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318is_Parabellum · 02-13-2014, 01:11 PM

You *can* use certain .45 ACP loads in these pistols... As the FMJ .45 ACP OAL is a bit longer than the .455, mild loads with a .45 hollowpoint bullets will work. Given the fact that these W & S .455 self-loaders are 100 years old, I would be cautious in using factory loaded .45 ACP in the old girl. Modern ammo may very well prove to be too much! If I had one, I wouldn't be afraid to try some Remington UMC green box .45 ACP in it, as Remington UMC green box pistol ammo is rather underpowered compared to say, Federal.

ETA: Yours may well be entirely too nice to try the above. Mild handloads in .45 ACP with a hollowpoint would be the way to go, IMHO.

02-13-2014, 01:11 PM	#16
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	You can use certain .45 ACP loads in these pistols... As the FMJ .45 ACP OAL is a bit longer than the .455, mild loads with a .45 hollowpoint bullets will work. Given the fact that these W & S .455 self-loaders are 100 years old, I would be cautious in using factory loaded .45 ACP in the old girl. Modern ammo may very well prove to be too much! If I had one, I wouldn't be afraid to try some Remington UMC green box .45 ACP in it, as Remington UMC green box pistol ammo is rather underpowered compared to say, Federal. ETA: Yours may well be entirely too nice to try the above. Mild handloads in .45 ACP with a hollowpoint would be the way to go, IMHO.