.40 vs .45 for Single Stack

[Aircooled6racer]

Hello: All this talk about 1911's has me thinking it is time I break out the 45 for the match tonight. I'll have to see how this old STI Spartan does. Thanks, Eric

[superdude]

You might find these articles of interest:

 

http://www.handgunsmag.com/competition/recoil-comparison-pistol-competition-cartridges/

 

http://www.shootingtimes.com/reloading/power-factor-recoil-bullet-weight-gives-edge/

 

 

[RayUSPSA81]

I am looking for a 40 for the main reason of it being cheaper to load. 

[SCTaylor]

I am looking for a 40 for the main reason of it being cheaper to load. 

Honestly if you look at the big numbers, 45 is not that much more expensive to load than 40. If I go SS major, it will be 45.


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[RayUSPSA81]

The bigg st cost difference is the brass. It's almost twice the price. I want to shoot the same load in my Limited gun. It seems to just make life easier.

[SCTaylor]

That is true on the brass but I'll loose ~1,000 pieces per year, the $25 difference is negligible to me.

Shooting the same 40 in both SS and Limited does make sense.


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[glockman75]

.40 for many reasons.

Loading .45 brass completely sucks since you have to sort the large and small pistol primer brass.  Who wants to sort brass?  

I use the same .40 loads in Limited and SS.

I recently purchased a Para Pro Comp .40 , removed the series 80 crap, installed the .057 shim, a 17 lbs main spring and now I have a 2.25lbs trigger, adjustable rear sight, fiber optic front and a sweet gun.

 

[Dr Mitch]

I went with a .40 recently.  Two actually, but they both allow me to use my Limited gun ammo.  I already have .40 dies, tons and tons of .40 brass, and .40 projectiles are cheaper.  Cheaper = more shooting, which is what really matters.  .40 uses small primers, so you also eliminate needing another extra consumable in the form of large primers.  As well, some .45 brass has small primers, which has is a relatively minor PITA, but still a PITA.

 

[DagoRed]

I've been shooting SS in 45 for a couple years. I recommend 40   Now that  I am going to shoot limited it would be nice if I were only loading the one cartridge. Plus I could use the same gun for limited 10 with 10 round mags and enjoy the awesome trigger. all the other pros stated above too.

Everyone should OWN a 1911 in 45, but you can have a 40 for competition.

 

Red

[js1130146]

41 minutes ago, DagoRed said:

Plus I could use the same gun for limited 10 with 10 round mags and enjoy the awesome trigger.

You can run a .45 1911 in limited 10 with no issues. The rules allow 170mm mags for single stacks.

[jkrispies]

40 minutes ago, js1130146 said:

You can run a .45 1911 in limited 10 with no issues. The rules allow 170mm mags for single stacks.

Yes, but speaking as someone who did this for the better part of a season it was a little bit of a PITA for me because the longer length just never felt right on the reload.  Of course I shot 8 rounders for years, so YMMV. 

[Distant Thunder]

41 minutes ago, jkrispies said:

Yes, but speaking as someone who did this for the better part of a season it was a little bit of a PITA for me because the longer length just never felt right on the reload.  Of course I shot 8 rounders for years, so YMMV. 

Sometimes dealing with a longer length can be a problem. Hey! Get your minds out of the gutter people!

[jkrispies]

3 hours ago, Distant Thunder said:

Sometimes dealing with a longer length can be a problem.

Don't I know it!

Edited December 18, 2016 by jkrispies

[diver60540]

Assuming you already load for your production gun, 40 is a good choice. 40 SSTKs can be finicky though. They often suffer feeding problems with the first 1 or 2 rounds (stacking). Don't let this deter you. Tripp Research can reliably fix it. All you would need to load is new dies and a tool head, plus components.

The bag is lighter with 40 than 45 too

[jkrispies]

21 minutes ago, diver60540 said:

Assuming you already load for your production gun, 40 is a good choice. 40 SSTKs can be finicky though. They often suffer feeding problems with the first 1 or 2 rounds (stacking).

Since I've already been shooting a .45acp forever, this is the reason I'm building my Minor Single Stack in 9mm rather than .40sw.  If I were starting fresh, though, I'd probably go the .40sw route and tinker with it till it worked.