Reloads?

[stansdds]

The bullets are not the Speer 4477 "Flying ashtrays". The last Speer manual that had load data was # 13. The cartridge on the left is loaded with the 4477.

Yep, that is the famed "flying ashtray" bullet. It was possible to make them feed reliably in a 1911, but not without a fair amount of work, at least in my experience in the late 1980's.

 

[johngalt]

They look a lot like Hornady HAP bullets.

 

[gwpercle]

If they are not "old" original Super Vel bullets then the next suspect is Sierra and their 185 gr. JHP's . I bought several boxes and a Sierra Loading Manual just to load fast stepping 45 acp JHP's ... only Sierra had 185 gr. data ...all other makers were 200 gr. JHP and/or JSP
an obscene amount of Unique would get you at or near 1000 fps and those loads would decimate a water filled plastic milk jug !
Fun with a capital F !
Gary

 

[rockquarry]

If they are not "old" original Super Vel bullets then the next suspect is Sierra and their 185 gr. JHP's . I bought several boxes and a Sierra Loading Manual just to load fast stepping 45 acp JHP's ... only Sierra had 185 gr. data ...all other makers were 200 gr. JHP and/or JSP
an obscene amount of Unique would get you at or near 1000 fps and those loads would decimate a water filled plastic milk jug !
Fun with a capital F !
Gary

I looked at the photos again and I was mistaken about the bullets being 190 grain Super Vels. The bullets depicted have slight vertical skives at the top of the copper jacket. The Super Vel factory ammo I have has no such skives. Perhaps they are Sierra bullets.