ACP bullets in .45C are fine
My first efforts in loading .45 colt, nearly 40 years ago, were an outgrowth of my ACP reloading. I bought a shell holder and used ACP dies, properly adjusted, with home cast 225 LRN bullets. I used the same charge of Unique I'd been loading with that bullet in ACP cases. It was a nice, mild plinking load for my new "western style" Colt SAA. Before long, I bought a used set of .45C dies.
In recent years, I've loaded quite a few bulk packed 230 LRN ACP bullets over around 8.0 gr of W-231 for use in my S&W .45 Colt Mountain Gun. These get around 900 fps and I shoot 'em in IDPA style matches. The smooth profile RN bullets load very nicely from HKS speedloaders.
Best
Johnny
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