Buffalo Bore 45 ACP Ammo 185 Grain Full Metal Jacket Box of 20

Buffalo Bore loads their ammunition up to maximum SAAMI specifications, which delivers devastating performance on a wide range of game. Please note that this ammunition is not intended for older guns. It is made for modern firearms only, as some of the ammunition could damage older and weaker firearms. Buffalo Bore uses a flash suppressed powder so you won’t become blinded by your own gunfire in the likely event you drop the hammer in a low-light defensive situation. This ammunition is new production, non-corrosive, in boxer primed, reloadable brass cases.

This particular load is traveling roughly the same speed as the original 230gr ball load used by our military for decades, but this bullet is 185grs. which is 45 grains lighter and hence the free recoil generated is substantially less. The dynamics of pushing lead-based jacketed bullets at speeds this low does not promote reliable expansion and even if it did, expanding a bullet moving this slow, that is this light-for-caliber, greatly reduces penetration, perhaps to the point that the bullet becomes non-lethal. So Buffalo Bore utilized a non-expanding solid bullet with a flat nose to promote maximum terminal damage. Additionally, one of the beauties of the 45 ACP cartridge is that the bullet is 45 caliber and does not require expansion to be very lethal. Also, while round nosed bullets tend to slip through tissues doing little damage; flat nosed bullets crush their way through tissues and do considerably more damage.