200 grains at 800 fps.

Bill Daniel · August 31, 2001, 10:32 PM

I have heard that Mr. Browning designed his 45 ACP for a 200 grain bullet at 800 fps. Does anyone know if this is true or not and if so would working up such a load yield greater accuracy?

Thanks,
Bill Daniel
Life Member NRA

Desert Dog · September 1, 2001, 04:31 AM

They wanted to duplicate the ballistics of the .45 LC in a shorter case. The Gov't then decided it needed a heavier bullet and insisted on a 230 at 800 FPS.

I see no advantage to a 200 gr. at exactly 800 FPS, although there are some really accurate loads in that velocity range.

I have a 1200 FPS 185 gr. handload that is a tackdriver, and hits pretty hard as well.

WESHOOT2 · September 1, 2001, 05:32 AM

I have a 230g GS offering at 970fps; it can be real accurate from some platforms; my gun fires the same bullet at 780fps for "Bullseye"--type accuracy.

All guns are always different.

August 31, 2001, 10:32 PM	#1
Bill Daniel Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2000 Location: Bowling Green, KY. Posts: 518	200 grains at 800 fps. I have heard that Mr. Browning designed his 45 ACP for a 200 grain bullet at 800 fps. Does anyone know if this is true or not and if so would working up such a load yield greater accuracy? Thanks, Bill Daniel Life Member NRA __________________ Prosecute criminals to the fullest extent of the law and their weapons will become harmless. "Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready." Theodore Roosevelt 1903

September 1, 2001, 04:31 AM	#2
Desert Dog Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 474	That would be correct. They wanted to duplicate the ballistics of the .45 LC in a shorter case. The Gov't then decided it needed a heavier bullet and insisted on a 230 at 800 FPS. I see no advantage to a 200 gr. at exactly 800 FPS, although there are some really accurate loads in that velocity range. I have a 1200 FPS 185 gr. handload that is a tackdriver, and hits pretty hard as well. __________________ Yes, in fact I do have a 454... in more ways than one. "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority" - Thomas Jefferson

September 1, 2001, 05:32 AM	#3
WESHOOT2 Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 1999 Location: home on the range; Vermont (Caspian country) Posts: 14,324	ME TOO ME TOO I have a 230g GS offering at 970fps; it can be real accurate from some platforms; my gun fires the same bullet at 780fps for "Bullseye"--type accuracy. All guns are always different. __________________ . "all my ammo is mostly retired factory ammo"