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The Montana Gold bullets in both FMJ and hollowpoint form are designed for match grade accuracy. I am working my way through several thousand at this point. While I originally intended to use most in my GI .45s, the bullets have proven accurate in my .45 AR loads. I prefer a bullet that can be crimped for heavy AR loads, in case the bullet would jump the crimp and tie the cylinder up, but so far nothing I have used in the .45 AR has generated this type of recoil. So, the RNL bullets have performed fine.

Moving to the heavy weights we find the Sierra 240-grain JHP as the heaviest jacketed bullet we can feasibly use in the .45 AR. Designed for the .45 Colt, the Sierra bullet features a crimping groove. At the velocities we obtained with this bullet, expansion is simply not there. Still, accuracy is excellent and there is some expansion of the nose, along with deep penetration. For hunting thin-skinned game I prefer a heavy SWC but the Sierra could serve at moderate range.

When all is said and none, I could easily get by with a handful of standard loads. A good 200-grain SWC load for the 1917s, a 225-grain FP for bowling pins, a 230-grain JHP for defense and a heavy SWC for game would do the business. But I enjoy an experiment and also enjoy my light gallery or plinking loads – if you call a load and handgun combination that’s accurate well past 50 yards plinking!