Model 25-2 accuracy?

z4lunch · #51 12-25-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by H Richard

z4lunch, where did you get the. 452AA? It was my favorite powder and I also used the H&G68 200 gr bullet. 452AA was discontinued back in the late 80's, and sorely missed. Win Super Target is supposed to be close, and I use 5.3 gr and it is accurate, but still not like the old 452AA. I hate to think that it's the 20 yrs of additional age that that make my groups open up.

I was very lucky to find a guy on the castboolit site that lived 3 hrs to the north and had some 452AA he would part with. He set me up with a 10lb keg that's almost full. I would guess its from the 80's
Steve

M29since14 · #52 12-25-2011, 10:21 PM

For 25-yd indoor shooting I used to use the #68 bullet and 4.0 grains of 452AA. I don't recall the velocity but I do remember the extreme spread was so small for a 5-round string it was usually in the single digits - 5 or 7 FPS. It was boringly accurate in any decent 1911, and usually would function any gun that was reliable with ball just by changing to a 13- or 14-pound recoil spring. Super Target never did do the same things for me, but still, it is very good - maybe the best powder available for light .45 loads, from what I can tell.