Anyone shooting 45 Super in their XDM?

[ndrancher]

Thumper's recommendation dead on it worked for me. The .45 super is a good round for me it really puts seriuos umph in the cartridge

[dglock]

Originally Posted by ndrancher

Thumper's recommendation dead on it worked for me. The .45 super is a good round for me it really puts seriuos umph in the cartridge

Do you reload? If not where do you get ammo? The prices i have seen and the scarcity of ammo would turn me off!

don

[ndrancher]

If question to me? Yes I do.All kinds of data out there if you snoop a little.I worked up a load that is reliable. I stared midrange and then worked up from there until I lost said reliability.Things started going south when getting into "high" end performance.Slide velocity became of issue as I wasn't picking up new round upon cycling.Nailed a skink the other day with 185 grainer. No stink no nothing dead.

[navy1970]

There is something about this with a guy using .45 Super in his XDs and it worked fine stock but some upgraded springs would not hurt. I bet that is something else. lol

[Steven57]

Underwood

Originally Posted by jeepinguy

Thanks for the info also.
I just picked up my XDM45 last night.
Plan on running some rounds through it this weekend.
I see buffalobore.com has the .45 super.
Any other place to get it?

[57K]

I have the 4.5 XDm in .45 ACP and I love it, Thumper has it right, the heavier recoil spring will help counteract the heavier load and it will accelerate the slide back into battery. The suggestion for heavier mag springs for .45 Super was also spot-on. Having said that, I shoot a steady diet of 230 gr. JHPs loaded to 900 FPS that are very accurate and that I can shoot rapidly with accuracy. Before you get too far engaged into the .45 Super, I'd recommend trying it out with .45 +P. I'll go one step better because you can get +P velocity without +P pressure by loading your .45 ACP rounds with Ramshot Silhouette. If you dig back far enough you'll even find data for Enforcer that will give you .45 Super like velocity at standard .45 ACP pressure but using a large magnum pistol primer. +P with Enforcer almost makes the need for Super moot. You'll need to go back to the Ramshot reloading guide's #1 and #2, maybe #3 but don't hold me to that. Nothing wrong with .45 Super IMO but I just can't find anything I'd need to shhot that I couldn't do with a good handload using Ramshot Silhouette or for a more powerful load, Ramshot Enforcer. That includes pigs here that easily get to over 300 Lbs. with some getting close to 500 Lbs. That's the toughest test in these parts.