I recall the charge but won't state it w/o a reputable publishing of that specific load. I will check my tattered old copy of Metallic Cartridge Reloading in a bit and see what it says.

Has anyone done penetration tests with 250 grain bullets in a 45 acp? I'm wondering if the 250 will out penetrate a 230 that is going 100 fps faster.