454 Casull

[wiiawiwb]

I am going to start reloading for 454 Casull and had a question or two. I have a Ruger SRH Toklat and am looking to reload so I can shoot mild loads at the range. I already have some commercially-made Underwood ammo for times when out in the woods.

Will I need to get a gas-check bullet? I've been reloading 45 Colt with a MBC 300 gr bullet which I've shot from this Toklat and thought about using those bullets, which do not have a gas check. Will this bullet work if I load on this mild side?

http://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=318&category=20&secondary=14&keywords=

I plan on using Unique which I already have. For simply plinking at the range, any reason not to use it?

I need to go out and get some small rifle magnum primers.

Any other words of advice as I venture into the reloading world of 454 Casull?

 

[LUCKYDAWG13]

Any other words of advice as I venture into the reloading world of 454 Casull?
you will get your best accuracy using H110 I use 27.5 gr under a 300gr G/C boolit recoil not too bad this is out of a Encore pistol

 

[maxxhavoc]

I have always used standard small rifle primers. I haven't seen data yet that called for small rifle magnum, so you may save some time.

Unique will work, but I have not been happy with the results of Unique and Win231 out of magnums. They seem to make the recoil snappy, the powder burn dirty, and the bullets run slow. I still play with it sometimes to make lower recoil stuff, because I don't like to go too low on H110.

But the bulk of my 454 is loaded with XTP Mag bullets and full-house loads of H110.

 

[wiiawiwb]

The Lyman 49th edition shows small rifle magnum, CCI 450, but maybe it doesn't make any difference.

 

[BigBore45]

For plinking loads that bullet is fine. if you use unique powder you will not need magnum primers to set it off.

Maybe just pick a load in a loading book from the ruger only section of 45 colt. Those would be mild loads for a .454 casull. If you really want mild loads just use the 45 colt SAA load data.

May have to look in the rifle section of a reloading manual for the SAA loads as the 300 grain bullets are usually to long for 45 colt SAA guns.