[FLORIDA KEVIN]

I was making up some loads for my ruger SRH 454 the other day and decided to try some of 200 grain polymer coated bullets that i had been using for my colt45 loads ! I lowered the powder charge to 28grains of lilgun and loaded up about 20 of them ! yesterday i took them to the range and at 25 yards off a rest they shot a string of overlapping holes from top to bottom 6 shots that fit in a box about 3/4 inch wide by 2inches tall . this is a lot better than the same bullet from the colt45 loads !? i think I might have found a good range/plinking load for my Ruger ! I know this isnt great accuracy for all the experts but it is better than i have shot using factory loads at the same distance !When i get my new glasses things should improve :D htis load sure kicks a lot less than the 250- 300 grain loads i have been shooting !and a whole lot cheaper to boot !:which realy helps with my deep pockets and short arms !:what:

[zxcvbob]

I was unstoppable at the bowling pin shoot last year, using 200 grain Oregon Trails RNFP bullets and a heavy charge of Red Dot powder -- I don't remember but I think it was 8.5 grains (this was in .45 Colts) and CCI regular large pistol primers. They were a lot more managable than 250 grain bullets, even loaded to the same energy levels.

I've used up all of those bullets and have recently started casting my own 230 grain truncated cone bullets. I haven't found the one truly sweet load for them yet.

That .454 brass is really expensive! Have you tried using a taper crimp instead of roll crimp? The brass should last longer before the mouths crack that way, but I'm not sure how well a taper crimp will work with Lil'gun and light bullets.

Nice job btw on finding that acorn ;-)

Bob

[FLORIDA KEVIN]

Thanks for the input ! i havnt tried using a tapered crimp ! i have had pretty good results with brass although i havent loaded many that loads that were really that hot ! brass life has been very good since my first couple of batches , i think i weeded out the weaklings !plus midway has the brass for about 21.00 /100 which is pretty good !i think I am gonna order a couple hundred more !I have been using the 200 grain rond nose flat point from Master Blaster ! give them a try I think you will like them ! i have no idea what the velocity of these rounds were ! any guesses ?? Thanks again

[zxcvbob]

Are you using .454 Casull brass or .45 Colt brass? What primers?

[FLORIDA KEVIN]

.454 brass wiith rem 6 1/2 primers ! the brass was a mix of freedom Arms , win , and magtech

[rr2241tx]

LilGun is my favorite powder for blowin' .452 holes in things! But, you have to load 'em up hot and crimp till they cry or bad things happen, like squibs, dirty burning and flame cutting. The Hodgdon folks were really nice on the telephone as they explained that if I couldn't understand how to make a proper roll crimp, well then maybe I'd be happier using someone else's powders. rr2241tx

[zxcvbob]

I think Redding makes a profile crimp die for the .454 that holds even tighter than a roll crimp. Also probably doesn't do as much damage to the case mouths.

I would either use a faster powder or heavier bullets though.

[FLORIDA KEVIN]

I can only say that i haven't had any trouble with the crimps so far with my casull loads ! i was considering the lee factory crimp die but i really havent seen any problems so far ! i have tried imr 4227 , and lilgun so far , I have some hs6 for my 45colt and 357 mag loads ! I like the lilgun !