MCgunner
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I love loading and shooting .38 special, very accurate and cheap to shoot. I have six handguns in either .38 or .357 and all are accurate with a 148 WC. 148 WC is cheap to cast, easy on my lead supply. I no longer get free range scrap, so that's important.
With this in mind, I was casting some RB in .454" and got to wondering if the stuff would shoot worth anything in my .45 Colt. I'm gonna try it, I think. I have some empty brass that needs loading. RB is about 140 and change worth of lead, would be cheap for plinker ammo. My gun is a Blackhawk, very accurate with 255 grain FP, but every time I pull the trigger, there goes 255 grains of lead. It's 1" at 25 yards accurate with my hot 300 grain XTP load and my semi mild 255 grain load. I'm wondering if anyone has shot RB in .45 Colt at cap and ball velocities and your experiences with it?
Too, when I get my .45ACP cylinder for the '58 Remmy, this sounds like a no brainer. I would worry about set back in the Auto pistol, but it should work with a heavy crimp with a light load in .45ACP in the Remmy.
With this in mind, I was casting some RB in .454" and got to wondering if the stuff would shoot worth anything in my .45 Colt. I'm gonna try it, I think. I have some empty brass that needs loading. RB is about 140 and change worth of lead, would be cheap for plinker ammo. My gun is a Blackhawk, very accurate with 255 grain FP, but every time I pull the trigger, there goes 255 grains of lead. It's 1" at 25 yards accurate with my hot 300 grain XTP load and my semi mild 255 grain load. I'm wondering if anyone has shot RB in .45 Colt at cap and ball velocities and your experiences with it?
Too, when I get my .45ACP cylinder for the '58 Remmy, this sounds like a no brainer. I would worry about set back in the Auto pistol, but it should work with a heavy crimp with a light load in .45ACP in the Remmy.