45ACP Shotshell

[jmorris]

Remington made some 45 ACP shot rounds that were crimped like blanks up until sometime in the '90's.

Here is one on the right.

 

[briandg]

Now that you post that I remember seeing them. Sure must be a cool project.

 

[Scorch]

Would it be possible to instead use .460 Rowland brass?

I finally settled on 45 Win Mag brass, it's thinner than 308 brass, it's only a touch short, and you can adjust for that in the crimping stage.

Don't use military 7.62X51 brass, it is much thicker than commercial 308 brass, and the case mouths will not open up when you fire.

The difference in height of the pistol vs rifle primer makes no difference, your 1911 has .050" of protrusion.

I found the shot cartridges to be of little use. Usable range was 20', not enough for game animals typically. And since I am not worried about snakes, I saw little use for the shot cartridges in real life. But they are kinda cool, if nothing else just to say you did it.

 

[briandg]

Just to say you did it...

accomplishing something off the wall like this is great. catching all of the pokemon is ridiculous. If we take a problem or question and work it through to the end, its what made edison who he was.