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Been shooting a ton of cast bullets (mine I get from Missouri Bullet), but bought a load of FMJ 230gr from Precision Delta.
I've been working up loads with both 231 and WST, went to the range to Chrono them today.
My max load on 231 was 5.7 grains, but that only produced 756 fps average.
My max load on WST was 4.7 grains, and that only produced 725 fps average.
These out of my XD-45 Service with the 4" barrel. OAL is 1.250.
Does anyone have any pet loads for this combination? WST is particularly hard to find (despite FredJ's efforts
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It seems to me I should be able to duplicate the original .45 load at 850fps or so, and these aren't even close.
The confusion stems from this: I've run Hornady's XTP 230 HP through this same gun, with 5.7 grains of W231, and generated velocities in the mid 850s.
Of course, the bullets are probably to blame, but they were also very accurate, so that doesn't seem the likely culprit unless the bearing surfaces are radically different.
I've been working up loads with both 231 and WST, went to the range to Chrono them today.
My max load on 231 was 5.7 grains, but that only produced 756 fps average.
My max load on WST was 4.7 grains, and that only produced 725 fps average.
These out of my XD-45 Service with the 4" barrel. OAL is 1.250.
Does anyone have any pet loads for this combination? WST is particularly hard to find (despite FredJ's efforts
It seems to me I should be able to duplicate the original .45 load at 850fps or so, and these aren't even close.
The confusion stems from this: I've run Hornady's XTP 230 HP through this same gun, with 5.7 grains of W231, and generated velocities in the mid 850s.
Of course, the bullets are probably to blame, but they were also very accurate, so that doesn't seem the likely culprit unless the bearing surfaces are radically different.