Home Forums Reloading Handgun Reloading .45 COLT what is your favorite bullet wt. and style.

The 270 gr. Thunderhead from Penn Bullets hits with a whallop, big meplat. Does a job on hogs.

Agree with 4227, 18.5 gr. with a 255 gr. SWC works great. This 25 yd. group from a line bored .45 Colt, Ruger SBH with 6" Shilen barrel by Jim Stroh. Jim took my three screw SBH 44 Mag and made a .45 Colt out of it. He fitted a long extractor, milled the front sight. I did a trigger stop, fitted the stag grips, installed the Ruger Medallions.

This gun, set up like it is, shoots pretty close to my FA .357 Mag. Those are also line bored and do lock up tight. The FA with taller front sight is a tack driver with 170 gr. Gold Dot and 180 XTP.

DF