Load data 45acp

[maggie06]

HI guys, as mentioned in another thread, I'm one of the flood of new reloaders with questions.

I bought Lee breechlock single stage and am going slow and making all the rookie mistakes, but figuring out each stage before moving on.

I have the decapping and priming down, bullet seating and crimping down, but I can't find loan data for my combo of powder and bullet.

Extreme copper plated 230 gr.
Bulleyes
powder.

Lee manual has data for jacketed, but not plated. Could use some data for starting, max, and min oal.

Thanks in advance, keep in mind this is my first experience in this world.

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[polygunner]

Always use more than one source of data. Three is preferable.

Use data for lead projectiles for plated projectiles and you'll be fine.

Have fun.
Good luck

pg

[maggie06]

Thanks. It won't be fun til I get comfortable that I'm 100 % doing it correctly.

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[rsrocket1]

Luckily 45ACP is a very forgiving cartridge and the SAAMI spec pressures are much lower (21,000 psi) than 9 or 40 (35,000 psi). The profile of the bullet makes a big difference in pressure when taking into account OAL. The traditional round nose bullet is usually seated to a 1.275" OAL. A truncated cone, round nose flat point or hollow point is usually seated to a shorter OAL so the load data must take into account for the shape of the bullet. Along with that, a RNFP bullet may not even chamber in your gun if seated to 1.275"

Hopefully you are using Extreme plated plain round nose plated bullets. I've shot 1k of those bullets before learning how to cast and they are good bullets. Look on the Alliant powder website for recommended loads for Bullseye powder. Please note that Alliant only publishes MAX LOAD. Start at 10% or more lower and find a comfortable load that reliably cycles the gun and makes it lock back on the last shot if you're using an autoloader. Also try out several OAL's (at below max load) to make sure the loaded bullets feed reliably.

For instance if Alliant data says 5.7g Bullseye, start at about 4.5g and see how they work, then work up if you feel you need to and simply stay below the max load and if your OAL is shorter than their published OAL, stay below max load minus a couple 1/10th grain.

Good luck and welcome to the world of reloading. We all had to start somewhere.

[J-cat]

Do not use 5.7grs of Bullseye under the 230. 5 grains is plenty.

[rm1911]

Do not use 5.7grs of Bullseye under the 230. 5 grains is plenty.

5 grains is the perfect load with bullseye. Works with 230's and 200's.

I believe it's against the law** to load 45 with anything but bullseye. I could be wrong, but why chance it

** keep in mind that pretty much everything is illegal in kalifornia.

[RiskyBusiness]

HI guys, as mentioned in another thread, I'm one of the flood of new reloaders with questions.

I bought Lee breechlock single stage and am going slow and making all the rookie mistakes, but figuring out each stage before moving on.

I have the decapping and priming down, bullet seating and crimping down, but I can't find loan data for my combo of powder and bullet.

Extreme copper plated 230 gr.
Bulleyes
powder.

Lee manual has data for jacketed, but not plated. Could use some data for starting, max, and min oal.

Thanks in advance, keep in mind this is my first experience in this world.

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for plated/lead use 10% less than FMJ loads. Start low and watch for pressure signs.

[LuckyGuy]

Never assume.

Thanks. It won't be fun til I get comfortable that I'm 100 % doing it correctly.

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Hopefully you will never be 100%. Always double or triple check your loads. Then maybe you will be 100% sure.

[LuckyGuy]

Never assume.

dupe

[rsrocket1]

I agree with the others, I tried 5.0g BE under a 230g round nose (which is the traditional military hardball load) backed off to 4.7 which is more than enough for punching holes in paper.

[Don the savage]

5 grains is the perfect load with bullseye. Works with 230's and 200's.

I believe it's against the law** to load 45 with anything but bullseye. I could be wrong, but why chance it

** keep in mind that pretty much everything is illegal in kalifornia.

Fake news
Win 231/hp38 FTW

[pennstater]

Well, I'm loading up some 230gr X-treme plated as we speak. 5.8-6.0 of Unique will be a very good load. This is a very accurate load in my Springfield 1911.
Hopefully this works for you, if you try it. Research the manual's tho.

[maggie06]

Well, I'm loading up some 230gr X-treme plated as we speak. 5.8-6.0 of Unique will be a very good load. This is a very accurate load in my Springfield 1911.
Hopefully this works for you, if you try it. Research the manual's tho.

Although I'm a rookie I know that different brands are not created equal.

If I was using Unique, I would definitely try out your advice, but with Bullseye, according to other posters, it might be too much.

So much to learn.

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[rm1911]

Fake news

Win 231/hp38 FTW

I saw the story on CNN. Had to be to true.

[JagerDog]

Hard to go wrong with 1.230" COAL in 45 ACP.

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