What is Love?
by Rob Leahy 
, Prescott, Arizona, Monday, July 10, 2017, 20:07 (2694 days ago)
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
I thought it was 8.5gr.
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I thought it was 8.5gr.
by Ken O'Neill , Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 06:27 (2693 days ago) @ Drago
It could be, for a .45 Colt. Charlie Brown is obviously a fan of the .44 Special.
7.5 UNIQUE
This load for the Keith bullet in the .44 Special goes back at least to 1955 in SIXGUNS. Skeeter got it from Elmer and made it a standard load.
Yessir! Drago needs to re read his EK and JT;-)
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 09:40 (2693 days ago) @ SIXGUNNER
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Of the Troops & For the Troops
Yessir! Drago needs to re read his EK and JT;-)
In the January 1969 G&A "Elmer's Favorite Sixgun Loads" has 10gr of Unique as the load for .45 Colt. Since it's gone dowm by 1.5gr, I imagine Unique has been reformulated since '69. That issue was the first gun magazine I ever bought and I still have it.
WHERE HAS THE 10 UNIQUE/.45 COLT LOAD
GONE DOWN? UNIQUE IS SUPPOSEDLY CLEANER BURNING BUT LITTLE IF ANY CHANGE IN ITS POTENTCY. IT HAS BEEN A STANDARD LOAD SINCE EVEN BEFORE I STARTED SHOOTING AND RELOADING A LONG LOOOOONG TIME AGO.
HERE, SIR
http://www.sixguns.com/tests/tt45lc.htm
Unique loads listed at 8.5gr and 9.0gr.
LOOK AGAIN. THIS IS A LIST OF MANY
LOADS FOR THE .45 COLT AND THE KEITH BULLET IS LISTED WITH 10.O GR. UNIQUE FOR 948 FPS. MOST OF MY LOADS IN THE 50s THROUGH THE 80s FOR THE .45 USED THIS LOAD. I NOW MOSTLY USE 8.0 GRAINS AS MY OLDER HANDS APPRECIATE IT.
Good loads
by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Friday, July 14, 2017, 19:25 (2690 days ago) @ SIXGUNNER
I mostly shoot 8.5grs of Unique under the RCBS 45-270SAA bullet, it is accurate, and it has served me well from Alaska to New Mexico. Heck, I am a mid range 454 guy these days as well, a 325gr cast bullet at 1350-1400 fps is all I will ever need, and from the Freedom Arms it is comfortable to shoot, and laser pointer accurate.
Dave
7.5 UNIQUE
It was in Sixguns Cartridges and Loads as well. So that puts it back to the Mid 1930s
7.5 UNIQUE. I TRIED TO FIND IT IN
"SIXGUN CARTRIDGES AND LOADS" AND COULD NOT. DO YOU HAVE A PAGE NUMBER? BY THE WAY I BELIEVE ELMER DID ALL THE DRAWINGS HIMSELF IN THIS BOOK.
Elmer did all the drawings? He never ceases to amaze
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 18:20 (2686 days ago) @ SIXGUNNER
does he?
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Well now Skeeter says.......
by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Friday, July 14, 2017, 19:31 (2690 days ago) @ Rob Leahy
http://www.darkcanyon.net/The_44Special_A_Reappraisal.htm
"For an intermediate cartridge of around 1,000 fps, 8½ grains of Unique serves well, and outperforms most factory pistol cartridges of any caliber. Charges of 6½ grains of 5066 or 5 grains of Bullseye with either the Lyman 429244 or 429421 bullets will give fine, about-factory-velocity, performance."
http://www.darkcanyon.net/Handgun%20Loads.htm
Of course he also recommended 7.5grs too.
"Because the 429421 plain base has never given me any leading problems in my .44 guns, I choose it over the 429244 and save the trouble and expense incurred by the gascheck. Since the introduction of the .44 Magnum, I have quit using heavy handloads in the .44 Special, and now put together a mild, but hotter-than-factory combination of the Keith bullet, sized .429”, over 7.5 gr. of Unique. Velocity runs around 940 fps, a definite improvement over the cream puff factory round. I use only solid head .44 Special cases, since the old balloon head versions are wont to stretch erratically, making trimming a requisite before a bullet with a crimping groove may be effectively used."
Dave