Prvi Partizan 45 ACP 230gr FMJ Ammunition /50

Prvi Partizan 45 ACP 230gr FMJ Ammunition /50

Newly manufactured by Prvi Partizan, this 45 Auto ammo is great for training with your 1911 or other 45 ACP chambered pistol. This ammo is loaded at Prvi Partizan's plant located in SW Serbia. This ammo is brass-cased, Boxer-primed, non-corrosive, and loaded in reloadable casings.

Specifications:
Manufacturer: Prvi Partizan (PPU)
Caliber: 45 ACP
Weight: 230gr
Type: FMJ
MPN: PPH45F
Rounds Per Box: 50

Ballistics:
Muzzle Velocity: 836 ft/lb

Features:
- Use Type Range Training
- Ammo Casing Brass
- Boxer Primer

About the Manufacturer
The story of Prvi Partizan starts at the beginning of the XX century. In 1927, the founder of the factory, Jakob Posinger, in cooperation with the army and the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, moved his workshop from Kranj (Slovenia) to Uzice. After the purchase of machines, the workshop was equipped for the production of hunting rifles and pistol ammunition. It started work on 1st of May 1928 in facilities located in the "Stevan Nemanja" military barracks in Krcagovo. During the first two years 150 workers worked in the factory.
In 1935 the authorities of the town of Uzice decide to give mr. Posinger, as a present, land for the building of a new factory. The laying of the foundation stone on June 20th 1935 marked the construction of the first private factory of this kind in the Balkans. The official name of the factory was "Factory of Arms and Ammunition in Uzice" - FOMU.

In the beginning FOMU produced several different ammunition calibers including Central 7mm, 9mm, and 12mm; Browning 6.35mm, 7.65mm and 9mm, Serbian Nagant 7.62mm, hunting ammunition cases for smokeless powder, as well as single-barreled and double-barreled hunting rifles in calibers of 12, 16 and 20. In the following years the factory started production of military rifles in the 7.9mm calibers and ammunition for government 9mm Short Pistols. Also, military rifles were repaired in FOMU.

At the beginning of World War II the occupying forces heavily damaged the production facilities and destroyed the administrative building to the foundation. The town was liberated on September 24th 1941 and the arms factory started to work under the control of the Partisan military authorities. The ammunition production facilities and tool shop was moved to the underground tunnel safe of the National Bank and other production facilities were moved to plants in the town surroundings.

During that period Uzice was the only town in Yugoslavia, and possibly in Europe, in which an arms factory was working under occupation. It had a very important role in equipping units of the National Libearation Army and it was known for its production of "thin and long rifles" (partisan rifles) and hand grenades. The factory stopped working on November 22rd after an explosion caused by sabotage claimed the lives of more then 120 persons.

On September 5th 1947, the factory in Uzice was renamed "Prvi Partizan" and it became a state owned company.

At the end of 1970s company Prvi Partizan had started works on construction of new buildings and infrastructure. These caused enlarging capacities and introduction of new articles in production.

About the 45 ACP Cartridge
The .45 ACP(11.43�23mm 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)