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Long Path · December 15, 2000, 06:16 AM

Char923's load is a nice light Unique load (I've shot a lot at over 6g of Unique, but I've lately developed a distaste for the fouling of Unique with lead. Great powder, but 231 is so very comparable, and burns much cleaner.

For the money, I like Monkeyleg's load. Feels like full power, shoots easy, cleans fairly easy. If you're just stuck on backing off on the power, you might drop a tad below 5g and see how that works (Say 4.7-4.9?). It's also fairly economical. Some of these real, live combat-ready pistols just prefer to be shot with full-house loads in 'em. I won't practice with less than 230g at 810 fps, as I feel like I need to absolutely maintain my indifference to recoil. (I do shoot thousands of rounds of .22 and now do so out of my Ceiner conversion kit, but when I'm actually going to the trouble and expense of shooting .45, I'm making it count.)

L.P.

December 15, 2000, 06:16 AM	#8
Long Path Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 1999 Location: N. Texas Posts: 5,899	Some good loads here Char923's load is a nice light Unique load (I've shot a lot at over 6g of Unique, but I've lately developed a distaste for the fouling of Unique with lead. Great powder, but 231 is so very comparable, and burns much cleaner. For the money, I like Monkeyleg's load. Feels like full power, shoots easy, cleans fairly easy. If you're just stuck on backing off on the power, you might drop a tad below 5g and see how that works (Say 4.7-4.9?). It's also fairly economical. Some of these real, live combat-ready pistols just prefer to be shot with full-house loads in 'em. I won't practice with less than 230g at 810 fps, as I feel like I need to absolutely maintain my indifference to recoil. (I do shoot thousands of rounds of .22 and now do so out of my Ceiner conversion kit, but when I'm actually going to the trouble and expense of shooting .45, I'm making it count.) L.P.