Recently I did a work up of some .45 Colt loads that were heavier than the all around loads of 270 grain at 900 FPS (from a 4&5/8ths" barrel).
I ended up finding the sweet spot with a 320 grain wide nose flat point at 1155. They shot extremely small groups and I saw no need to push them faster. I had made some loads that were quite a bit faster, but the groups were not nearly as good and saw no point, since it is not likely that they are going to perform any better in terms of terminal ballistics.
Nice looking cartridges and bullets. I would have no issues carry that 320 grain load anywhere that I would roam. The 1150 fps out of the 4-5/8" is perfect for me.
Recently I did a work up of some .45 Colt loads that were heavier than the all around loads of 270 grain at 900 FPS (from a 4&5/8ths" barrel).
I ended up finding the sweet spot with a 320 grain wide nose flat point at 1155. They shot extremely small groups and I saw no need to push them faster. I had made some loads that were quite a bit faster, but the groups were not nearly as good and saw no point, since it is not likely that they are going to perform any better in terms of terminal ballistics.
Mackay, Not much you couldn’t get done with that 320 grain WFN at 1155. My go to load is the 45-270-SAA 285 grain Keith SWC pushed by HS6 to about 1100 fps. This is in my 5 1/2” stainless Bisley Blackhawk.
Ron
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Put me on the list for some of those 320 grainers.......
As soon as I can get some more components, I will be putting them into production.
I did just do a "Special" run of .44 Specials.
They are 200 grain full wadcutters.
I found a sweet spot, accuracy wise at 1055 FPS. (out of RDO equipped M29 Classic).
I did some accuracy testing/shooting at 25 yards.
This is two, 5-shot groups.
That gun stacks them in there, when you have a good rest.
And of course, I managed to pull my usual trick of shooting a decent group and messing it up, by having one shot decide to go someplace else....
This one I won't complain about.
Overall the 200 grain full wadcutters are very accurate and have a fair bit less recoil than the standard 240 grain SWC load. It will be a great target, home defense. CCW, and small game load for those who want to carry a .44 Special.
I am personally looking forward to finding some unsuspecting Jackrabbits to punch holes through with it.
THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE WALL.
The Tikka T3 in .308 Winchester is the Glock 19 of the rifle world.
Nice revolvers. In the past I've owned a couple Bowen custom Ruger Bisleys, a custom Vaquero large frame, several Freedom Arms and one of the BFR. I tried to like the Ruger Bisley frame and it's grip but it's extremely painful for me to use and it's far too small between the grip and trigger guard so they went down the road. The BFR and Freedom Arms work fit me and are ideal single actions.
Today my revolvers are an S&W mountain gun and an old regular 629, an super redhawk and a pair of Ruger Alaskans. I'm perfectly happy at this point in life with the Ruger Alaskan and its ideal with 45colt.
Recently I did a work up of some .45 Colt loads that were heavier than the all around loads of 270 grain at 900 FPS (from a 4&5/8ths" barrel).
I ended up finding the sweet spot with a 320 grain wide nose flat point at 1155. They shot extremely small groups and I saw no need to push them faster. I had made some loads that were quite a bit faster, but the groups were not nearly as good and saw no point, since it is not likely that they are going to perform any better in terms of terminal ballistics.
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JWP, Who did the custom work on that Redhawk? Looks like something Bowen would do….
Jack Huntington, I've also have a 44 cylinder and barrel for it. Can go from 45 Colt/454 to 44 mag/special. Bowen did made some Redhawks with the Dan Wesson barrel system but, I don't belive that he ever made a switch caliber
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I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first