Resurrecting the 150 grain SWC for 45 ACP
I shoot several different 45 acp pistols. This is not meant to be a debate over the best round, just a conversation on experience with the lighter bullets for the 45. My SAR K2 45 and Springfield XDM dont like the 150 grain SWC but my Sig 1911, Witness Match (CZ clone), H&K P9S in 45 acp, and Witness Hunter shoot the 150 grain very well. I use W231 at 5.5 grains and all of the guns cycle just fine. Accuracy is really good. Felt recoil is less than the 9 mm with 115 grain fmj. While this round is a target round for me, I have shot it at a steel culvert at my farm and at ten yards it punches a nice hole through that steel. I have retrieved the rounds and the bullet looks like a mushroom but it stays together. I have not chronigrafted the rounds but I suspect they are pretty fast. I do shoot 230 fmj through these pistols and like that bullet but those 150 grainers are just so much fun to shoot. I am not a competition shooter but I do punch paper and I shoot many small sticks and pinecones at the farm. I love that light round. Any shooters using the light rounds today besides me? What are your thoughts?
I shoot several different 45 acp pistols. This is not meant to be a debate over the best round, just a conversation on experience with the lighter bullets for the 45. My SAR K2 45 and Springfield XDM dont like the 150 grain SWC but my Sig 1911, Witness Match (CZ clone), H&K P9S in 45 acp, and Witness Hunter shoot the 150 grain very well. I use W231 at 5.5 grains and all of the guns cycle just fine. Accuracy is really good. Felt recoil is less than the 9 mm with 115 grain fmj. While this round is a target round for me, I have shot it at a steel culvert at my farm and at ten yards it punches a nice hole through that steel. I have retrieved the rounds and the bullet looks like a mushroom but it stays together. I have not chronigrafted the rounds but I suspect they are pretty fast. I do shoot 230 fmj through these pistols and like that bullet but those 150 grainers are just so much fun to shoot. I am not a competition shooter but I do punch paper and I shoot many small sticks and pinecones at the farm. I love that light round. Any shooters using the light rounds today besides me? What are your thoughts?