silvermane_1
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Anyone Reload 45 Super?, l would like to hear about you experiences and any load data I am starting to reload for 45 Super myself. Thanks for any responses.
Thank you for your reply Pete D. another thing i am wondering is a flat bottom firing pin a necessary, because i plan on using the stock titanium pin in my Ruger 1911 CMD, also i plan on loading my 45 Super brass with 10.1 grains of AA#7 and using 185gr. XTPs and i plan on using a 20lb. recoil spring that way i can also shoot 45ACP.I have a couple of boxes of .45 Supers on the shelf. I loaded them a couple of years ago when I was playing with hotter loadings for the 1911.
i used a 28lb recoil spring, a FL guide rod, a flat bottom firing pin stop. Standard mainspring and FP.
Mostly loaded Unique (9.0 grs) into Starline brass and 185 grain Jswcs.
I went back to .45 ACP standards. I have no real need for the Super.
Note: I also dabbled in .400 CorBon. Need a barrel chambered for that. Fun cartridge. Flatter shooting at !00 yards.
i am wondering is a flat bottom firing pin
I would not recommend shooting .45 Super -- no matter what you do, you're going to over-stress the gun. Sooner or later, something is going to break.I guess I am wondering what would break if standard recoil and main springs are used.
Wrist?
Teeth?
Slide?
Perhaps nothing.
A buffer could help I suppose.
Like so many others, I merely dabbled with .45 Super before I wrote it off as a neat novelty. I wasn’t about to be the one to experiment with the hardware though.
This I also feel is true, your shortening your firearms life by using loads in excess of what it was designed for.I would not recommend shooting .45 Super -- no matter what you do, you're going to over-stress the gun. Sooner or later, something is going to break.
Oh ok, i thought that was a typo in that last post, thanks again Pete D.A flat bottom firing pin stop.