A friend posted his photo of some Black Talons, and someone just posted on some Super Vels. I scrounged up a few relics...some "Cutting Edge" defense ammo from the 1990s. Yeah millennials, way before you needed 1000 rolls of TP. Some of this came from Evan Marshall for some testing I was doing for an LEA. The .41Mag was the load the FBI agent carried on duty, from whom I bought my S&W 657 Mountain.
L to R:
Norma .45ACP 200g "Diamond" series. A +P JHP "match grade" load with a moly coating. I think it is still the fastest factory 200g .45ACP load ever made.
Winchester .41Mag 240g Platinum Tip Hollow Point.
Pro-Load 200g JSP. A Rem Golden Sabre with a lead filled HP. Designed to run better in the old 1911s that needed to run ball ammo. What I carried for years in my .45.
Triton .40 Super 135g JHP. This load runs 1800 fps out of my 6" barrel in the 1911. Still have 3 weights of factory ammo, 135, 155 and 180.
Federal .45ACP 185g Hydra-Shok. A +P load that was right up against the max pressure for 45 +P. Had a very loyal following among those who carried .45s daily.
Federal .45ACP 200g Expanding Full Metal Jacket. A +P load that was a variation on the CorBon Powerball. It had a rubber pellet on top of a lead wadcutter core and was completely encapsulated. The inside of the jacket was scored resulting in 6 pillars that held the whole thing together and expanded nicely at MV down to about 600 fps. Also designed to run in the old 1911s that choked on HPs.
I still have the reports I wrote on the .45 loads. Shot into 10% Gel, Fackler boxes and live animals as well.
Thought some of you all might enjoy seeing them.
L to R:
Norma .45ACP 200g "Diamond" series. A +P JHP "match grade" load with a moly coating. I think it is still the fastest factory 200g .45ACP load ever made.
Winchester .41Mag 240g Platinum Tip Hollow Point.
Pro-Load 200g JSP. A Rem Golden Sabre with a lead filled HP. Designed to run better in the old 1911s that needed to run ball ammo. What I carried for years in my .45.
Triton .40 Super 135g JHP. This load runs 1800 fps out of my 6" barrel in the 1911. Still have 3 weights of factory ammo, 135, 155 and 180.
Federal .45ACP 185g Hydra-Shok. A +P load that was right up against the max pressure for 45 +P. Had a very loyal following among those who carried .45s daily.
Federal .45ACP 200g Expanding Full Metal Jacket. A +P load that was a variation on the CorBon Powerball. It had a rubber pellet on top of a lead wadcutter core and was completely encapsulated. The inside of the jacket was scored resulting in 6 pillars that held the whole thing together and expanded nicely at MV down to about 600 fps. Also designed to run in the old 1911s that choked on HPs.
I still have the reports I wrote on the .45 loads. Shot into 10% Gel, Fackler boxes and live animals as well.
Thought some of you all might enjoy seeing them.