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.45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
.45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
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
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
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Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
Agree, pretty impressive. Some of those +P loads in the carbine are in 357 mag range as far as ME. Personally, I'm thrilled see the old cartridge hanging in there as far as popularity. I think the recent move to 45 auto carbines has helped, there.
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Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
And 45 ACP works just as well in the Hi Point carbine too!
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Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
How do you like that evil Ruger Gene? Love my Ruger PC in 40 and Id like to have an LC.GunnyGene wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:48 amJust 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
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Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
I like it quite a lot. Other than the fully loaded (26 rnds) weight (pushing 10lbs) it's fun and accurate, and recoil is negligible to me -YMMV. Decent trigger. Haven't had any functional issues with about 200rnds of various ammo thru it so far, so I'm happy with the reliability of it. I put a Magpul bipod on it a couple days ago, but haven't shot it since then. I do wish he'd run the numbers with Hornady Critical Duty (my favorite hot load) 220grn+P, but it is what it is. The CD would likely be well over 1200 fps MV with 800+ ftlbs energy and more reliable/better expansion than you'd get from a 5" pistol especially at longer ranges.BigAl52 wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 9:43 amHow do you like that evil Ruger Gene? Love my Ruger PC in 40 and Id like to have an LC.GunnyGene wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 10:48 amJust 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
I'd say it's worth your money to get one if you don't mind the follow-on costs for accessories and ammo which it just begs for.
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Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
Thanks Gene Ill need to wait a while to get one as I just bought a 686 so extra gun money is not there.
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H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
Re: .45 acp - not your grandad's ammo anymore
I had put a linear compensator on this rifle a few weeks ago, but it just didn't seem to do much other than looking cool. With the +P ammo, recoil was still pretty stout. So I've got a more traditional muzzle brake on order that should be here in a week/10days.
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