I am getting into reload and looking for low recoil 45acp load. I am shooting a SW625 with a 6in barrel. I would like to make it a low as possible. I will be doing steel shooting so I dont need to make power factor. Before I go out and buy everything I need I would like to have a recipe that way I can get the right powder and bullet.
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Low recoil load 45acp for SW 625 with 6in barrel
- Thread starter CMarsh
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44caliberkid
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Any load using 185 or 200 grain SWC, that is for bullseye target shooting, will be a peach in that N frame Smith.
Good advice, going with loads used in Bullseye competition. Here's some loads using various powders.
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.9gr Red Dot:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.8gr 700X:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.8gr Bullseye:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.0gr WST:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.1gr AA#2:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.2gr W231:
Don
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.9gr Red Dot:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.8gr 700X:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 3.8gr Bullseye:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.0gr WST:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.1gr AA#2:
200gr Lead SWC, Standard Primer, 4.2gr W231:
Don
If you are doing steel shooting you will need to reload fast and the only bullet to consider is a round nose. I like 225 - 230 grain lead round nose with 3.5 grains of Bullseye. They are slow and very accurate.
Avoid wadcutters. They will hang up on the rim when reloading at the speeds you need.
Avoid wadcutters. They will hang up on the rim when reloading at the speeds you need.
For really low recoil you could go slow to moderate velocity with a very light bullet, = 155-165 grain, and a rounded nose for easy feeding into your wheel gun. Take a look at the bullets offered here:
http://www.mattsbullets.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=71
http://www.mattsbullets.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=71
black mamba
New member
Red Dot, 700X and American Select all are very bulky and roughly the same fast burning rate. 3½ to 4 grains of any of these under a 200 grain plated round nose will give good accuracy and be very mild recoiling.
Dave it is a custom job with titanium cylinder and bobed hammer.
Thanks everyone for the input very helpful. Last question. I am getting reload press but what should I get? Not counting powder, bullets, primer, and case. I have a budget of 250 for a press. I would mostly use it pistol rounds 9mm 45acp. The only rifle round I might load is 6.5 creedmoor.
Thanks everyone for the input very helpful. Last question. I am getting reload press but what should I get? Not counting powder, bullets, primer, and case. I have a budget of 250 for a press. I would mostly use it pistol rounds 9mm 45acp. The only rifle round I might load is 6.5 creedmoor.
CMarsh,
Definitely get a single stage press. The NRA Reloading Course I teach specifies that, as it's hard enough learning something new without adding a lot of things going on at once. The RCBS Rockchucker is probably the most popular, and it would be a good choice. They generally sell for a little over $150.
Don
Definitely get a single stage press. The NRA Reloading Course I teach specifies that, as it's hard enough learning something new without adding a lot of things going on at once. The RCBS Rockchucker is probably the most popular, and it would be a good choice. They generally sell for a little over $150.
Don
^^^Good advice, USSR, and many thanks, also, for the reduced recoil loads, you posted earlier.
I've long had a S&W M25 Model of 1955 Target that I've usually shot with my standard .45 ACP loads (5.0-5.4 gr of 231 with 200 gr H&G's #68's), but have not scratched an itch to try some really low speed ones. I'll give 'em a try.
Thx again, Rod
I've long had a S&W M25 Model of 1955 Target that I've usually shot with my standard .45 ACP loads (5.0-5.4 gr of 231 with 200 gr H&G's #68's), but have not scratched an itch to try some really low speed ones. I'll give 'em a try.
Thx again, Rod
TrailBoss might be a good powder to consider. One advantage of this powder is that it's so bulky, you'd need a shoehorn to inadvertently double-charge a case with it. Some of the faster burning stuff like Unique and Bullseye don't occupy much case space when loaded for typical Bullseye competition applications.
I have a few 25s. I don't shoot heavy loads in any of my N frames or K frames. I have only
one 25-5 83/8" set up to shoot 250gr cast RNFP. The rest are set up for 242gr cast WCs.
and -2s set up for 185gr target style cast bullet. All loaded with Unique at about 750 fps.
-2s loaded in 45 AR brass. Very pleasant to shoot and very accurate. I don't shoot any jacketed bullets in these revolvers. They are all for paper punching and all 6-6.5" barrels except for the one -5. I've got a couple 24s that are set up for 185g WCs also loaded with
Unique at same velocities.
one 25-5 83/8" set up to shoot 250gr cast RNFP. The rest are set up for 242gr cast WCs.
and -2s set up for 185gr target style cast bullet. All loaded with Unique at about 750 fps.
-2s loaded in 45 AR brass. Very pleasant to shoot and very accurate. I don't shoot any jacketed bullets in these revolvers. They are all for paper punching and all 6-6.5" barrels except for the one -5. I've got a couple 24s that are set up for 185g WCs also loaded with
Unique at same velocities.
Google 45acp “geezer load”.
It’s the Berry’s 185 HBRN over 4.2 – 4.3 gr of Clays. This load doesn’t quite have the steam needed to cycle my XD Tactical (I bump it up to 4.5 gr), but it’s great in my 625JM. The hardball shape lets it chamber easily.
Never chronoed it, but it’s very accurate and a pussycat to shoot.
It’s the Berry’s 185 HBRN over 4.2 – 4.3 gr of Clays. This load doesn’t quite have the steam needed to cycle my XD Tactical (I bump it up to 4.5 gr), but it’s great in my 625JM. The hardball shape lets it chamber easily.
Never chronoed it, but it’s very accurate and a pussycat to shoot.
Mike Irwin
Staff
Moving to the reloading forum.
Welcome to TFL, CMarsh.
Welcome to TFL, CMarsh.
Lots of good answers ("I use...").But I would suggest you find a load in your reloading manual(s) before you buy any components (and personally, I would go with a load in a manual waaay before I used a load I saw on a forum).
Just wondering, not condemning, I have been seeing a lot of requests for "light recoiling" loads on forums lately. Why? If shooting one of my 44 Magnums is tiresome, I would go down to mt 357 Magnums, and if I tire from them, I think I'd just shot my 38 Specials. When I reload I very rarely go below listed starting loads from my manuals and it's hard to get away from physics. "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction".
Just wondering, not condemning, I have been seeing a lot of requests for "light recoiling" loads on forums lately. Why? If shooting one of my 44 Magnums is tiresome, I would go down to mt 357 Magnums, and if I tire from them, I think I'd just shot my 38 Specials. When I reload I very rarely go below listed starting loads from my manuals and it's hard to get away from physics. "For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction".
Mike Irwin
Staff
"I have been seeing a lot of requests for "light recoiling" loads on forums lately. Why?"
Uhm, maybe because they want to shoot a particular gun, for whatever reason, but don't want to go full power out of it.
Uhm, maybe because they want to shoot a particular gun, for whatever reason, but don't want to go full power out of it.