I think I messed up. I bought some 45 L.C. shotshell planning on using it in a 460 S&W mag. Now I'm thinking I remember reading that you can not shoot them out of a compensated gun.

They have the potential of blowing pellets out through the compensator and possibly back into the shooters face.

Isn't the compensator on your revolver removable? I am just guessing from the pictures I've seen of them.

Yes it is removable but there is still a small section of the barrel the shot would have to go through after the compensator. If the pattern spread in that inch or so gap I suppose they could still hit that last portion of the barrel. Awhile back I saw a solid compensator fitting that you could buy, but can't find the link now.

I just called CCI which I should have done sooner. Was told not to fire shotshell through a compensated gun-PERIOD.

Well, there's only one reasonable thing to do now.... buy a .45 LC

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Ha! I like the way you think.

Do you want to use these for snake control or something? A short barreled 45 colt would suit you much better for this purpose. And it's an excuse to buy another gun.

Yes, water snakes.
I had been told the 45 L.C. shotshell round was excellent, and had the 460 so I thought I'd give them a try. (I guess I didn't think it through very well though.)
I did get some in 45ACP at the same time, so will see how they work out in a Commander.
You never know though, I can't see letting a box of 10 just sit there so I'll either have to find the uncompensated end cap somewhere (I heard they quit making them) or an uncompensated gun :-)

I have only tried the 38/357 shotshells, those work very well. I think the 45 colt ones would be great. The shorter the barrel the better pattern you will get, and it would also make for a handy pistol to carry around.

won't have enough power to cycle the action so the auto becomes a single shot.

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I heard they do cycle the action in a Colt Gov'nt Model

I've only used the .45 ACP in a 625, so I can't comment about the ability to cycle the action, but the terminal effects on a water moccasin at 15 feet were perfect. I also carry CCI shotshells in a .45 Colt SAA; again they work great for dispatching vermin with or without legs.

The Speer 45 ACP shotshells will cycle and feed in several 1911's I have shot them in. The 45 ACP's seem to kill just as good as the Speer 44 Mag shotshells.

I have used both to kill snakes, squirrels, rabbits, quail and mountain grouse.

Once when hunting black bear on the Idaho Montana border I met a back country game warden.

We were both carrying 1911's in 45 ACP. He remarked that he had better get going as he had to find a good rock to kill a grouse for dinner, before it got dark.

I gave him a half dozen of the Speer 45 ACP shotshells. He had never seen them before.

He walked off leading his two horses...

I heard him shoot once when he was about 80 yards away or so.

Shortly he held up a nice grouse, and gave me a big wave.

I'm certain that it has been deleted in the last "cleaning" of the forum because it was so old, but there are some good ways to make shotshells- several versions really.

I use these in my model 25's:



It's .243 Winchester cases that I trimmed the neck off to straighten out the case, and then ran the neck up through a 10mm die in order to neck it just enough so it would go into the throat area of the cylinder so it could hold more shot. One thing to mention- not all cases from all manufactures will work in your moonclips because undercut in the rim area is different from all makers. Remington .243 brass works well- most .30-06 and .308 does not. IIRC, 5gr. of Unique followed by a felt wad, and then shot and a card wad on top does a darn good job.

Another way is buy the "blank forming die" from CH-4D and it is possible to make a crimped end to a longer case for a .45ACP such as a .308/.243/etc. and it works well. This is the professional way to do it. It will also feed and fit in a magazine if you manually manipulate the action.

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