Para Ord CCW - LDA

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Ha, Ha How old is it? Well I bought two 10 pound containers of 452 when I was shooting IPSC, IDPA, Plates, Pins and B Cup. I used it in all of my 45s including the 25-2. At 4-5.1 gr it lasts a long time. But, I had a 100, 50 and 25 yard practice range in my back yard and between matches every weekend and practice, went through 15k per quarter and is how I bought my componets, in 15K lots. But I did find that 452 worked with every gun and every bullet weight, from 200s to my 252gr pin bullet and it gave you a nice push recoil rather than a slap.

Thanks for the info on the HS powders.
Ed

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It is better to be lucky than good sometimes. I came in Friday after a long day, pluse getting poked and prodded for more med teasts. So I just scrounged around, found some misc cartridges plus a cardboard bullet box I had filled up in the early 90s with rounds loaded for my Smith 25-2. I discovered I could not see my small target at 25 and moved to 20 yards where I could see a blur good enough to group. Geez, it is sad to get old and blind, at least for iron sights.

This is the result after shooting 9 rounds of the misc stuff to get framilar with the trigger. I pulled the one round straight out to the left, typical DA like a Glock, otherwise the group is A zone at 20 and with a 6:00 on the square, it is also dead on. That is 4.2 gr of WW 452 AA under a 200gr H&G hard cast. The bullets are set up with a profile crimp die (combo taper and roll). Now both clips are loaded with this load. Ialso never got hit with an empty, all just to the right, scattered of course.

I also shot two of my 252gr loads which went in square, making neat round holes. But the setup of OAL for my longslide did not match the needs of the Para Ord for its lands so I would need a little work on the 252s.

All in all the gun shot better than I expected and functioned 185s to the 252gr bullets. The squares are 1 inch.
Ed