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What bullet to use in your pet .45 is a no-brainer, right? In Canada we are generally limited to jacketed, cast and swaged, and if you could afford it, you would use what the gun was designed for, jacketed bullets. After all, they:
- are the most accurate;
- produce the least amount of smoke;
- foul the barrel and chamber the least; &
- make for easy gun cleaning.
So, youre using hard cast, right? Not a bad choice, especially if you are a knowledgeable bullet caster. They are almost as hard as jacketed; you cant mark them with a thumb nail. Although they are less expensive, they do not come anywhere near the performance of jacketed bullets. In fact, they lay down some pretty nasty bore fouling that is quite difficult to remove, short of using electrolysis or mercury. It helps to fire several jacketed bullets at the end of the day to somewhat ease your cleaning chores.
Because IPSC .45 pressures are mercifully low, you can also use swaged and soft-cast bullets without burning off the bullet base. If you cast, some wheel weights a sliver of solder and lots of lead will produce economical good shooting bullets. Soft-cast and, in particular, swaged bullets, tend to be self limiting as to the amount of leading they leave in the bore, and the bores are much easier to clean. Swaged , next to jacketed, are the most accurate bullet. Some say they do not like how the bullet gets dented during chambering, but it really has no effect on bullet performance at IPSC ranges. Some claim that they are too soft to be reliable, but I say it is a gun problem, not a bullet problem. The gun was designed to chamber round nose, although it can be modified to chamber any shape bullet. As far as reliability goes, bullet shape is more important than hardness. The choice is yours.
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03-05-2003 @ 1:28 PM