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Topic: Light load for the 454 Casull. (Read 90 times)
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EJKaye
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Does anyone have any Win231 loads for cast bullets? I haven't found any, and I have 500 250 grain hard cast RNFP bullets to dispose of.  |
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« Last Edit: January 13, 2010, 05:49:32 PM by EJKaye »
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-Joseph
NRA Life Member
GOA Life Member
Calibers supported:
22LR, 9mm, 357 Mag, 41 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 ACP, 454 Casull & 480 Ruger
223 Rem, 243 WSSM, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 Wby Mag, & 50 Beowulf
Soon: 300 Fireball
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whkento
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Can't you use .45 Colt loads? Or are you going to exclusively use the .454 cases? Just curious, I don't shoot this caliber.
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security deserve neither liberty or security"--Benjamin Franklin
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EJKaye
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Yep - I want to use the .454 cases for 2 reasons:
1: I have them already, and do not have any .45 Colt cases.
2: Shooting .45 colt in a .454 chamber can cause pressure issues for .454 Casull loads if the chamber is not cleaned beforehand.
I should add, I guestimated some loads.
I loaded up 6 each with Winchester SP primers starting at 9 grains going to 13 grains of Win231. I gotta get to the range to test it out.
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« Last Edit: January 19, 2010, 07:30:43 PM by EJKaye »
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-Joseph
NRA Life Member
GOA Life Member
Calibers supported:
22LR, 9mm, 357 Mag, 41 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 ACP, 454 Casull & 480 Ruger
223 Rem, 243 WSSM, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 Wby Mag, & 50 Beowulf
Soon: 300 Fireball
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EJKaye
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Happy dance!  I got to the range yesterday, and all 5 of the loads worked great! Unfortunately, I don't have access to a chrono that will work indoors, so I relied on my ears for velocity.  9 and 10 grain loads were subsonic, and very pleasant to shoot. 11 grains I was just stating to hear the supersonic crack. 12 and 13 grains were definitely supersonic. All of the Winchester Small Pistol primers looked great, with no signs of overpressure. There was also no leading in the barrel. Accuracy wise, I think that the 10 grain loads were the best in my gun. I am very happy with this experiment, and now have a very economical practice load that shoots to the POA/POI as my full house loads. Just for a comparison to my full power loads: Winchester Small Rifle primer Hornady 250 grain XTP Mag bullets 32.5 grains of Hodgdon L'il Gun powder $.34 a round Winchester Small Pistol primer Red River 250 grain LRNFP hard cast bullets 10 grains of Winchester 231 powder $.16 a round |
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-Joseph
NRA Life Member
GOA Life Member
Calibers supported:
22LR, 9mm, 357 Mag, 41 Mag, 44 Mag, 45 ACP, 454 Casull & 480 Ruger
223 Rem, 243 WSSM, 308 Win, 30-06, 300 Wby Mag, & 50 Beowulf
Soon: 300 Fireball
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