Ballistics for Winchester White Box .45 ACP

sniper58 · December 18th, 2006, 09:08 PM

I shoot a full-size Government 1911. Does anyone know the ballistics for Winchester White Box for .45 ACP 230 gr. ball and .45 JHP? Winchester's website is less than helpful. Thanks!

AKsrule · December 18th, 2006, 09:19 PM

Win USA , white box - alla same

download for ammo catalog--
http://www.winchester.com/pdf.aspx?p...g%20Screen.pdf

RSSZ · December 18th, 2006, 09:20 PM

Just guessin'...........Hmmmm ?? 879fps from a 5"bbl.

Make sure to compensate for the bullet velocity at the 7yd. line. ----

sniper58 · December 18th, 2006, 09:43 PM

Thank you! I've been searching (in all the wrong places) since posting and haven't quite found what I want. I carry the Winchester 230 gr. JHP, but wondered how much the white box 230 gr. FMJ would adjust a BG's attitude (cuz I got a boatload more of it than the JHP!)

lightningstrike02 · December 19th, 2006, 06:42 PM

Just incase you dont have enough stuff a chrono is really nice. I bought one twenty years ago for $90. and I think they are still about the same for the non printer versions. I was getting 800 fps from a Combat Commander LTWT from white box ammo. The funny thing was I thought It was always 800 FPS. On average each shot can go + or- 25 fps. Doesnt really matter at the muzzle but when you start rainbow shooting at 100 yards plus you really start looking at the flatter shooting 185 gr green and gold boxes, then you start looking at faster and slower powders, then you start measuring your bullet seating and then you start playing with different primer lots, and then you start looking at different barrels, and new shooting coaches, and more bench space for your trophies... And then you remember you just bought the gun for protection and didnt realize how many options were opening up. Chronos are fun though and you never have to take any written word as gospel again. Shuts up a few shooters who claim the 2 kilo bullets they shoot are twice the speed of light with no recoil. Good post.

sniper58 · December 19th, 2006, 08:04 PM

Lightning your reply got me laughing so hard! Isn't that the damned truth! Funny how what starts as a simple project grows into a beast. I learned that reloading my .30-06. Next thing I know I've spend big bucks on all sorts of stuff that only another reloader could understand. My (ex) wife sure didn't! The upside to that event is my rifle can kill an elk at 300 yards, she can't! I couldn't throw her that far - at least with decent trajectory and sufficient velocity to assure adequate penetration and expansion for a humane kill, while retaining sufficient bullet mass without core-jacket separation!

Thanks for your insight - I appreciate the info. I am guessing about 850 from a full-sized Government model. Stay well - stay safe!

December 18th, 2006, 09:08 PM	#1
sniper58 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,051	Ballistics for Winchester White Box .45 ACP I shoot a full-size Government 1911. Does anyone know the ballistics for Winchester White Box for .45 ACP 230 gr. ball and .45 JHP? Winchester's website is less than helpful. Thanks! __________________ Tim BE PREPARED - Noah didn't build the Ark when it was raining! The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Thomas Jefferson ________ NRA Life Member

December 18th, 2006, 09:19 PM	#2
AKsrule Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 666	Win USA , white box - alla same download for ammo catalog-- http://www.winchester.com/pdf.aspx?p...g%20Screen.pdf __________________ ------- -SIG , it's What's for Dinner- know your rights! http://www.handgunlaw.us "If I walk in the woods, I feel much more comfortable carrying a gun. What if you meet a bear in the woods that's going to attack you? You shoot it." {Bernhard Goetz}

December 18th, 2006, 09:43 PM	#4
sniper58 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,051	Thank you! I've been searching (in all the wrong places) since posting and haven't quite found what I want. I carry the Winchester 230 gr. JHP, but wondered how much the white box 230 gr. FMJ would adjust a BG's attitude (cuz I got a boatload more of it than the JHP!) __________________ Tim BE PREPARED - Noah didn't build the Ark when it was raining! The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Thomas Jefferson ________ NRA Life Member

December 19th, 2006, 06:42 PM	#5
lightningstrike02 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: SW MICHIGAN Posts: 98	Just incase you dont have enough stuff a chrono is really nice. I bought one twenty years ago for $90. and I think they are still about the same for the non printer versions. I was getting 800 fps from a Combat Commander LTWT from white box ammo. The funny thing was I thought It was always 800 FPS. On average each shot can go + or- 25 fps. Doesnt really matter at the muzzle but when you start rainbow shooting at 100 yards plus you really start looking at the flatter shooting 185 gr green and gold boxes, then you start looking at faster and slower powders, then you start measuring your bullet seating and then you start playing with different primer lots, and then you start looking at different barrels, and new shooting coaches, and more bench space for your trophies... And then you remember you just bought the gun for protection and didnt realize how many options were opening up. Chronos are fun though and you never have to take any written word as gospel again. Shuts up a few shooters who claim the 2 kilo bullets they shoot are twice the speed of light with no recoil. Good post. __________________ I am an American. I vote. I will serve on a jury when called. Its a MEMBERS ONLY thing.

December 19th, 2006, 08:04 PM	#6
sniper58 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,051	Lightning your reply got me laughing so hard! Isn't that the damned truth! Funny how what starts as a simple project grows into a beast. I learned that reloading my .30-06. Next thing I know I've spend big bucks on all sorts of stuff that only another reloader could understand. My (ex) wife sure didn't! The upside to that event is my rifle can kill an elk at 300 yards, she can't! I couldn't throw her that far - at least with decent trajectory and sufficient velocity to assure adequate penetration and expansion for a humane kill, while retaining sufficient bullet mass without core-jacket separation! Thanks for your insight - I appreciate the info. I am guessing about 850 from a full-sized Government model. Stay well - stay safe! __________________ Tim BE PREPARED - Noah didn't build the Ark when it was raining! The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Thomas Jefferson ________ NRA Life Member

December 18th, 2006, 09:20 PM	#3
RSSZ Distinguished Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,847	Just guessin'...........Hmmmm ?? 879fps from a 5"bbl. Make sure to compensate for the bullet velocity at the 7yd. line. ----

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