Originally Posted by Gibby
Yea, but not at 65K psi.

Other than the S&W's, I have a Mod 83,four Colt SAA's, and two Blackhawk's in 45 Long Colt and a Win rifle. I have loaded everything from 12K to 40K psi. Never had a case fail. Other than working the neck by crimping, I get good number of reloads before they go to the recycle bin. But I get less case life at the 40K loads for sure. That is expected. We all agree on that. It's the 65K thing I do not like.



If you read the article of Ross Seyfried taking the Cape buffalo with a 5 1/2" barreled revolver chambered in 45 Colt . Roses loaded a 355 grain hard cast loaded to a chronographed 1495 fps. According to John Linebaugh that was a 60,00 psi load. Ross told me personally that he always used 45 Colt brass for his heavy loads and never experience in problems in doing so.
Newly manufactured 45 Colt brass in a 5 shot revolver will work just fine in my experience as well




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