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Ruger45LC · April 23, 2015, 06:18 PM

I think it's a cool cartridge but due to size is rather limiting. Looking at Hodgdon's online data from a 5" barrel, seems to me the 45 Super and 460 Rowland basically are a .45 Win Mag that fits in a normal sized gun.

I've loaded .45 Super from my 5" KKM comped Glock 21 and ran anywhere from a 185gr to 1600 fps to a 255gr hardcast to 1325 fps to a 300gr hardcast over 1150 fps.

The .45 Win Mag has higher capacity so it would be a better candidate for stuff like H110 and the like, but if you want .45 Win Mag performance in a normal sized gun, handload the .45 Super will do it, so will the 460 Rowland.

April 23, 2015, 06:18 PM	#56
Ruger45LC Senior Member Join Date: July 24, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 769	I think it's a cool cartridge but due to size is rather limiting. Looking at Hodgdon's online data from a 5" barrel, seems to me the 45 Super and 460 Rowland basically are a .45 Win Mag that fits in a normal sized gun. I've loaded .45 Super from my 5" KKM comped Glock 21 and ran anywhere from a 185gr to 1600 fps to a 255gr hardcast to 1325 fps to a 300gr hardcast over 1150 fps. The .45 Win Mag has higher capacity so it would be a better candidate for stuff like H110 and the like, but if you want .45 Win Mag performance in a normal sized gun, handload the .45 Super will do it, so will the 460 Rowland.