[hiredhand]

My plinking 45auto load is a Hensley & Gibbs No. 68 lead semi-wadcutter with 4.5gr’s of 231.......use that for IDPA.

What's the bullet weight on that one? Me and "Soap Girl" here were shooting 185gr SWCs out of the .45ACP, and she tried some hardball, and JHPs (Corbons) and did NOT like them at all! She's grown a lot since then though and would probably shoot them well now, but I still like sticking to loads that are easy on the weapon, and the wrist! :-)

[Squantos]

200gr’s !

[Lurker]

I try to shoot the same loads in IDPA that I would for 'real world' use.

There are a couple of reasons for this. One every load seems to print differently and if I'm ever shooting for my life I don't want to have to think "ok this load shoots a bit low so I have to..."

Second I want the recoil to feel the same all the time. I know it sounds strange but don't want the behavior of the weapon to differ from one situation to the next.

So while I do save a bit of cash shooting the 230 FMJ's in IDPA matches where the bullets hit AND the recoil are very similar to what I build for 'street use'.

I got that advice from a friend of mine who did firearms training for several PD's. He didn't believe in buying 'training ammo' that was different from 'carry ammo' for those reasons.

So I just replace the springs on the old Combat Commander a bit sooner than I would otherwise.

I really love that pistol....

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