Factory .45 Colt Velocities?

[Texas Star]

Have any of you chronographed factory .45 Colt ammo in your guns?

Which guns and bullet speeds? Bullet weights? Barrel lengths?

Does Federal still make their .45 225 grain lead SWC-HP ammo? I think it "listed" at around 900 FPS, but that may have been in a pressure barrel.

Thanks,

T-Star

 

[steveno]

S & W M25-5 6 inch barrel

Hornady 225 grain flextip
low : 861
high : 913
es : 52
avg : 886
sd : 14

Winchester 255 grain rn
low : 691
high : 807
es : 116
avg : 761
sd : 30

 

[Sully]

Have any of you chronographed factory .45 Colt ammo in your guns?

Which guns and bullet speeds? Bullet weights? Barrel lengths?

Does Federal still make their .45 225 grain lead SWC-HP ammo? I think it "listed" at around 900 FPS, but that may have been in a pressure barrel.

Thanks,

T-Star

I got 850 out of WW Whitebox and 780 our of Rem/UMC the same time. 230 FMJ rounds.

 

[Texas Star]

I got 850 out of WW Whitebox and 780 our of Rem/UMC the same time. 230 FMJ rounds.

Sully-

I'm not sure that we're on the same page here. Sounds like you mean .45 ACP ammo. I asked about .45 Colt, a much older revolver cartridge.

But thanks.

T-Star