|
Yup, I agree with both of you that #12 is darn hard to come by. And buying a bag of it is serious overkill.
I make shot loads in 38, 44, and 45 ACP, and I use #9 that I scrounged off a skeet shooter. If you can scrounge a cupful of shot, you'll be making a buncha shot loads. Seems to me, at the range that handgun shot loads are effective, there's no need for big shot.
Adam, I believe CCI is now making 45 ACP shot loads using a shot capsule. I have not tried it, so I don't know if they will cycle the slide.
I make my own 45 ACP shot loads, with a rather complicated, cobbled up process I worked out. I end up with about 145 grains of shot, and good patterns. Cycling with an 18 pound spring is iffy... most of 'em do, but it's right on the ragged edge.
__________________
“May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter"
George Washington
Jack@huntchat.com
|