250gr 45ACP loads

tahunua001 · June 14, 2012, 08:23 PM

hello all. I am about to have a nice little bolt action carbine in 45ACP and am looking to put together a good hunting round for it. the only problem is that all of the reloading manuals I've looked at only give loads for 230GR and below and I was hoping to load up some 250gr hornady FTX into them.

also, can anyone explain the difference between FTX, XTP and AMAX to me?

Clark · June 14, 2012, 08:42 PM

I don't know it you throated your 45acp carbine per SAAMI.
I did in my 45acp rifle, but my 45acp revolver has a very long throat.

I worked up a powerful load in a 45acp revolver using 45auto rim brass.
Instead of seating at 1.275" to get it to fit and feed from a magazine, I seated at 1.4" an it allowed me to use slower powder, LIL'GUN.

With 300 gr, I was able to seat at 1.555"

tahunua001 · June 14, 2012, 08:48 PM

it takes standard 1911 mags so in all practicality it would be a single shot hunting rifle, I found that out the hard way when I loaded black tip bullets into 300 weatherby casings...still fun as heck though if you remind yourself that you only have 1 shot and to make it count.

June 14, 2012, 08:23 PM	#1
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	250gr 45ACP loads hello all. I am about to have a nice little bolt action carbine in 45ACP and am looking to put together a good hunting round for it. the only problem is that all of the reloading manuals I've looked at only give loads for 230GR and below and I was hoping to load up some 250gr hornady FTX into them. also, can anyone explain the difference between FTX, XTP and AMAX to me? __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

June 14, 2012, 08:42 PM	#2
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	I don't know it you throated your 45acp carbine per SAAMI. I did in my 45acp rifle, but my 45acp revolver has a very long throat. I worked up a powerful load in a 45acp revolver using 45auto rim brass. Instead of seating at 1.275" to get it to fit and feed from a magazine, I seated at 1.4" an it allowed me to use slower powder, LIL'GUN. With 300 gr, I was able to seat at 1.555" __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?

June 14, 2012, 08:48 PM	#3
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	it takes standard 1911 mags so in all practicality it would be a single shot hunting rifle, I found that out the hard way when I loaded black tip bullets into 300 weatherby casings...still fun as heck though if you remind yourself that you only have 1 shot and to make it count. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

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