8 gr of unique in 45acp using lead round nose

lkenefic · Jan 26, 2013

Mtairy Biker said:
Unload really???? Just throw them in the" trash can" ( at you bench) and forget about it . My bet is it is used range brass anyway. Why would you want to unload them and eater hurt someone or maybe screw there pistol up. THROW THEM AWAY AND MOVE ON. Learn from this .

Excellent advice! This load is around 2 gr hotter than anything I've ever loaded with Unique in 45ACP!

pauln · Jan 26, 2013

I used to load .45 ACP with 7.8 gr. of Unique, but it was with a 175 gr. bullet.

DocAitch · Jan 30, 2013

I think unloading them as in breaking them down with an inertial puller is perfectly OK. "Unloading" them as in shooting them would be dangerous, because as byf43 has noted, that's a dangerous overcharge.
Putting live rounds in the trash, especially these, is problematic for a number of reasons.
DocAitch

Pyramid · Jan 30, 2013

You can also get a collet style bullet puller, good to have.

http://www.midwayusa.com/Product/680804/rcbs-collet-bullet-puller

Pinecone · Feb 4, 2013

Might be a .45 ACP REVOLVER load.

I see one near that for a 200 gr bullet in the Sierra manual. But for a REVOLVER.

Nemesis · Feb 8, 2013

DocAitch said:
Why not?-you can salvage the powder and reflare the brass with the charging die. I do it all too often and will probably have to do it again this week end because I loaded some squibs again (up to 150 rounds). 30 is nothing.
DocAitch

I used a puller to take down about 1200 9mm...they really were not that bad, but they were well in the +p range (5.8 gr unique over a 124 gr flat point) and seated a bit deeper than ideal. The jump to the threads was hurting accuracy and i just didnt want them being pushed so hard...they were hitting over 1215 fps avg. in 40* temps outside. Pulled them, took about 8 hours total over 5 days, and now waiting to retest the new loads before reloading them all. Big mistake on my part, my main f up was going by old data. The older unique loads are about 1gr higher than the new, cleaner, unique formula. Lesson well learned.

I did test the loads for feeding, function and accuracy before the mass loading...All were fine, no signs of over pressure or anything with over 100 rounds tested...accuracy is subjective though, i am not the best handgun shooter so i figured that was just me.

New load is 4.9 gr over the same bullets, only seating depth decreased by .18" so now the new oal is 1.145"

zombiehunter · Feb 8, 2013

I chuckled. I use 5.5gr of Bullseye...I imagine that 8gr of Unique would provide a very unique experience and one helluva youtube video.

Bootknife · Feb 8, 2013

Thats a lot ...Way higher Than I use!

Biggfoot44 · Feb 8, 2013

Presuming the "round nose" bullet is anywhere near 230grs , way too much. I'd even have to think 3 times about using in .45acp cylnder of a Blackhawk. Either pull down , or dispose.

8 gr of unique in 45acp using lead round nose

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