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Does anyone have a 45 ACP load for 185gr FMJ titegroup powder?

I have a load for this for large primer 45 ACP cartridges but does anyone have a small primer load for this?
 
It won't be significantly different with a powder that lights as easily as Tightgroup. Because the small primer makes a little less gas, there may be a small reduction in pressure, though that is uncertain because the bullet can start moving sooner in the powder burn with a large primer. Your best bet is to load about a dozen of each primer type with the large primer load data and take them out and shoot them over a chronograph. See if the velocity average is significantly different or not.
 
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It won't be significantly different with a powder that lights as easily as Tightgroup.
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Unclenick is the ultimate thread-killer :p. Once he speaks, there's little else to add. As usual, he pretty much covered it this time too.

I load quite a bit of 45 ACP, but the closest thing I come to your loading (185/TiteGroup) is a 200gn FMJ (X-treme plated, actually), using 4.8gn of TiteGroup (large primer) - chronos @ 840 f/s through a full-size 1911. If I were to "convert" it to a small primer, I would do just what Unclenick said: Load the small primer brass with the same 4.8 grains, and past them over a chronograph. Adjust as needed.

As an aside: I like your load combination of 185/TiteGroup. Small or large primer, it should work well. TG is a good choice here. It ignites easy (as Unclenick mentioned) and that bodes well for light bullets. Personally, I'm partial to heavy bullets and guess what . . . I still use TG. My go-to plated range shooter is an X-treme 230 PHP (plated hollow point), using 4.6 grains TG - fairly spunky at 807 f/s.
 
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Quite as Unclenick has said.

I prefer the 185gr also, and use both large and small primer casings. I have not run them over a chrono, but from an accuracy standpoint I can detect no difference.
 
I have a load for this for large primer 45 ACP cartridges but does anyone have a small primer load for this?
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At times me thinks folks over think the large/small primers with regards to 45 acp.;)
 
.45 ACP just isn't a magnum.

Just use Bullseye.

For it's pressure rating it is the most efficient cartridge yet created.
 
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