45 ACP Load Development Ep. 2: 200gr RN and Titegroup

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4 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Episode 2 of my series on load development for the 45 Auto in my Smith and Wesson 1911 E series. We will be testing a multitude of powder and projectiles in hopes of finding a accurate, reliable, soft shooting load that is most importantly affordable. First up is Titegroup and a 200gr RN Plated bullet.
If you have any suggestions on other calibers that you would like to see reloading videos on, please drop a comment and let me know!

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@richardcurrin7812 2 ай бұрын

I'm happy to have found this video. I just picked up the same bullets over the weekend and I have titegroup on hand and 2 more pounds on the way I'm trying to find a load that all my 45 ACPs will be happy with. I'll hopefully know in a few days

@pdoutdoors1506 Ай бұрын

How did your results turn out? I had better luck with other powders (videos to come)

@thetexasrat 3 ай бұрын

Richard Lee's manual does not do their own testing, but rather collects load data from others and then jumbles the data together so that one does not know where the data came from. As Viejo stated no one knows which load data goes with which bullets. Not to mention that they do not carry over some of the data at all, such as case, primer, nor barrel length used either. And again no specific bullet. So why sit there with a Richard Lee manual and do "Trial and ERROR💥" when one can simply get the manuals that the Richard Lee manual got the data from in the first place and know exactly what load is for what bullet, with all the relative information that goes along with them? If one has a Speer bullet then get a Speer manual, Berger manual for Berger bullets, etc.... Also Lyman has done their own testing of all kinds of bullets and does not jumble the information, but keeps each load specific to a bullet, with all relative information as well. And Midway USA did their own load testing for 4 or 5 popular calibers and used a lot of bullets and powder available at the time, with all relative data listed also. They call the manuals Midway USA LoadMap and then gives the caliber specific to that manual. They made them for 38 Special - 357 Magnum; 9mm Luger/Parabellum; 45 Auto; and I believe 454 Casull. Then there are the Powder manufacturers manuals that do it right too, and are a good edition to the mix. For these reasons I recommend the first half of the Richard Lee manual to glean information of the reloading process from, but never their load data! If they would not have jumble different bullet's data together and carried over all relative information it would be a different story. Long Live the other Manuals! Lyman, Speer, Nosler, Sierra, Barnes, Berger, Swift, Norma, VihtaVuori, Hodgdon, etc...

@richardcurrin7812 2 ай бұрын

I soon found some disagreement with Lee versus other sources and Lee seemed to be the odd man out

@JohnDoe-ud2cc 4 ай бұрын

800fps with a 200gr is a little slow

@pdoutdoors1506 4 ай бұрын

I agree. But remember my goal is accurate, reliable, soft shooting, and affordable. I’m not chasing speed.

@JohnDoe-ud2cc 4 ай бұрын

@@pdoutdoors1506 I don’t know about pistol calibers, but I do match rifle reloading. From my experience my groups almost always get smaller with speed. Until pressures get to high and then the groups open back up.

@JohnDoe-ud2cc 4 ай бұрын

@pdoutdoors1506 4 ай бұрын

It depends on the bullet profile, weight, and twist of the barrel. Some combinations do better at stabilizing projectiles at different speeds. I have a cast bullet in my .357 that absolutely will not group below 1100 FPS then it tightens to an inch at 25 yards. I also have some 147gn 9mm bullets that I shoot at the minimum charge to cycle the slide in my Glock and they group fantastic.