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**Mike Irwin** · November 28, 2007, 10:45 AM

Using a new loading press a couple of years ago I dropped nearly 10 grains of WW 231 into a .45 ACP shell, which I then fired in my 1911 Mil Spec.

Gun survived without a problem; the magazine didn't.

November 28, 2007, 10:45 AM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	Using a new loading press a couple of years ago I dropped nearly 10 grains of WW 231 into a .45 ACP shell, which I then fired in my 1911 Mil Spec. Gun survived without a problem; the magazine didn't. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.