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Old 10-30-2012, 22:03   #2
barth
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Did some looking around and came up with zip, any of you guys run any SD loads through your 45C's over a chrono? Trying to decide what load I want to run in my new 45C. It's got +P HST's right now but I have only a limited supply of them, got a bunch of standard pressure Ranger T's though. Wondering about velocities out of the shorter barrel.
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Polygonal rifling appears to improve velocity from the 3.9" barrel.
The .45 ACP Federal HST +P (P45HST1) averaged 929 FPS.
Speer Gold Dots 200gr +P are averaging 880 FPS.
Winchester 230gr Ranger T (standard velocity, not the +P load,) averaged 886fps.
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