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45acp bullseye loads used by military teams

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Post by funski 12/19/2022, 6:20 pm

Just as the title states. I am curious what 45acp bullseye loads and components are used by our military teams.
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Post by shanneba 12/19/2022, 6:36 pm

This article goes back about 20 years on the USMC 45 match load-


USMC Match .45 Load | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal (ssusa.org)

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Post by JRV 12/19/2022, 6:41 pm

Shot next to a guy on the UMCR team in October. Per his ammo cases (and going off memory), he was shooting 4.4gr N310 under 185gr Nosler JHPs at 50 and 4.1 or 4.2 under the same at 25. Didn’t see a COAL marked. Starline cases, unknown LP primers (probably Fed or Win).

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Post by Wobbley 12/19/2022, 6:42 pm

From my recollection, most of the service teams use 45 ACP loaded with a 185 JHP as loaded by Atlanta Arms, Loader Monkey or other custom loaders.  I know that Loader Monkey loaded a batch for the USAR team a few years ago and they shot like this :
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Post by S148 12/19/2022, 7:53 pm

Here a link to the article shanneba mentioned.

https://www.ssusa.org/content/usmc-match-45-load/

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Post by chiz1180 12/19/2022, 9:51 pm

Atlanta Elite 185jhp. Nosler/zero style bullet, 800fps 1.2OAL
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Post by BE Mike 12/20/2022, 3:41 pm

Over the years, I found the Nosler load to shoot very well from a machine rest at 50 yds., as long as, the pistol was decent. I used 4.5-4.6 grains of Alliant Bullseye. This was an alternate powder suggested by Dave Salyer, who helped develop the "Marine Corps Load". The best machine rest group I saw with this load was by a club member who had a new Rock River wad gun. The ten shot group was under an inch!
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Post by zanemoseley 12/20/2022, 4:19 pm

The last few times I've shot with the AMU they've been shooting Atlanta Arms 185JHP. 45acp is easy to load for, lead loads are cheaper and a bit less snappy, unless you're consistently breaking 2600 I'd just stick with lead.

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Post by Cmysix 12/23/2022, 10:47 pm

My father was a NM pistol shooter, his favorite load was 185 swc 5 grns 700x
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