.454 casull H110 and Trail Boss

[no.5enfield]

Anyone load using these powders? I'm interested in something for plinking and a hunting load. I have 240gr and 325gr hard cast SWCs to play with. Are the heavy bullets at low velocities still pretty good kickers? I'm seeing around 700fps with the Trail Boss data. The pistol is Super Redhawk 7.5".
240gr .44s at 1400fps from a 5" 629 is the hottest thing I've shot so far.

 

[.38 Special]

Trail Boss is a great powder for turning the cannons into toys. Even the heavy bullets will not recoil much at 700 fps. I often load 440s to 800 FPS in the .500 Magnum, and the recoil is very mild.

 

[no.5enfield]

I'm curious about bullet weight/velocity and when the recoil curves cross, lol. I'm gonna have fun playing with this round, due to the versatility.

 

[Targa]

H110 is my go to for .454. 325 grain Missouri Bullet Company Slammers out of a 6.5” barrel are good for 1300fps over 23.3 grains of powder, they are stout but fun, accurate and manageable.
36.5 grains of H110 with a 240 grain Hornady XTP out of the same gun let’s you know that you touched something off at 1850fps.

 

[no.5enfield]

Targa, what primer do you use with that 325gr load?

 

[Targa]

I am using CCI 450 small rifle magnum primers

 

[Obturation]

I use lots of h110 & trail boss in 454. H110 will give great performance but it's only for full power, h110 doesn't download well and I find best accuracy near the top of the loading data. I prefer 360 grain wlnfp gas checked bullets for my hottest 454 loads, 300 grain hollow point (xtp & a frame) for an expanding bullet and I'll load 255 grain rnfp over trailboss for screwing around, that load is still over 900 fps but they're pleasant and powerful. I didn't include charge weights as they're not the bullets you're using but can post the charges if you're interested.
I prefer to only use rem 7 1/2 primers if I have them but a cci #41 is fine too (intended for ARs) .
My 5" srh really likes the 360 grain bullets , I can get a 1" group at 25 yards with them if I do my part but they'll beat me up a little and I'll fatigue after about 20 of them, unless I shoot slow.
My 10" FA 83 likes the 300 grain bullets best but does well with the heavy bullet too.

 

[no.5enfield]

I loaded some of the Missouri 325s over 24.2gr of H110 with 205 primers. They had no recoil and a light pop. I'm guessing the H110 doesn't like that primer... Nothing stuck in the barrel fortunately. I was loading one at a time just in case this happened.