45 Super – Is It Better Than 45 ACP?
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 7 months ago
Sort of mixed up results.
Here’s my take with this and all of the other tests I’ve seen. The 45ACP does just fine expanding within the window and accomplishing the correct penetration.
Speeding it up doesn’t necessarily help with JHPs. Stick with 45ACP or +P 45 (or if you wish, +P+ 45ACP) for self defense purposes and shoot JHP.
For hard cast ball like we would need in the bush, that’s where more velocity helps. Always carry +P or +P+ hard ball in the bush. I carry 450 SMC (or at a minimum, Underwood, Double Tap or Buffalo Bore +P+). For shooting 450 SMC, as I’ve discussed before, I had to modify a 1911 by removing the 18# spring and installing a 22# spring. There was no change to the barrel. It will achieve 1120 FPS with a 230 grain bullet. If I intended to shoot 45 Super, I would get a different barrel (or go with 460 Rowland).
In urban and suburban areas, over-penetration is always a concern. So to summarize, I’m not entirely sure why you would choose 45 Super with a JHP style bullet for any scenario.
On May 9, 2022 at 11:28 pm, Chris said:
In normal times…i may care and have interest perhaps.
Now…Well chances of finding this on a corpse is nill.
On May 9, 2022 at 11:33 pm, Dan said:
Another alternative is 450 Rowland……
On May 10, 2022 at 7:43 am, Fred said:
Boutique rounds are for the well to do. When they soon try to stick you in the pods to eat your bugs and be happy, You’ll be better off having a supply of rounds that match well with both expected and unexpected allies.
On May 10, 2022 at 11:28 am, J said:
I have Underwood defender ammo for all of my carry arms, good stuff; too bad they wasted their time and money sending ammo to this guy some to use for his video.
On May 10, 2022 at 1:01 pm, Tom said:
What about the 45 GAP? I have a Glock 37. Fun to shoot but snappy.
On May 10, 2022 at 3:56 pm, Jay Dee said:
The nice thing about the .45 Super is that it’s comparatively easy to make cases from .308 brass and large rifle primers are available.