Preferred Brands of 45 ACP for practice? experience with S&B and Magtech?

[thegreyman]

I have shot much Federal AE and WW 230 grain 45 ACP; don't know much about Magtech and Sellier and Bellot. Have you shot their 45 ACP? What about their velocity and reliability?

[Diamondback]

This is admittedly very old data, but fifteen years ago when I was in college, S&B was all my usual range would sell for on-range use--and if you were renting irons you had to buy their ammo, too, not even the Hydra-Shoks or Speer Lawman off the shelf, it *had* to be the S&B from behind the counter. They tended to be grudging about letting you do reliability testing with JHP's in your own gun on their line too... (which may have been pushing the new-guy college-boy around, a lot of things loosened up when several LEO regulars took me under their collective wing and had me start shooting with them rather than having to share the other end of the range with Bubba Butthead & Co.)

Can't speak for velocity, but can't recall any ever failing to go bang when the hammer dropped. That *was* a decade and a half ago, though, and my memory has shown signs of not being what it used to be, so take this with a grain of salt.

[joeg26er]

I've shot many k's rounds of s&b
In 9&223
Not one failure
They're not powder puff rounds
I think the 45 will perform similar

I did some research on magtech and recently ordered those
Reports said it's gtg

Good information here
Winchester white box is one of the dirtiest I've ever used

[lt1 sport]

I've shot a few thousand rounds of 45auto through 6-7 of my 1911s and my go to is magtech. I find it cleaner then remington umc, winchester white box, and most other off the shelf plinking ammo, Plus its reasonable priced.

[Ron3]

IIRC the S&B was one of the harder kicking FMJ rounds in my S&W Shield .45 experience earlier this year.
I don't think I've used the magtech in .45.

[Bret]

I've shot a good bit of S&B over the years. It's all been good. My only complaint is that the 9mm and 40S&W primer pockets are kind of tight, so I have to use Remington primers when reloading S&B small pistol primer cases.

I just started using Magtech in 9mm and 40S&W because it's so cheap. Honestly, I expected it to be dirty and was crossing my fingers that it would prove reliable. I was happy to discover that it's both reliable and very clean. Of course I don't know if that would translate to 45ACP, but I wouldn't hesitate to give it a try.

[thegreyman]

Thanks for info; just ordered some Magtech 45ACP.

[p7fl]

Different experience than some:
SB is by far and away my favorite 45 for practice. Certainly on my Colt Gunsite CCO's which are light the SB offers the lightest recoil.
Going back a decade their 9mm was a favorite until I moved to 124 and could not find any.
Overall SB is my first choice for factory ammo. Note: all my friends complain about reloading SB as they group around me fighting for the brass.

[Arik]

Have shot SB, Magtech, Blazer... All worked fine for range. No reliability issues. Can't speak for velocity.

As far as I remember S&B, Magtech and MEN are made by the same company CBC Ammo Group located in Brazil

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[Bret]

All of the S&B that I've ever shot has been from the Czech Republic, though they obviously could have a new production arrangement.

[Arik]

All of the S&B that I've ever shot has been from the Czech Republic, though they obviously could have a new production arrangement.I don't know where they are made but both are owned by CBC

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[thegreyman]

Just shot a bunch of Magtech 45ACP Ball that I ordered from Brownells; no malfunctions, good velocity, andgreat range fodder. I recommend it. $ 12.99 a box! :)

[TactiCool1976]

Ummm the cheapest I can find in brass lol.... jk. I have about 2k in Perfecta ammo in 45acp and have run well over 1k thru my Sig 1911 without any issue... I figure once I run out of this stash, I'll probably pick up another 1k in whatever I can find from target sports usa... be it S&b, magtech...etc etc

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[sundance435]

I've shot a bunch of Magtech and I prefer it to most U.S. range ammo, other than Speer Lawman. Haven't shot as much S&B, but I've always seen favorable reports. I think they are both owned by CBC and the ammo in the box could have come from multiple places, depending on the caliber.

[Bret]

I've shot a bunch of Magtech and I prefer it to most U.S. range ammo, other than Speer Lawman.
I agree with this exactly.