CCI Speer Lawman .45 ACP 230gr TMJ Ammunition /50

CCI Speer Lawman .45 ACP 230gr TMJ Ammunition /50

Speer Lawman training ammunition brings superb consistency along with feel and point of aim that’s as close as possible to your personal defense loads. All options are loaded with a TMJ bullet with a plated jacket that encapsulates the entire lead core.

Specifications:
Manufacturer: CCI
Brand: Speer Lawman
Caliber: 45 ACP
Weight: 230gr
Type: TMJ
MPN: 53653
Rounds Per Box: 50

Ballistics:
Muzzle Velocity: 830 fps
Muzzle Energy: 352 ft/lb

Features:
- Offers the same feel and point of aim as comparable personal defense loads
- Reloadable cases
- TMJ bullet’s jacket encapsulates the lead core

About the Manufacturer:

CCI, understands what you want and need. When it comes to ammunition and components no one beats us at our game. We offer the best selection in all shooting sports. While other companies sat on century-old technology and performance, we revived rimfire with exciting, high-performance products.

It all started when Richard "Dick" Speer's enterprising led him to establish CCI in 1951. He provided a steady source of component primers to reloaders. Today we continue being the leader in rimfire ammunition thanks to our innovation, determination and resourcefulness.

Richard "Dick" Speer (1915-1994) possessed a remarkable talent for things mechanical. He was a machinist at Boeing Aircraft's Seattle plant when he realized that his brother Vernon's success in the component bullet business (Speer Bullets) meant there was money to be made in reloading.

There were a number of proprietary rifle cartridge designs (like the Weatherby and Newton) that were not supported by the "big" ammo companies. Dick Speer decided to make cases to service this small but active market. He left Seattle and joined Vernon in Lewiston, Idaho. In a small room at the Speer Bullets plant, he began production of these special cases using an impact extrusion process.

After two name changes, Speer and his partner Arvid Nelson settled on the name Cascade Cartridges, Inc., or CCI.

About the 45 ACP Cartridge
The .45 ACP(11.43x23mm or Automatic Colt Pistol), also known as the .45 Auto by C.I.P. or 45 Auto by SAAMI, is a cartridge designed by John Browning in 1904, for use in his prototype Colt semi-automatic .45 pistol and eventually the M1911 pistol adopted by the United States Army in 1911.

The U.S. Cavalry had been buying and testing various handguns in the late 1890s and early 20th century. The .45 Colt Single Action Army (SAA) had largely been replaced, even by some double-action versions of the same. The Army had fielded some double-action revolvers in .38 Long Colt. They determined the .38 caliber round was significantly less effective than the .45 Colt against determined opponents such as the warriors encountered in the Moro Rebellion of the Philippine American War. The then-current issue rifle, the .30-40 Krag, had also failed to stop Moro warriors effectively;[3] the British had similar issues switching to the .303 British, which resulted in the development of the dum-dum bullet. This experience, and the Thompson LaGarde Tests of 1904 led the Army and the Cavalry, to decide a minimum of .45 caliber was required in the new handgun. Thompson and Major Louis Anatole La Garde of the Medical Corps arranged tests on cadavers and animal remains in the Chicago stockyards, resulting in the finding that .45 was the most effective pistol cartridge. They noted, however, training was critical to make sure a soldier could score a hit in a vulnerable part of the body.

45 ACP Cartridge Specifications
Case type Rimless, straight
Bullet diameter .451 in (11.5 mm)
Neck diameter .473 in (12.0 mm)
Base diameter .476 in (12.1 mm)
Rim diameter .480 in (12.2 mm)
Rim thickness .049 in (1.2 mm)
Case length .898 in (22.8 mm)
Overall length 1.275 in (32.4 mm)
Case capacity 25 gr H2O (1.6 cm3)
Rifling twist 1 in 16 in (406 mm)
Primer type Large or Small pistol
Maximum pressure 21,000 psi (140 MPa)

45 ACP Cartridge Ballistic Performance (5 inch Test Barrel
185 gr (12 g) Bonded Defense 1,225 ft/s (373 m/s) 616 ft-lbf (835 J)
185 gr (12 g) Speer Gold Dot JHP 1,050 ft/s (320 m/s) 453 ft-lbf (614 J)
200 gr (13 g) Speer Gold Dot JHP +P 1,080 ft/s (330 m/s) 518 ft-lbf (702 J)
230 gr (15 g) Federal Hydra-Shok 900 ft/s (270 m/s) 414 ft-lbf (561 J)
230 gr (15 g) US Army Ball FMJ 830 ft/s (250 m/s) 352 ft-lbf (477 J)