I didn't catch it?

45 ACP, 3.8 g Clays under a 185g bullet. Starting weight is supposed to be 4.5 max is 4.9. Would 3.8 just fail to cycle the action? Or would there be dire consequences? Or would it possibly be a very light shooting round?

The 3.8 charge was for a 230 g bullet. Just had a brain fart and loaded 45 of the 185s.

FWIW, I plan on pulling them. Just wonder what would have happened if I had not caught it?

Nothing dire will happen with this load in this cartridge. It's not like getting detonation with light loads of very slow powder in very large magnum cases. Depending on how many you have, I would shoot some and see. Or shoot them in your revolver.

Wendell, probably all of the above,
I would tear them down and start over, justme

Unless you loaded hundreds of them, I'd go out and have a fun point and shoot or whatever session. You might have to cycle them by hand, or if you're using a target spring in a 1911, they might/probably will cycle.

Obviously you need to go out and buy a 625 S&W to burn them up in!

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Originally posted by Ongwe:
Obviously you need to go out and buy a 625 S&W to burn them up in!

You win. Best answer.

Unfortunately, I already pulled them. Maybe I should reload them again to give me a reason! Right, like I ever needed a reason to buy a gun. Desire has always been enough for me.

This is my first run at reloading pistol ammo. I do a lot of rifle, but this is new territory for me.

Thanks for the answers.

You may get stove piping. I'd just shoot it.

I had a similar thing happen to me years ago. I started to get failures to cycle in a Kimber 1911 shooting my standard load of 4.2 grains of clays behind a 200 Gr. lead bullet. Checked the charges thrown by the progressive press and found that they were all light. Charge bar needed an adjustment.

Problem was I had about 1,500 of rounds loaded with light charges. I didn't want to pull that many rounds so I installed a light 11 lb. recoil spring in my gun and shot up all the rounds with no problems.

A large pistol primer will propel a 230gr LRN a couple of inches down the barrel of a 1911 with no powder whatsoever(DAMHIK ), so I reckon your light load would have done rather more than that.