Now that I have a 45LC SAA I need some bang stuff. Anyone know of any deals on 45LC ammo or any recommendations on a good brand would be for general plinking?
I had a 45 Colt and I found that brass sizes were all over the place.
Hornady brass was very thick and much shorter than other brands.. Remington cases may be thicker by many thousandths than Winchester. or the other way around depending on batch probably.
With that said if you plan on reloading for that gun try and get all the same ammo.
That difference in cases made for lack luster accuracy.
It was a Ruger Bisley Blackhawk.
The cylinder holes were all over the place also on diameter and there was a pinch at the beginning of the barrel.
Slug your barrel to see if you have issues there if the accuracy is not up to snuff.
The 45 Colt is a neat round easy to reload for and you can make some really slow plinking loads from it that are very fun to shoot but if accuracy sucks you will not want to shoot it much.
I can't help you on where to get it though.
Stuff was too expensive for me, I only bought 1 box of ammo it was the Hornady critical defense at over a buck a shot.
That brass was so thick i could not stick a lead bullet into it and keep .452" diameter.
It pinched the lead down quite a bit. If I cast it hard where it would not get pinched down i could not chamber it once in the swelled up Hornady cases.
Hornady brass was very thick and much shorter than other brands.. Remington cases may be thicker by many thousandths than Winchester. or the other way around depending on batch probably.
With that said if you plan on reloading for that gun try and get all the same ammo.
That difference in cases made for lack luster accuracy.
It was a Ruger Bisley Blackhawk.
The cylinder holes were all over the place also on diameter and there was a pinch at the beginning of the barrel.
Slug your barrel to see if you have issues there if the accuracy is not up to snuff.
The 45 Colt is a neat round easy to reload for and you can make some really slow plinking loads from it that are very fun to shoot but if accuracy sucks you will not want to shoot it much.
I can't help you on where to get it though.
Stuff was too expensive for me, I only bought 1 box of ammo it was the Hornady critical defense at over a buck a shot.
That brass was so thick i could not stick a lead bullet into it and keep .452" diameter.
It pinched the lead down quite a bit. If I cast it hard where it would not get pinched down i could not chamber it once in the swelled up Hornady cases.
Decided to take the wife to breakfast and run by Walmart to see if that have anything just to have something. Hate to have a gun with no bang bulletts.
Basically you're gonna have to reload for this caliber, unless you want to spend big bucks. The good news it's an easy caliber to reload. I'd recommend Starline or Winchester brass. The least expensive factory would be what they call Cowboy loads, like Hornady, Winchester white box, or Fiocchi and others. Gonna be a cast bullet over a light load of smokeless. I haven't shopped for any in a long time, last box I bought was at Outdoor America before they shutdown.
You didn't say what brand of revolver you bought. If it's a Uberti or Pietta don't go hot with them. If it's a Ruger you can work your way up to some really hot stuff.
For maximum fun use black powder. Depending on barrel length you can push a 250 grain bullet to near 1000fps with black and still be safe.
You didn't say what brand of revolver you bought. If it's a Uberti or Pietta don't go hot with them. If it's a Ruger you can work your way up to some really hot stuff.
For maximum fun use black powder. Depending on barrel length you can push a 250 grain bullet to near 1000fps with black and still be safe.
It's a Taylors built by Uberti, couldn't afford a Colt and the Taylors are getting pretty good reviews. Had a Colt back in the 60's but stupidly traded it off and regretted it every since.
Did Walmart quit selling pistol ammo, did I miss something? Local Walmart didn't have anything except 22 and rifle cartridges. No 9mm, 45APC nothing much less 45Colt.
Did Walmart quit selling pistol ammo, did I miss something? Local Walmart didn't have anything except 22 and rifle cartridges. No 9mm, 45APC nothing much less 45Colt.
Yessir you “missed something”. They were clearancing it out a few weeks ago. It’d been a great time to have bought some 45LC at that time. Walmart was quitting handgun ammo and “Ar calibers” like 223/556 and 308/762
@Lonewatie you have any 45LC?
Thanks for the info, will see what I can find in Winchester on line and save the brass.
Underwood is who I buy my factory ammo from, they have cowboy action/plinking loads all the way up to hot hunting loads for the .45 colt. There prices are reasonable and its very good ammo. I shoot the 250 grain xtp load it runs 1200-1300 fps. I shoot Ruger's though and the warm stuff doesn't bother it.
