Ran a few rounds through an old S&W 3-1/4 Inch Barrel, N-Frame, made likely in 1916.
Was .455 Originally, got converted at some point to .45 Colt or .45 ACP with Moon Clips.
I modified some .45 Colt Cases to fit the Moon Clips, and, to clear the Recoil shield and so on.
Anyway, had some .45 Colt rounds I loaded up a few months ago, 30 Grains 3 F BP, thin home made Lube Wafer. 230 Grain 'SAECO' Wadcutter, loaded normally for depth.
Was clocking high 7s to low 8s with those.
Not bad!
Also, I last night I loaded up some with 8 Grains of 'UNIQUE', same Bullet, loaded backwards to hang out fathest...lots of Air Space that way, and, these clocked low 6s to low 7s.
Probably with the "8" I could load these Bullets normally.
No loading data for this Bullet I can find.
I do not know why I was getting so much variance in FPS, primers maybe? ( 'Wolf' ).
Too much air space in the Case?
Nice report and recoil with the BP.
8 Grains of 'UNIQUE' in this condition, seemed fairly mild for .45 Colt.
Was .455 Originally, got converted at some point to .45 Colt or .45 ACP with Moon Clips.
I modified some .45 Colt Cases to fit the Moon Clips, and, to clear the Recoil shield and so on.
Anyway, had some .45 Colt rounds I loaded up a few months ago, 30 Grains 3 F BP, thin home made Lube Wafer. 230 Grain 'SAECO' Wadcutter, loaded normally for depth.
Was clocking high 7s to low 8s with those.
Not bad!
Also, I last night I loaded up some with 8 Grains of 'UNIQUE', same Bullet, loaded backwards to hang out fathest...lots of Air Space that way, and, these clocked low 6s to low 7s.
Probably with the "8" I could load these Bullets normally.
No loading data for this Bullet I can find.
I do not know why I was getting so much variance in FPS, primers maybe? ( 'Wolf' ).
Too much air space in the Case?
Nice report and recoil with the BP.
8 Grains of 'UNIQUE' in this condition, seemed fairly mild for .45 Colt.