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#1
09-23-2012, 07:14 PM
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Maybe just a bit off topic, but on my mind today...
I hand load for other calibers but just started with .45 ACP today. I just loaded up my first 30 rds of Sierra 230 gr. JHP for my Citadel CS Officer's model. I'm using 5.7gr. of Unique. Following Lee's reloading instructions, I first seated them to 1.26", and they would not even load up in the stock ACT mags or my Wilson Combat mags. So I reseated them to 1.23", and though they loaded up, they would mostly not chamber. So I reseated to 1.22" and they seem a bit better. I haven't been to the range to check how they feed, but will likely go tomorrow. Should I be concerned to reseat them to 1.21"? The Citadel feeds Federal Hydra-Shocks just fine. Question: What's the lowest COAL you'd feel comfortable loading to? What do you find works for you with 230g. JHP? I'm planning on buying a box of Montana Gold 230gr. JHP, and a box of 9mm JHP, and want to make sure I can get them to reliably feed in my Citadel and my HK P7M8 (which feeds just about anything).
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#2
09-23-2012, 10:36 PM
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Wee bit off topic... but not a problem at all. I load 230 grain JHP with 5.7 Unique to a COAL of 1.20 Never have had a problem with feeding or ejecting. I use Speer #14 book, page 974 (Gold Dot Hollow Point reloading data) to load for my 230 grain JHP Montana Golds. The book limits are 5.4 to 6.0 grains of Unique tested with a COAL of 1.20
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#3
09-24-2012, 08:54 AM
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Thanks for not spanking me for the off-topic bit and for the information I was looking for.
I'll be trying my 1.2" JHP rounds at the range tomorrow and will report back in a separate thread 
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If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. -- Samuel Adams COTEP CBOB0676 KO4ENQ
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09-25-2012, 06:45 AM
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hey... you brought it up here.... bring it back here. At my age I may never FIND a new thread! LOL.... hope it helps!
+Michael
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COTEP: CBOB578 DW CCO SIG GSR 1911 SA Micro Compact and a spectacular cast of others! "You have never lived, until you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know." Guy de Maupassant, 1893. Anonymously, penned on a sign at a command post at Khe Sanh, RVN.
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#5
09-28-2012, 06:27 PM
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The reloads were great: Sierra 230gr JHP over 5.7gr of Unique and CCI primers seated to 1.22" OAL. I shot 27 of them with no problems. Shot them out of the stock ACT mags and WCs. The cheapo PMC 230gr FMJ range stuff on the other hand had a number of FTF out of both types of mag. What can I say? I know it's nasty ammo and I shouldn't be shooting it. And I won't anymore now that my reloads are working reliably. Thanks for the help! I'll be loading a few hundred .45 shells this weekend.
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