Hodgdon Clays and 45acp

[Adam Helmer]

Skinny,

You pose an easy question. I load and shoot too many cast 200 grain Semi-wadcutter .45 bullets using either Red Dot or 700X powders. The Lyman 49th Reloading Handbook advises Clays reposed between RD and 700X.

Lyman advises 3.9 grains to a max of 4.4 grains of Clays and a 200 grain .45 bullet. I would start at 4.0 and go up to 4.2 and then evaluate the results with my 1911 .45 autos with 18 pound recoil springs. Shotgun powders are usually very good handgun powders. I load all my .45 ammo on an old RCBS Junior single station press.

Hope this helps.

Adam