Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
What does everyone load for .45 Colt with a RCBS 270 gr. cast? I used 4227 in the past but was thinknig of switching to Unique since I have a ton of it.
9.0 grains Unique?
Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, September 01, 2012, 12:44 (4413 days ago) @ woody
I've been loading 8.5 gr. Unique.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
What do get for velocity with 8.5 gr. I want a load I can shoot comfortably but also hunt deer with a little. I do have hunting loads loaded up but want a milder daily/woods bumming load.
Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
by rob , Saturday, September 01, 2012, 14:54 (4413 days ago) @ woody
I have used 9 but since my only 45 Colt I have left is a Ruger Montado on the small 357 frame I've been using 8.5. I haven't chronographed it but I would be real surprised if it wasn't running somewhere between 850-900 fps with the common barrel length guns. The Montado is 3 3/4" so I'm not sure how much it affects it but it's a lot less than it wolud affect a smaller caliber like 357.
Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, September 01, 2012, 19:13 (4413 days ago) @ woody
I think it is between 850 and 900 but I can't find my notes at the moment. Don't know why, I think my wife moved the file. Never-the-less, that's what I think.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
Don't know what kind of gun you're using . . . .
. . . but I use 10gr of Unique in a Ruger Blackhawk and the same in a Rossi Puma 92 carbine.
I would not use this much Unique in an older design or in a small frame Ruger (new Vaquero).
I have had zero problems with this load. It does about 980fps from a 4 5/8" revolver and about 1200 from the 20" carbine.
Bob
Ruger Blackhawk
Forgot one of the most important details.
In that gun...
by Sarge , Central Misery, Saturday, September 01, 2012, 16:09 (4413 days ago) @ woody
or any other big-framed Ruger, I'd start that bullet over 13 grains of HS6. That has been sort of a magic charge for me and it has worked wonderfully with every 250-255 grain 45 Colt bullet I've tried it over, always getting around 1050 fps from a 5 1/2" old Vaquero. Accuracy has been all this shooter could use, sandbagged or not.
I understand the Unique thing. I'm the same way about my go-to pistol powder, W231. I am a minimalist reloader for sure but HS6 is great for the kind of loads you're talking about.
Load Info .45 Colt RCBS 270 cast?
by Dave B , Alamogordo New Mexico, Saturday, September 01, 2012, 17:51 (4413 days ago) @ woody
I have shot thousands of rounds loaded with 8.5grs of Unique.