I almost exclusively use 185 grain lead swc bayou bullets on top of either 3.8 grains of Bulleye or 4.5 grains of HP-38 (very mild loads) these are in my bulleye pistol. In my non bulleye pistol I use either factory 230 grain FMJ or slightly less than full power reloads of the same bullet. Like one of the other posters I acquired a lot of 45 bullets from an estate. Since all I do is target shooting I don't need a lot of variety of loads for the 45. It also bugs me to have odd lots of powder so I try to stick to one type for the 45