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Shooting with a modern well made 1911, it's possible to run loads that would have been dangerous 20 years ago. Modern 45 ACP brass is much stronger at the web than formerly, because the poor support of the Glock chamber scared the ammo manufacturers out of their wits.
+P brass is also available from Starline - Originally the brass was normal 45 ACP brass with "+P" stamped on the head so that loaders could avoid putting hot loads in their WWI guns, but these days the +P brass is indeed stronger.
That said, as always when reading the irresponsible ramblings of folks like myself, load up to these levels from 20% below with fear and trepidation, and don't blame me if you lose life or limb in the process.
I am going to present example loads from a few different sources. I recommend you follow up by reading the source material before trying these loads. The loads below are a small sample from the sources indicated:
Handloader #218 August 2002
Handloader #264 February 2010
Handloader #76 November-December 1978
Hornady #8 2010
+P brass is also available from Starline - Originally the brass was normal 45 ACP brass with "+P" stamped on the head so that loaders could avoid putting hot loads in their WWI guns, but these days the +P brass is indeed stronger.
That said, as always when reading the irresponsible ramblings of folks like myself, load up to these levels from 20% below with fear and trepidation, and don't blame me if you lose life or limb in the process.
I am going to present example loads from a few different sources. I recommend you follow up by reading the source material before trying these loads. The loads below are a small sample from the sources indicated:
Handloader #218 August 2002
- 185 Sierra Power JHP - 9.5gr Power Pistol: 1162 fps
- 185 Sierra Power JHP - 8.0gr Unique: 1122 fps
- 200 Speer Gold Dot HP - 7.2gr Unique: 970 fps
- 200 Speer Gold Dot HP - 8.5gr Power Pistol: 1018 fps
- 230 Hornady XTP HP - 8.0gr VV-N350: 1018 fps
- 230 Speer Gold Dot HP - 7.5gr Power Pistol: 961 fps
Handloader #264 February 2010
- 200 Hornady XTP HP - 7.3gr Unique: 1082 fps
- 200 Hornady XTP HP - 8.5gr Power Pistol: 1088 fps
- 200 Speer Gold Dot HP - 7.3gr Unique: 1098 fps
- 200 Speer Gold Dot HP - 8.5gr Power Pistol: 1080 fps
Handloader #76 November-December 1978
- 185 Hornady JHP - 7.5gr Unique: 1045 fps
- 200 Speer JHP - 7.5gr Unique: 1000 fps
- 230 FMJ (Hardball) - 7.0gr Unique: 904 fps
Hornady #8 2010
- 185 Hornady XTP HP - 8.9gr Power Pistol: 1050 fps
- 200 Hornady XTP HP - 8.2gr Power Pistol: 1000 fps
- 230 Hornady XTP HP - 7.1gr Power Pistol: 900 fps