Njal Thorgeirsson
Member
Hello,
As a novice handloader, I frequently load under the supervision of a more experienced friend of mine. I recently loaded some .45 ACP for the first time. The load he likes best is about 5.4 grains of Nitro 100 with a 230 grain (hornady jhp) bullet. According to his (old but published) load data, this should be around 850 fps. After a brief google, it seems fairly clear that this load could potentially be dangerous. Can anyone give me some advice?
Thanks!
As a novice handloader, I frequently load under the supervision of a more experienced friend of mine. I recently loaded some .45 ACP for the first time. The load he likes best is about 5.4 grains of Nitro 100 with a 230 grain (hornady jhp) bullet. According to his (old but published) load data, this should be around 850 fps. After a brief google, it seems fairly clear that this load could potentially be dangerous. Can anyone give me some advice?
Thanks!