.45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore

[BigAl52]

Hey Gene
Does Ruger say anything about the use of the CCI Blazer ammo in the 45? Im referring to the alum case just to clarify that statement. Wouldnt want to lead any of our teachers astray

[DsGrouse]

Just passing along some interesting numbers I ran across this morning. Since I have this evil black Ruger Carbine in .45acp I was impressed with the numbers presented in this recent performance review. Don't worry, I'm not abandoning my Henry.

The % increase of MV and ME over pistol published numbers are astounding! As usual YMMV applies, but it seems pretty solid.

Screen capture of data from below video:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxdM2seCDII

Interestingly, I've found most pistols cartridges do well up to about eight to ten inches when using factory ammo. Many of my SBR's are at 8 inches.

My BNT GHM45 is 6.88" and it has a noticable improvement over a 4" handgun.

[DsGrouse]

Hey Gene
Does Ruger say anything about the use of the CCI Blazer ammo in the 45? Im referring to the alum case just to clarify that statement. Wouldnt want to lead any of our teachers astray

Not for ruger specifically, but do not use it in any Kriss Vector. My 40sw vector will rip the case head off.

[GunnyGene]

Hey Gene
Does Ruger say anything about the use of the CCI Blazer ammo in the 45? Im referring to the alum case just to clarify that statement. Wouldnt want to lead any of our teachers astray

Not for ruger specifically, but do not use it in any Kriss Vector. My 40sw vector will rip the case head off.

I've heard that issue with aluminum from other folks several times in the past few years. I've never used any aluminum case in anything so don't have any first hand knowledge. Ruger user manual says DON'T, but there is that 10% out there that never reads the user manual for anything.