I don’t know these 45 ACP Fed Nickle Brass are not marked +P. But even up past 700 FPE with 250gr expansion is less than .481” and primer pocket excellent. My trail loads are back down to 1075 fps in 5.2” that’s all I need for Beer Protection. Small Pistol Mag Primers CCI 45 Super.
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I have had excellent results with Longshot and 45 ACP Fed Nickle Small Primer Pocket brass using CCI Small Pistol Mag Primers using 45 Super handloads of 250gr. Brass performed excellent in G21 with 4.6” KKM and 5.2” KKM
Don’t recommend Buckshot for Bear only Hard Slugs like these. Especially around camping and people are involved . If you have to shoot a bear off someone the last thing they need is shooting buckshot in your or their direction.
Plus the penetration of Buckshot is very poor on Bear.
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Both my G20/G21 handguns and 2 Bear shotguns wear Red Dots especially for Bear Defense. My Ruger Red Hawk still has open sights. But I put a big orange front sight on her to help.
Here in Alaska a Leupold VX3 3.5x 10 x40 Matte Duplex Ret for almost all my hunting on 300 WM and 338 WM.
Warne Maxima Steel Bases
Warne Mountain Tech Low Rings
Going into my 3rd year with 45 Super in G21.
using my G21 more than G20 in Bear Country of Alaska.
The 3 powders I have used so far are Power Pistol / Longshot and AA9.
I have a Rowland Comp that I used in testing only with 45 Super + P loads. Easy with those 3 powders . Prefer No Comp
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Duplicating the Underwood 255gr in 45 Super
8.2 of Longshot
250gr Rim Rock RNFP Top Shelf
WLP Primers
Starline 45 Super Brass
1.220”
Lee Factory Crimp
1075 FPS
5.2” KKM and 24 pound Spring
G21 Gen 4
Suggest the Accubond for hunting over the Solid Base and Ballistic Tip. You are correct the Ballistic Tip does show more expansion and weight lost.
Suggest Zero with cheaper BT and fine tune with Accubond your zero and hunt with AB.
Partition is a do all bullet from heavy to light game.
260gr in...
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Both my Glocks wear DPP and one Rem 870 and one Colt Custom M4 carbine in 45deg mount. I installed a Recoil Pad on my Rem 870 since it didn’t have one being a standard Wingmaster 2 3/4” . Big Fan of Leupold DPP.
Over the years Dan Wesson / S &W / Colt / Ruger Black Hawk and Redhawk all in 44 Mag . The DW and Rugers are the only ones survived Heavy Bear loads. Colt Anconda failed and the SW 629/29 failed also had too reduce the load level. Went to Ruger on great advice and never looked back. I deal with...