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.45 ACP Dual Purpose Loading: A Look at Loads for Carbine and Pistol Use

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The .45 ACP is a low pressure cartridge. Muzzle flash is limited and standard loads do not stress the firearm. Accuracy is often good to excellent. A modest charge of fast burning powder is all that is needed. Cartridge cases will last for many loadings.

The .45 ACP doesn’t gain much velocity in a 16 inch barrel. Most of the cartridge’s powder energy burns in a 5 inch 1911 barrel. The carbine may exhibit a gain of 50 fps. The .45 ACP doesn’t become a speed demon in a carbine. The advantage of the carbine is all about easy handling and accuracy. A person who has a difficult time with the pistol will excel with a long gun.

The recreational value is high. With practice a .45 ACP carbine is a great home defense and ranch gun for moderate range use.

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.45 ACP Dual Purpose Loading: A Look at Loads for Carbine and Pistol Use - Midsouth Shot Report

Handloading has many directions and goals. Not to mention joys! Some like to set down and carefully load a few rifle cartridges in the hope they exhibit a tight group at 200 yards. They weigh each charge and use custom seating dies. Others wish to load a maximum effort .44 Magnum revolver load...
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I've always liked the "cowboy concept" of having both a handgun and a carbine/rifle which utilize the same ammo. For "all around" use like plinking, pest control, home defense, etc. it's a nice setup. I've never really thought too much about combining a semi-auto pistol with a more "modern" carbine utilizing the same semi-auto pistol cartridge, but evidently it is fairly popular.
 
I have always gravitated to 45 in fact a SA 1911 in 45 was the first semi auto handgun I ever got in 1992 I found a used but nice mil spec with Hogue grips. Then got a Sig 220 in 1994 when I joined a PD

Don’t quite get all the hate on the 45 other them some that like to go cyclic or have a John Wick Fantasy always bring up capacity

I really wish Ruger would make the PC in 45 and have Magwells for 1911 (like the Marlin Camp Carbine) Glock or M&P magazines
 
ECS686 said:
I have always gravitated to 45...
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Me too, although my first ever was a 7 1/2" Blackhawk which had the 45 LC cylinder AND a 45 ACP cylinder. I shot a lot of 45 LC rounds topped off by cast boolits through that thing.
ECS686 said:
I really wish Ruger would make the PC in 45 and have Magwells for 1911 (like the Marlin Camp Carbine) Glock or M&P magazines
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Me three here! Wouldn't that be wicked cool?
 
RedGoat said:
Not trying to be picky, but did you mean the LC carbine? The PC models all seem to be 9mm on Ruger's site.
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May be. It is my brother's gun. I am load developing a sub that is accurate and quiet. I haven't even had it out of the case. Also, pcc stands for pistol caliber carbine. That is what I meant.
 
Jester560 said:
May be. It is my brother's gun. I am load developing a sub that is accurate and quiet. I haven't even had it out of the case. Also, pcc stands for pistol caliber carbine. That is what I meant.
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Gotcha. I had to go try to find what you were referring to on Ruger's site. I've been aware of the 9mm "PC" model for a while. I guess I must've slept through the release of the 45 ACP/10mm/5.7x28 LC model. Now I've got a hankerin' ... My curiosity is gonna cost me some $$. Methinks I "need" both the 10mm version and the 45 ACP version. Thanks a lot! :cry: :(:);)
 
Jester560 said:
May be. It is my brother's gun. I am load developing a sub that is accurate and quiet. I haven't even had it out of the case. Also, pcc stands for pistol caliber carbine. That is what I meant.
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You might find the article at this link helpful. I found an almost identical writeup by the same author on the same guns / same loading data elsewhere, but somehow I can't find the breadcrumb trail back to it.
 
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