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Offline Bob96

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45 ACP Cylinder ?
« on: June 06, 2007, 03:00:06 PM »
  Anyone have a 45ACP cylinder for their FA 83 or 97?  Accuracy? Any function issues? I was wondering about accuracy as compared to a top 1911 as the bullet has farther to travel in the cylinder before hitting the barrel compared to an auto.
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Re: 45 ACP Cylinder ?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2007, 05:16:54 AM »
Bob96


John Taffin's article shows groups for 15 loads from the 45 ACP cyl in the FA97

http://www.sixguns.com/range/Fa45.htm

Paul
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Re: 45 ACP Cylinder ?
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2007, 05:34:45 AM »
HOWDY!         I HAVE TWO DUAL RUGER BK 45'S . LOVE THEM BOTH . IN FACT I AM LOOKING FOR A SS 45 ACP CYLINDER FOR ANOTHER RUGER . THE 7 1/2 BK I HAVE HAD FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS AND IT WILL PROBABLY OUT SHOOT ME ANYTIME ! I AM UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PISTOLS YOU MENTION . ,BUT THEY SHOULD WORK AS WELL .
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Re: 45 ACP Cylinder ?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2007, 11:27:40 AM »
My Ruger and my FA 97 are both at least as accurate as any accurized 1911 I've ever owned.
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Re: 45 ACP Cylinder ?
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2007, 03:40:31 PM »
I have the FA97 with both 45 Colt and 45acp cylinders.

I tend to use the acp cylinder a lot more than the colt cylinder.  ACP brass is cheap and plentiful and 45 colt brass is not.  I have not noticed any accuracy difference between the two cylinders. My ACP load is a 255 Keith at .452 over enough HS-6 to achieve 900-1000 fps. 

The only functioning problem I have run into is related to using 'dirty' powders in the acp cylinder over long range sessions.  Due to the tight chamber specs and the powder fouling I find myself having to exert some thumb pressure in order to get acp rounds to fully chamber after a while.  Stopping to clean the cylinder of fouling solves the problem.  I have never experienced this with the 45 Colt cylinder.

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Re: 45 ACP Cylinder ?
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2007, 11:36:06 AM »
Model 83 Premier 454 & 45 ACP.  I shoot 45 ACP all the time.  Extremely accurate and makes a great companion at the range with my "modern" 1911's  ;)
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