.45 acp reloads and FNP .45

HALIFAX · August 12, 2013, 09:20 PM

I know that the recoil springs on FNP's are quite stiff compared to other auto pistols. I have reloaded a few hundred rounds of .45 only to have to manually eject or have them stove pipe in the chamber. I use hp38 as my powder and have been to damn near max load only to have this happen. Would a different powder solve this problem? Also there are no after market springs available for FNP so I'm crap out of luck on that aspect. Please someone help. It sucks having a lot of .45 reloads that I cant even shoot.

KenL · August 12, 2013, 09:34 PM

A question for you. Did you work up to this load or just load up a bunch of bullets with some random recipe and hope they work?

The advice I do have would be to pull the bullets and start over.

LSU · August 12, 2013, 09:41 PM

Halifax,

Please give us a few more details on what you loaded and how you loaded it?

Please give us your powder charge, bullet type and OAL of what you loaded.

Give us some details and maybe we can help you through this one.

HALIFAX · August 12, 2013, 10:28 PM

I started at the starting load from my lee reloading book at 5.2gr. of hp38 behind a 200gr. jacketed bullet. (I used a plated bullet instead of a jacketed bullet) Berry's plated bullets to be exact. I worked up to 5.7gr. which is just below max load for that combo in .1gr increments. Cartridge oal was 1.224

WESHOOT2 · August 13, 2013, 07:01 AM

Get 230g RN bullets.
Size and prime your cases. Suggest CCI or Winchester or Federal or Remington primer.
Seat that 230g bullet to 1.255"+/-.005".
Crimp it to .469--.470".

Do all that over a charge weight of 5.5g HP38.
Work now?

mmb713 · August 15, 2013, 01:50 AM

Using a slower powder could help. Unique, Universal, Power Pistol, WSF and AA#5 would be good ones to try for more recoil. I'm going the other direction. I don't care for the harder recoil I'm getting using Universal and just worked up some loads with Clays to get a softer shooting load. They cycle my Witness Match and are very accurate. It's always best to load a small batch and make sure they function in your gun before doing a big run. That sucks. Good luck.

August 12, 2013, 09:20 PM	#1
HALIFAX Member Join Date: May 11, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 63	.45 acp reloads and FNP .45 I know that the recoil springs on FNP's are quite stiff compared to other auto pistols. I have reloaded a few hundred rounds of .45 only to have to manually eject or have them stove pipe in the chamber. I use hp38 as my powder and have been to damn near max load only to have this happen. Would a different powder solve this problem? Also there are no after market springs available for FNP so I'm crap out of luck on that aspect. Please someone help. It sucks having a lot of .45 reloads that I cant even shoot.

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August 12, 2013, 09:34 PM	#2
KenL Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2011 Location: Colorado Posts: 218	A question for you. Did you work up to this load or just load up a bunch of bullets with some random recipe and hope they work? The advice I do have would be to pull the bullets and start over.

August 12, 2013, 09:41 PM	#3
LSU Member Join Date: May 12, 2013 Posts: 38	Halifax, Please give us a few more details on what you loaded and how you loaded it? Please give us your powder charge, bullet type and OAL of what you loaded. Give us some details and maybe we can help you through this one.

August 12, 2013, 10:28 PM	#4
HALIFAX Member Join Date: May 11, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 63	I started at the starting load from my lee reloading book at 5.2gr. of hp38 behind a 200gr. jacketed bullet. (I used a plated bullet instead of a jacketed bullet) Berry's plated bullets to be exact. I worked up to 5.7gr. which is just below max load for that combo in .1gr increments. Cartridge oal was 1.224

August 13, 2013, 07:01 AM	#5
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	just a suggestion Get 230g RN bullets. Size and prime your cases. Suggest CCI or Winchester or Federal or Remington primer. Seat that 230g bullet to 1.255"+/-.005". Crimp it to .469--.470". Do all that over a charge weight of 5.5g HP38. Work now? __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

August 15, 2013, 01:50 AM	#6
mmb713 Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2011 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 421	Using a slower powder could help. Unique, Universal, Power Pistol, WSF and AA#5 would be good ones to try for more recoil. I'm going the other direction. I don't care for the harder recoil I'm getting using Universal and just worked up some loads with Clays to get a softer shooting load. They cycle my Witness Match and are very accurate. It's always best to load a small batch and make sure they function in your gun before doing a big run. That sucks. Good luck.