Lead 45 ACP Loads

LAH · May 8, 2013, 07:14 PM

I read the great sticky by Johnny Guest & decided to load a few even though I haven't a 45 auto. So here's what I did.

Cast a few H&G 34s.

Get’em sized & lubed.

Prepared cases.

Round up some primers.

And some powder.

Machine is ready.

LAH · May 8, 2013, 07:15 PM

Round & round we go.

The first of a thousand.

WESHOOT2 · May 9, 2013, 05:29 AM

Is how clean everything in your pictures seems.....

g.willikers · May 9, 2013, 08:43 AM

So, which .45 are you going to be buying, now that you have all this nice looking ammo for it?

schmellba99 · May 9, 2013, 10:18 AM

There you go. Looks like good ammo - much like the several thousand I have loaded in my stash as well.

Now you just need a good 1911 to launch said lead projectiles with. Get to getting!

LAH · May 9, 2013, 04:02 PM

I had a 1911 once. A gunsmith buddy of mine took it in on a job. It was a Norinco. He installed a good set of sights, front & rear. Match barrel, bushing & trigger. Cost me $300. It shot very well with 230 FMJ & 5 grains of Bullseye. That is the only centerfire autoloader I've owned. Hate chasing brass so after a year I sent it down the road.

My only 45 ACP platform, bottom sixgun.

LAH · May 11, 2013, 09:11 PM

Forgot to finish this up. The load is a match of sorts to the standard hardball load.

Here’s the finished product.

I’ll package then in hundred packs.

arizona98tj · May 12, 2013, 12:45 PM

So you made a bucket of reloads without first evaluating them in the firearm you will shoot them in.

LAH · May 12, 2013, 01:54 PM

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So you made a bucket of reloads without first evaluating them in the firearm you will shoot them in.

They were evaluated in the firearm which will shoot them. That firearm just happens not to be mine.

kostyanj · May 12, 2013, 09:04 PM

How many grains of promo are you putting under that lead? I have some Promo coming my way and I'd be interested to try it with .45 ACP.

LAH · May 12, 2013, 10:08 PM

I'm using 5 grains.

chris in va · May 12, 2013, 10:42 PM

There's no way those would chamber in my CZ. That ring of lead would have to be even with the case rim.

Valerko · May 12, 2013, 11:04 PM

My 9mm lead reloads chamber just fine in my CZ75. Can't see why these wouldn't work.

g.willikers · May 13, 2013, 10:25 AM

Well, Chris in Va, of course they wouldn't chamber in your CZ, especially if it's a 9mm.

schmellba99 · May 13, 2013, 10:30 AM

A .45 headspaces on the case mouth, not thr projo. That ring of lead makes no difference in the chambering.

lee n. field · May 13, 2013, 09:57 PM

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There's no way those would chamber in my CZ. That ring of lead would have to be even with the case rim.

And in my .45s I have found that they feed more reliably with that shoulder of lead above a hair above the rim.

May 8, 2013, 07:14 PM	#1
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Lead 45 ACP Loads I read the great sticky by Johnny Guest & decided to load a few even though I haven't a 45 auto. So here's what I did. Cast a few H&G 34s. Get’em sized & lubed. Prepared cases. Round up some primers. And some powder. Machine is ready.

May 9, 2013, 05:29 AM	#3
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	what I most admire Is how clean everything in your pictures seems..... __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"

May 9, 2013, 08:43 AM	#4
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	So, which .45 are you going to be buying, now that you have all this nice looking ammo for it? __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

May 11, 2013, 09:11 PM	#7
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Forgot to finish this up. The load is a match of sorts to the standard hardball load. Here’s the finished product. I’ll package then in hundred packs. Last edited by LAH; May 11, 2013 at 09:19 PM.

May 12, 2013, 12:45 PM	#8
arizona98tj Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 980	So you made a bucket of reloads without first evaluating them in the firearm you will shoot them in. __________________ stu-offroad.com Largest Jeep TJ project site on the web! (now with guns)

May 8, 2013, 07:15 PM	#2
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	Round & round we go. The first of a thousand.

May 9, 2013, 10:18 AM	#5
schmellba99 Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2008 Posts: 803	There you go. Looks like good ammo - much like the several thousand I have loaded in my stash as well. Now you just need a good 1911 to launch said lead projectiles with. Get to getting!

May 9, 2013, 04:02 PM	#6
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	I had a 1911 once. A gunsmith buddy of mine took it in on a job. It was a Norinco. He installed a good set of sights, front & rear. Match barrel, bushing & trigger. Cost me $300. It shot very well with 230 FMJ & 5 grains of Bullseye. That is the only centerfire autoloader I've owned. Hate chasing brass so after a year I sent it down the road. My only 45 ACP platform, bottom sixgun.

May 12, 2013, 09:04 PM	#10
kostyanj Member Join Date: March 28, 2010 Posts: 52	How many grains of promo are you putting under that lead? I have some Promo coming my way and I'd be interested to try it with .45 ACP.

May 12, 2013, 10:08 PM	#11
LAH Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2002 Location: In The Hardwoods Posts: 1,188	I'm using 5 grains.

May 12, 2013, 10:42 PM	#12
chris in va Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2004 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 13,806	There's no way those would chamber in my CZ. That ring of lead would have to be even with the case rim.

May 12, 2013, 11:04 PM	#13
Valerko Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2012 Location: NY Posts: 184	My 9mm lead reloads chamber just fine in my CZ75. Can't see why these wouldn't work.

May 13, 2013, 10:25 AM	#14
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Well, Chris in Va, of course they wouldn't chamber in your CZ, especially if it's a 9mm. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

May 13, 2013, 10:30 AM	#15
schmellba99 Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2008 Posts: 803	A .45 headspaces on the case mouth, not thr projo. That ring of lead makes no difference in the chambering.