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I fiddled with shot loads in the 45 ACP- before Speer made 45 caliber shot cups. After a very labor intensive job of cutting down rifle cases, thinning them, sizing, annealing, etc., I did make an effective shot load. They held about 145 grains of #9, about the same as a 38 shot cup holds, and they would cycle the action most of the time. Since they were throwing such a light payload, compared to solid bullets, they were on the ragged edge of cycling the action.
I pattern tested them and got a good pattern.
All in all, the 45 ACP was about as effective a shot thrower as a 38 or 357, and not as effective as a 44.
Buying the Speer shot cups in 45 is a LOT easier, and probably better, too.
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