What's your favorite 45 Colt target load?

Basically the same... except I use anywhere from 8 to 9grn Unique.

My other 'plinking' load is for my H&R HandiRifle... that is 21grn IMR4227 under the same bullet, but I don't shoot that in my pistols, normally.

The closest things I have that resemble a 45 Colt are a Bond Arms derringer and .454 SBH. Even though I can run .45 Colt through them, for me they really don’t count as .45 Colt firearms. With that said, your Universal load sounds really good to me, I love that powder and use it for light loads of .44mag and .454 Casull.

Also I am with you on Colt bringing back the Anaconda in .45.

Acme hi-tek 250 gr over clays 4.8 with large pistol primer of course. Shoot in marlin lever action with red dot , indoor range , about 20 yards.
One of my blackhawks has the .45 colt cylinder but couldn't work up a load in pistol that was ok for the old wrist, that and it is fun and cheaper to use the .45acp cylinder in same pistol.

I like a 250 grain lead bullet over a full case of Trail Boss for my SAA reproductions. The large frame Rugers are 250 grainers with a just under max load of 4227 in the Ruger only section. Both are pretty much going where the sights are regulated and quite accurate as well.

6.5gr of Red Dot (Promo) under a 250/255gr Lead RNFP/SWC. Propelled out of a Redhawk 4.2". Always makes me .


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Hi...
Mr preferred .45Colt load is a commercial cast coated 255gr LSWC over 8.0gr of Unique.
Shoots quite accurately in a variety of handguns and my Uberti .45Colt lever action rifle.
Handguns are a pair of original full size Vaqueros, a BlackHawk, S&W 25, a Uberti nickel SAA clone, a Uberti Remington1875 clone and a Uberti Schofield clone.
I don't shoot that load in my Contender or my SBH Hunter in .45Colt. I reserve those guns for heavy hunting loads using jacketed bullets.

250ish cast pc over 8.5 grains of Unique out of a 7-1/2” Bisley is a tack driver for me. I’ve tried many other combinations of different powder and bullets. I always go back to the Unique load.
I have a Herco load that is almost identical in accuracy as the Unique one.

my "target" load:



accurate, not position sensitive, hope you can find some unique soon!

murf

For many years it has been a home-cast RNFP with eight grains of Unique. I've found, over those years, that I really enjoy black powder in the old Colt, and my ratio of Unique loads to BP loads was slowly tipping toward black. Now that Unique has essentially disappeared - and I have far more BP than smokeless - it'd probably be accurate to say that a 250 grain RNFP from a "Big Lube" mold, backed by about 32 grains of Old Eynesford 2fg is now my standard Colt load.

I have two loads that are super accurate, both using deep-seated bullets to crimp on the ogive or over the driving band.
>10.0 gr. of Silhouette under a Berry's 200 gr. TC plated bullet @ 1.485" gives 970 fps.
> 7.5 gr. of HP-38 under a 255 SWC coated bullet @ 1.505" gives 925 fps.

A 200 or 250 grain RNFP bullet over 28 grains of Goex 3f powder. The 250 has a slight edge in accuracy. Most fire these days from one of several percussion revolvers using a conversion cylinder.

Mine like AA5744 with 255 grain SWC or RNFP. Rifles.

For a target load, I use a 255gr LSWC bullet over 7.0gr W231.

I am now using HS-6 but the above load was very good in my guns.

A 250 gr RNFP coated from Missouri Bullet Co with 7.8-8.0 gr of Unique seems to be the right compromise for me. I've used the same bullet with W231 but my go to is with Unique.
-Jeff

Badman 255 LSW over 8 gr of Accurate 5

250 grain cast bullet over 6 grains of Trail Boss. Works great for plinking in my reproductions and my Ruger.