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Lighter .45acp load than 230gr?
- Thread starter Shorts
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All depends on the size of barrel and platform.
If you own a compact frame w/short barrel .45 ACP you would be better served in a smaller grain bullet. Me...I like the 160 grain Corbon DPX all copper. It is lighter and has enough speed to expand reliably without trading off penetration.
If you own a compact frame w/short barrel .45 ACP you would be better served in a smaller grain bullet. Me...I like the 160 grain Corbon DPX all copper. It is lighter and has enough speed to expand reliably without trading off penetration.
In many pistols with fixed sights, the lighter bullets will strike lower to the sights compared to the 230-grain loads.
I wonder why that would be. A lighter bullet, going at higher speed will get to the target sooner and that means less time for the bullet to drop. Maybe related to recoil and the shooter?
freakshow10mm
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I think they only 165gr they offer is the EFMJ.
lotsa stuff, but never forget TANSTAAFL
Heavy bullets impact higher becauase, they, going slower, allow the barrel to rise higher in recoil before exiting.
Big bullets = "sectional density" (SD, which differs from SD, the chrono number); "ballistic coefficient" (BE); "momentum" (mo, or sometimes Big Mo).
These terms describe the advantages.
Significant load development using different short Kimbers suggests to me, no, better stated as "shows me", that a 230g bullet, when correctly loaded, is the optimal choice for shorter barrel 45 ACP-chambered choices.
If one gives up something for something, one still gives up something, ay?
Heavy bullets impact higher becauase, they, going slower, allow the barrel to rise higher in recoil before exiting.
Big bullets = "sectional density" (SD, which differs from SD, the chrono number); "ballistic coefficient" (BE); "momentum" (mo, or sometimes Big Mo).
These terms describe the advantages.
Significant load development using different short Kimbers suggests to me, no, better stated as "shows me", that a 230g bullet, when correctly loaded, is the optimal choice for shorter barrel 45 ACP-chambered choices.
If one gives up something for something, one still gives up something, ay?
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Great advice by everyone.
BUT---until you start to reload, you are only seeing a fraction of the capabilities of the .45 ACP.
I reload many types of bullets from 185gr up to the 230gr hardball.
Reloading is a hobby in itself, and pays off at the range.
You might want to think about it.
Eric
BUT---until you start to reload, you are only seeing a fraction of the capabilities of the .45 ACP.
I reload many types of bullets from 185gr up to the 230gr hardball.
Reloading is a hobby in itself, and pays off at the range.
You might want to think about it.
Eric
maddison08
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230
Bigger bullet slower velocity=more knock down power.
Bigger bullet slower velocity=more knock down power.
Dust Monkey
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I sometimes carry the 200gr +p speer gold dot in my HK. Good energy .