Dave,

Been doing 45 Supers in a S&W 625 PC for about a year now. Should be about the same as your JM, as the guns are pretty similar. The biggest difference between yours and mine is the rifling. Mine is broach cut and supposedly the JM is more polygonal. I have seen a ton of posts on the S&W forum where reviews are mixed about the accuracy with the JM and lead. I do know mine shoots straight lead, wonderfully.

As to 250's at 1100, that is about my limit, that I have imposed on mine. But, you may have a problem with the bullets in the unfired chambers, staying in the case. I have two solutions. I roll crimp, and I use 45 Autorim, which is also roll crimped. I note this as if desiring to have the exact same ammo for both the revolver and auto may be a challenge, as a roll crimp is obviously a no go in the Glock. Obviously this is something that you would have to experiment with. I can get to roughly a 250 at 1000 before I start to see some bullet creep, with a taper crimp (same ammo used in my 1911).

You probably have found that many folks refer to having had or know that Clark Custom will chmaber the 625's for the 460 Rowland, a 40K psi round. I have a lot of experience with the Rowland, but still am not comfortable with my 625 at 40K. I run my Supers at what should be in the neighborhood of 28-30K, but if doing so, you are going to be hard pressed to find a lot of information on long term results of doing so. I have not read any detailed experiences of the Rowland in the 625's, from guys actually doing it.

I am very pleased that my gun will function with acp's with and without moon clips, as well as the 45 Autorim which does work perfectly well as a Super or standard loading. Some of the newer 625's have been reported to not headspace correctly, without clips.

I shoot Rowlands and full blown supers out of 1911's, and am trying very hard to be good, and not purchase a 41 MOS. One of my 1911 slides wears a low cut JPoint, but you guys with Glocks seem to have a better platform for pressure, than the 1911. If you are holding your 250's to 1100 fps, then you are certainly not mis-behaving ;^)

Craig

Dave,

Great to hear you had a conversation with Clark.

Unfortunately, the forces that cause bullets to pull in the revolver chamber are not the same as what goes on in a 1911 magazine. Th

Yep no problem with your loads. I have had my 21 at the limit with the Rowland but since have scaled back. I run my 250s at 1200 from the 21 with no issues. We have been loading .45 Super loads (25,000psi) from the wheelguns with no issues.

one roll crimp die:

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I use this exact die, a redding profile crimp die probably designed for the 45 Auto rim. I use the redding PC Taper crimp die for acp pressure loads, and 25K type Super loads.

This type of die is not needed in my 625 until I get to about 250's doing about 1050 fps. Some bullets a little less velocity, some a little more. You will just have to experiment. It may not be needed, just depends on where you want to go.

Reflex's pressure of 25K is not really a acp++p or Super pressure like you guys have been doing in Glocks. That 25K limit is what you will find doing a little digging on what the S&W can likely take without beating itself to death.

I've taken the Rim Rock .452 255 SWC to 1106 fps, and the Rim Rock 270 SWCFB Kieth to 1056 in my 625, but both of these loads require the roll crimp die I linked to above. With a taper crimp, these two would pull excessively in my gun. These two loads are certainly well above 25k, but probably under the 40k of the Rowland. And no way I would shoot a ton of these out of my 625. Those two loads were done in Auto Rim and Super brass.

Craig

You and me both, as to getting started. I have some small primer 45acp brass that just arrived, from RWS, which I am hoping will help some of my primer flow issues in my older S70 Colt with Clark barrel (1911). That 62 page 45 Super reloading thread on Glock Talk has given me a few ideas....

Good luck,

Craig