wmurphy
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Cowboy Load
5.7 gr. Trail Boss
Winchester LP (WLP) primer
Missouri Bullet 200 gr. RNFP
Very low recoil
Very accurate
5.7 gr. Trail Boss
Winchester LP (WLP) primer
Missouri Bullet 200 gr. RNFP
Very low recoil
Very accurate
I recommend Trail Boss powder. It is bulky (occupies a lot of the case volume, making it easy to view the amount of powder)
It's very hard to find 230gr bullets meant for a revolver.45 LC Oregon Trail 200g RNFP Bullets (500)
probably order some 430 or 455 gr also but I was playing it safe I think by starting with a light bullet and a light load and of course trying to avoid a squib.
As many others have said, "READ READ READ". Do you belong to a club or have a friend that reloads? It's amazing how readily people are to teach reloading to eager students. I remember that when I started reloading a million years ago I watched an old timer and actually learned as much watching and asking questions as I did reading. You're lucky, there are so many resources available such as You Tube videos etc...What method do you use to reload your 45 Long Colt ?
Powder, Recipe, Projectile, Brass, Primmer, Press?
Have any light loads used in Cowboy Action Shooting, Tell me about them.
Yep I'm a Green Horn !
I respectfully disagree. Using a powder that is hard to mis-use is like using a walker when rehabbing from knee reconstruction or using dulled/blunted blades when learning to swordfight.I absolutely would NOT start with Trail Boss. The handloading world got by for the better part of a century without it and IMHO all it teaches a new handloader is that he need not worry about double charges. Very dangerous. New handloaders need to learn to be vigilant to watch for things such as double charges, not be insulated from them.
35W
wow...his was my uberti 1873 cattlemen. After a double charge of IMR PB appx.
Bullseye and Red Dot are perfect for starting.
New handloaders need to learn to be vigilant to watch for things such as double charges, not be insulated from them.
Agreed, 35Whelen. I do recommend (even using Trail Boss) to anyone just learning that they 1) weigh each and every charge as well as 2) actually looking into the cases (comparing an entire batch to see all levels are even with each other) and paying attention to the depth of powder.OK. We'll have to agree to disagree. I personally think that taking steps to assure the correct powder charge is second only to selecting the proper load. An "Aw.... I'll worry about learning that later" attitude in and of itself is dangerous.
35W
How many hadnguns have you see blown up firsthand? Probably none just like most of us.New handloaders need to learn to be vigilant to watch for things such as double charges, not be insulated from them.
Not so sure I agree with that..(BE)
True that- but learning by blowing your gun up is not the correct approach either.
That's me , I just can't help myself!smarty pants.