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April 30th, 2009 admin No comments

Tip Tungsten
Colt .45 Full Metal Jacket Ammunition?

I recently purchased a Taurus Judge, .45LC/.410Shotgun, I am having trouble finding ammo that doesn't have the lead exposed. Obviously switching from the lead tips and shotgun shells I get a lot of build up and the gun gets pretty dirty as well. I was wondering if anyone could give me a website or dealer that sells Colt .45 in a Full Metal Jacket as well as other Ammo like Tungsten Core and any Specialty ammo you can't find on your typical consumers self. Thanks for your answers and I am not looking for you opinion on my gun just ammo.
You mean to tell me no one out there has any information on this?

Eagle Eye, I have some 45LC FMJs that I picked up at a local gun shop. They were loads that the shop made up for silhouette shooting. I'm trying to remember, I think at one time PPC had a Jhp in the 45 LC that prevented the lead from toughing the barrel lands and grooves. I load up my own rounds for the 45s that I own.

As for the Judge, I have now tested three different ones with different barrel lengths. From my point of view the Judge is a good novelty item to own. I am not going to go out and purchase one for my collection. The things I found were a lack of accuracy past 15 feet with the 2 3/4 in barrel, and past 30 feet with any the other two. Shooting #8 shot from the 410 round will probably make a decent snake round at 6-9 feet. I wouldn't recommend firing any buckshot round through one.

Take some 9 inch paper plates and hang them at 7, 15, 20, 25 feet then shoot them with 410 rounds and do a shot on plate count. As for the issue of build up from residue, I only shoot H 110 in my 45s, for the shot shells residue all you need to do is look at the barrel and action of your shotgun after a day of skeet and trap. Most shotshell powders leave a lot of residue behind, and in the Judge there isn't alot of barrel length to get a complete burn.

When I'm out in an area that has the potential for a run in with a snake or pole cat I carry a Ruger Blackhawk in 45 LC, I load 3 rounds of 45 shotshell followed by 3 hollow points. Perfect snake or varmit medicine without the long cylinder.