I haven’t used it for 45acp but I have in 45lc with some great results in a 3in barreled SA. It’s been a clean burning powder and meters +- a 1/10 in my Hornady powder charger. I bought 5lbs but tomorrow I’m going back to the place I bought it and checking to see if they have any left. I’m buying it all if any is there. I also had picked up some trueblue and it meters the same just a faster burn rate. It’s been great as well. As far as a the 45acp I am definitely going to give the Enforcer data a try. I have a USP that loves hot +p
I tried some AA No.7 awhile back with 185 gr. XTP's. I know it's a little to slow but, couldn't find much on shelves. I worked up to 12.0 gr., and it still didn't give any pressure signs at all. Primers looked like they had been seated with a firing pin dent. Lol. Cases even had soot on them. Probably wasn't burning efficiently.
I tried some AA No.7 awhile back with 185 gr. XTP's. I know it's a little to slow but, couldn't find much on shelves. I worked up to 12.0 gr., and it still didn't give any pressure signs at all. Primers looked like they had been seated with a firing pin dent. Lol. Cases even had soot on them. Probably wasn't burning efficiently.
It was really hard to get the pressure up with 185gr XTPs and AA7-speed powders (I use Longshot). I could make 185gr lswc run OK, but XTPs had a 100fps ES. If I loaded up in the 45 super range it would work ok, but I wanted to keep 5" velocity around 1100fps. I think, (but haven't tried), that a fellow could have better results with 230gr fodder.
I think it is pretty unfortunate that Ramshot sold out to hodgdon for the reasons indicated above. A lot of knowledge was lost (and will likely remain so) during the transition. And this wasn't the first time. Ramshot had a lot of data that wasn't published yet with more loads for big game, tac, etc and the pistol powders that never made it to the books. There used to be people at Ramshot you could inquire to about those loads which were use at your own risk but work ups were there. Rob Behr was the last person to have access to that knowledge, as was his predecessor. Any such inquiries by me on that end have effectively ended with non-responses.
Not sure where Mr Behr ended up, but I imagine he no longer has access to the data.
What I really have been looking for is a powder that I can get 1,000 or close with 200 gr. I don't think that's a crazy load. Just want a decent load for close range deer. I loaded Unique and got right at 1,000 but, I think it's a higher pressure load. Does anybody know what near max or max loads do in the pressure department? I loaded 7.5 gr. Unique with 185 XTP and CCI 300.
