I haven't reloaded .45 ACP in about 40 years, yes, I'm an old fart. Today while helping brother in law break in his new Gold Cup (shoots like a freakin rifle) I noticed the factory loads we were shooting had diferent size primers. As I stared in disbelief, I thought it was some major malfunction. The Federal Champion 230 gr RN hard ball had small primers and the Winchester white box 230 RN and the Remington 230 RN, cheap stuff had large primers. What happened in the last 40 years???!!! What do I do buy Small PP for some and Large PP for others???? Somebody SPLAIN please
.45 ACP..need help from ya'll
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You got it. I am not sure why they changed either, other than cost. Possibly
more accuracy is what they are thinking.
You got it. I am not sure why they changed either, other than cost. Possibly
more accuracy is what they are thinking.
Re: .45 ACP..need help from ya'll
I haven't actually bought any, because I choose NOT to. But they do now make SOME "match" 45 ammo that uses small primers. Everything I load is 230 grain FMJ and 850+ fps. I only carry Winchester Silvertips.
I haven't actually bought any, because I choose NOT to. But they do now make SOME "match" 45 ammo that uses small primers. Everything I load is 230 grain FMJ and 850+ fps. I only carry Winchester Silvertips.
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I shoot 4.9 grains of titegroup with a 230 lrn with excellent results out of a 5in barrel,using federal lpp. though i have shot a few rounds with the small primers. they never proved quite as accurate.
I shoot 4.9 grains of titegroup with a 230 lrn with excellent results out of a 5in barrel,using federal lpp. though i have shot a few rounds with the small primers. they never proved quite as accurate.
Re: .45 ACP..need help from ya'll
98 percent of the 45 acp brass I see is still large pistol primered. I would just buy the large pistol primers, and not worry about reloading the small pistol primer brass.
98 percent of the 45 acp brass I see is still large pistol primered. I would just buy the large pistol primers, and not worry about reloading the small pistol primer brass.
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I came across some small primer 45 brass myself. A lot of my brass is range pickup... I too was in disbelief. I threw them into my scrap bin. I don’t need oddball 45 cases like that to stop my 550!
I came across some small primer 45 brass myself. A lot of my brass is range pickup... I too was in disbelief. I threw them into my scrap bin. I don’t need oddball 45 cases like that to stop my 550!
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The 45GAP uses small pistol primers. Maybe that is where they got the idea for small primers.
carl
The 45GAP uses small pistol primers. Maybe that is where they got the idea for small primers.
carl
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I have seen the small primers referenced with the non toxic primered lines of ammo....not sure if that is all they are in though.
I have seen the small primers referenced with the non toxic primered lines of ammo....not sure if that is all they are in though.
