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BLUF: Seven minutes worth of useful information in a 14-minute video. Almost the entire second half of this video is an off-camera, stream-of-consciousness monologue, accompanied by an unblinking shot of a motionless gel block. I kept watching and hoping he would get back on topic, but he never did. I know I’m gonna get flamed for not listening to my mother (“if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all”), and I also know that I sometimes ramble myself, so let me offer some constructive criticism: Don’t ever NOT edit a video before posting it. Most of your audience probably does not need to know how long it has been since you last carried a revolver, why you carried it that day, what else you might have carried, or what clothes you were wearing and why. I am a bit obsessive (could you tell?), but most people don’t want to watch a five-minute shot of a motionless gel block either. Editing is what separates good videos from not-so-good ones, and it keeps your focus sharp. Aim for the 10 ring!

I was wondering if you tested anything for in 45 cold that you would use for hunting out of a rifle? I do cowboy action shooting. I load my own but it’s all lead. Have you heard of one called a deer Grenade? I saw some online. Would you test anything like that. Love your videos. I just found your channel and subscribed.

I've reloaded and tested 44special for 30 + years with loads 180gr up to 300gr. my self defense loads are 180gr xtp cronygraphed 1050 to1100 fps right there with buffalo bore ammunition. this bullet wonderful expansion on deer sized game and outher creatures. I've reloaded the 180gr xtp from 850 to 1500fps getting wonderful expansion and devastating vital area damage. with a three inch barrel 44special i would reloaded 255gr hard cast flat face or lswc at 900fps for possibly encounters with wild hogs and black bear . papa wishing you well 😊

If you calibrate that gel, you will find its less dense than fbi gel. Lots of people have said and demonstrated it. The fbi also says they shoot at 70deg. Outside you will find its almost always hotter in the direct sunlight, this makes it less dense too. Get you a crossman 760 to calibrate your gel.

People dont like to hear it but the 44spl and is my favorite round but its 150-200fps more than a 45acp. With a smaller bullet Most 44spl loads are further handicapped because they load old hardcast solids that dont take advantage of modern bullet construction. Skeeter and guys like that swore by those bullets because they were all they had. The solid copper Extreme expander or penetrator would blow their minds, they hadnt even thought about fluted bullets or multipart bonded bullets.

Typical sierra hollow points. Save your money.

Thank you very much for actually testing 45 Colt, love your videos. The original Army Colt 45 load was 255 grains sitting on top of 40 grains of black powder. This was going at 900-1000fps. It definitely seems like the wide majority of 45C loads are nerfed significantly.

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Good video, but damn that bullet is terrible for self defense! Did you read my message on your first (intro) video?

I love that you test 45 Colt ammo, thank you very much!

the reason is this ammunition is loaded at speed for old colts and reproductions/ clones.reload the same bullets 900 fps in your strong smith big difference. plus loading the serria jacketed hollow cavity is a very destructive bullet. I've reloaded serria pistol and rifle bullets off and on 40 +years among outher brands. if I were loading 45colt self defense rounds I would use serria 180 gr jhc .without looking in my reload manuals I think it can be loaded around 1100fps just look at your primers for flatting .then back down. I'm loading hornady 185gr xtp 1100_ 1150 fps with awesome expansion in water jug tests. .my 44special 3in barrel with 180gr xtp at 1050_1100 fps gets wonderful expansion. devastating on live game. according to the powder you use you might bump your 45colt up to 1150_ 1200fps with minimum primer flattening. that's if you reload. of course stair stepping your charges up.checking primers each step. I greatly enjoyed the video. Papa wishing you well 😊

185 gr

Thanks. Try one with the water in front of the gelatin

Just as he is about to ID his best round HE goes off on Ranting and talks about himself and never picks a round, in other words he fails to address what this video was all about and spends all the time kissing himself ......this guy is a comic.....

He is much too impressed with himself....he is the sort of a guy who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, real annoying type of a person.....loves to hear himself talk, in this case he is just making noise......

This character talks like he is dancing, he talks and he talks but never hits the punch line in a timely manner....this guy is a BORE to listen too.....When he does give some information it gets all clouded up so you can not identify what he is talking about........can not wait till this video is over, he has such an irritating voice....

Hey Guy, have you ever tried Fort Scott Munitions 45 Long Colt 225-grain TUI Ammo? I did not see a video of these rounds on your channel. I would like to see them fired into ballistic gel! Interested in a box?

I did just find these over at sgammo.com for $33.95, a few bucks cheaper than Midway.

Descent results, I have a couple of old boxes of the Silvertip rounds. But like mentioned, the Barnes Vor-Tx is my favorite round! FYI: I grew up in Lafayette

Please do the Barnes Vor-Tx .44 Magnum load. Thanks!

I carry these in my Ruger Vaquero 5.5bbl. They are accurate & as your tests prove expand reliably. Have you tested the Buffalo Bore 200 grain gold dot hollow points? They are straight up annihilators!

I have been looking for one of those Smiths (that people aren't crazy on the price) FOREVER. Enjoyed the video dude!

Blessed be! Happy Independence Day and a happy Litha to you!

Layer of cotton t shirt and denim probably equals an average wolf/werewolf pelt

Happy 4th 🇺🇸 love these 45 colt ammo test videos

First! When I see .45 Colt, I click immediately.

The federal punch 44 special that came out like a year or 2 ago is a really good one.

What dash number is this model 25?

Please beg, borrow or buy a '92 and repeat this.

Beautiful MOD 25 you have there! I wouldn't mind seeing the 44 spl 200 gr Barnes all copper.

Glad Hornady puts those plugs in the tip to prevent clogging lol

Seems like Underwood over rates their revolver loads.....

The hollow point feature on the Big Bore ammo is like the lure that's marketed to catch the fisherman. Tyros: "oOooOh sHinY hoLloW pOIntT!" Get hold of some revo-caliber carbines and re-test the .357, .44 and .45C BBs, and for cryin' out loud put a bundle of "high tech fleece" behind your gel.

I suggest you invest in a large/long surgical hemostat - you'll do a lot less butchery of your gel block. Typically, it's poke, grab, pull without all that slicing & hacking.

I'll be a-beggin' you to tell me who made the grips for that Smith. Thanks for the informative video.

Good Video. Im still impressed. I feel it would expand more when hitting hide, mucsle, cartlidge, bone, clothing, etc.

Have you ever tried Federal American Eagle 225 JSP bullet's

Never put any stock in Jello shoots, and that one is even less impressive. Most people ain't that thick either. Now if that bullet hit a good-size bone, or the sternum, it might be interesting.

Very nice test and Video sir. Thank you.

Now my first 45 LC i got in 1978 was a Ruger Blackhawk 45 ACP/45 LC 2 S&W model 25-7 45 LC 3 Ruger Blackhawk Bisley 45 ACP /45 LC 4 Ruger Redhawk 45 ACP / 45 LC the guns carry for backpacking and hiking and truck guns in 45 LC

A fine handgun dressed nicely in a great pair of grips and chambered very well indeed Sir!

Love the shirt! Cool test too , but that shirt is awesome!!

Through the denim the bullets are tumbling

I'm kind of disappointed that after a year of testing you still have not stumbled on a really good round for the 45 colt! I am so looking forward to finding a good factory load for SD. It seems to me that anything a 45 ACP can do 45 Colt should do even better lol

That's pretty anemic for a 185gr, when you get around 850 with a 250gr at normal pressures. The 3rd and 4th shots were tumbling, and probably didn't expand.

here in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains in NC we are blessed that during or rifle deer hunting season you use any pistols and revolvers, no minimum calibers, no minimum barrel lengths. what better way than live legal game to test your self defense ammunition. for 45 years I've hunted, reloaded many, many pistol and rifles testing with water jugs. the expansion of the bullets from water i found around 98 percent in retrieved bullets from live game. so if i want expansion and don't achieve it i don't load it for self defense or hunting. the water jug tests has proven its self to me all these years. outher reloaders may differ in opinion. papa wishing you well 😊

Velocity projection is from a 6 inch barrel 4 will give you less. Fire it from a carbine and there's a world of difference

Another good video! I still like the performance of the Barnes Vor-Tx 45 Colt 200gr XPB HP bullets!

Fires a cartridge designed for long gun use from a 4" revolver and then is surprised and disappointed it doesnt perform as advertised...sounds like a skill issue.