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your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 12:07 AM
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drdoolittle_1
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What have you guys settled on for your 255 cast loads? I have some Penn hardcast 255's. I will be shooting them out of my Ruger BH 4 5/8". Anybody shooting in the 1100 fps range. Or am I asking too much from my short barrel? Dave
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 2:28 AM
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my friend loads some kind of 255 gr.bullet for his 45.they are accurate and fast out of his 7 1/2 rbh.i recently bought a 4 5/8 rbh.we shot last week and my 45 with the short barrel was more accurate than it should be!he also loads a mean 340 gr.cast load that puts you back a step.the june 2003 issue of guns&ammo has "hot"loads for the 45 lc.they have a 300 gr.bullet doing 1,200 fps.then a 350 gr.going 1,100fps.so yes the 255 gr. should do what you are looking to do.do the bullets have gas checks on them?with the speed you are after a bullet with a gas check should work better.good luck with this overlooked and underloaded,powerhouse! jim257
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 12:33 PM
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Dan B.
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Hey Dave...I'm using 25gr H4227 from my 5.5" RBH and getting 1300fps. Recoil is stiff on a cold day but it shoots really well. Did you mail order the Penn's? What was the turnaround time?? I just buy from them at a gunshow...going next weekend and getting more!!
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 2:05 PM
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Dan, I mail ordered the bullets and they were at my door in Wisconsin in 4-5 days. Good service, I think! I was told that leading shouldn't be much of a problem under 1600 fps with his mix.....your experinence? ...and couldn't resist some 270 Thunderheads.....me think's they fill the cylinder! Meplat measures .442!! Cheers, Dave
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 2:29 PM
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My experience with PENN bullets has been good. I bought some 320gr 44 caliber bullets from him and the leading was minimal. I have a Ruger SBH 4 5/8 that leads just about everything. With those bullets the leading though still present was greatly lessened. I just wish they would cast a Keith style bullet with a flat base.
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 10:12 PM
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I'm really new to the 45 Colt but I've been having some good success with 23.5 grs of W296 and the Cast Performance 300 LFNGC @ 1297 avg. vel.
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/14/2004 11:02 PM
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What is meant by 'favorite 45Colt load'? Can there be such a thing? I thought .45LC was obsolete? Afterall, it doesn't say super whompin, meat-slappin, power Magnum? Oh I see, you meant .45 automatic Colt. Now there's a classic!
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/16/2004 10:55 PM
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Dan B.
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Dave...I shoot the Penn's through three different revolvers along with several Contenders and have minimal leading in each.
As a note to Bullelk...I was at the range one day shooting my .45LC with 255's (1300fps) when a few other fellas showed up. I heard them comment while we were posting targets that I must have been shooting a .44 Mag for something bark like my revolver was. Since they never directly addressed me I did not feel the need to let them in on the secret of the grand'ole .45LC!
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Re: your favorite 45 Colt loads
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03/17/2004 12:39 AM
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Happens to me all the time! People who don't handload for it just don't understand! Like pork being the other white-meat, the 45LC is the other magnum!
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