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| 25/03/13 12:04 AM |
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Re: Evanston Chrysler Sunbeam 1942 Production .45 ACP
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My reference to the 200 was sinly because the first bullet made for the .45 Auto was of 200 grain wieght, the technology and experience of making simple steel core bullets existed at the time {WW2} and the Army had a desire to improve the penetration of the .45 ACP. Later developments certainly improved performance of rounds against hard targets, but Uncle Sam had an easy fix to some degree at his fingertips even back during the Big War, but never tried it.
I believe they let everything aside just for bringing production of whatever to the maximum.
Yes, of course. That is obvious. And more so for the 40 years of standard issue AFTER WW2 due to the vast quantities of .45 ammo existing at the close of the war.
However, the .45 was used as the platform for ballistic testing of helmets and body armor from initial introduction of the M1917 helmet {the "British" design} thru the M1917A1 thru the M1 and development of body armor in WW2. Interestingly, the Army never addressed the failures of the .45 thru a program of improvement {as was done with the .30 Government cartridge} at any time in the cartridge's "lifespan"...and still hasn't. In fact, we are now issuing those Marines tabled to carry the 1911 ammunition deemed ballistically substandard in the early 1950's!
Curious, indeed.
It doesn't take a whole lot to stop a .45 FMJ. The "high technology" alternatives you presented above are not necessary to improve the .45's penetration capabilities since it starts so poor in this regard from the gitgo. If you add those options, however, you give nothing up in diameter and gain much in penetration. Personally, having used FMJ's in the .45 on many, many stock animals, I do not see the advantage of it in any significant way, none, when using FMJ's.