The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - Mr. Linebaugh’s loads

Mr. Linebaugh’s loads (reply)

Hoot — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 20:46:45 +0000

Dad's "squirrel loads" were 21gr (I think) of 110/296 under a 265gr LFN. I used to eat 'em up and spit 'em out but not so much anymore. I still have some in the locker but I'll save them for my sons who haven't learned yet!

I don't shoot the hotter loads much at all - rarely in fact (reply)

Slow Hand — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 18:15:44 +0000

You’re smarter than me! (Not a big surprise!). I loaded upm25 of each to try through three Siddons and kind of like a kid who doesn’t like his spinach, I got rid of the last of them as fast as possible vs drawing it out!! I figured I wouldn’t shoot anymore of them or load any more up, so instead of having 5-10 rounds laying around, I just shot them up.

I also had some warmer .50 AE loads for my FA83 and I was curious what speed they were going so I shot them over the chrono too. 325gr at 1400 fps, by the way. Not fun either.

I finished the trip up wo the some fun .32 mags through a Ruger single seven and they felt like a cap gun afterwards !!

I don't shoot the hotter loads much at all - rarely in fact (reply)

JimT — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:12:41 +0000

Since my body has continued to age in spite of what I tell it, it just does not like being smacked, pounded, or tweaked.

I found 20 of my hot 300 gr. loads a couple years ago. Hadn't shot any in a very long time so I took them to the Range. I brought 17 back home.

Mr. Linebaugh’s loads (reply)

Slow Hand — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:48:45 +0000

I finally got around to trying out some of his hotter loads yesterday. They were pretty snappy and I seriously doubt I will be doing that again! Maybe for use in my 1894 Marlin because they were much more controllable in it and produced some very impressive velocities!

I loaded 24.0 of H110 under a 454424 and got 1276 fps, which is impressive how close it was to the hotter load in your chart.

I also loaded a Lee 320 rnfp-gc over 23.0 and got just over 1200 FPS. These were in my 4-5/8” NMBH.

Accuracy was good and would have been better if I hadn’t flinched so bad, hence the lack of desire to try many more of them!

Same here - stacked everything I could high and deep. (reply)

JohnKDM — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:45:55 +0000

Decided I would weigh my WW ingots and keep up with the inventory and had over 7,000lbs. Of course I lost track of how much I have used but it wasn't a big dent.

Thanks! Added that data to my spreadsheet (reply)

JohnKDM — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:42:04 +0000

of loads.

You did well! (reply)

E Sisk — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:19:59 +0000

Many moons ago I bought two 8 lb. cardboard cans of Bullseye at $40 each. Commercial loader selling all his equipment and retiring. Have about a half pound left from the first can, lot of shooting 3 to 5 grains at a time. Mostly .38 HBWC, .32 H&R, and 32-20's. Can't believe the unopened can is worth $500 now. Guess buying powder and primers in bulk in the 90's, and collecting a literal ton of free WW's was a good thing. Except for dies, molds, and the odd pound here and there for experimentation, I haven't bought reloading supplies since Y2K. Now trying to burn it up before I go "Tits Up".

Ouch!! (reply)

Slow Hand — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:25:58 +0000

I can’t recall exactly what it was when I first started but it seems most pistol/shotgun powders were around &12-15 a pound.

I do remember the ACE hardware store where I bought my reloading supplies has Winchester primers for $1.75 a hundred or $15 for a brick of a thousand. I remember at the time thinking “who in the world buys a whole thousand primers at a time?!?” Ha ha; if I only knew…

Red Dot and 2400 available (reply)

JimT — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:11:40 +0000

https://www.precisionreloading.com/cart.php#!l=PDR&i=RED1

https://www.precisionreloading.com/cart.php#!l=PDR&i=24001

You did well! (reply)

JimT — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:52:24 +0000

I am starting to eat into my Bullseye, Unique and 2400 powder and now I see Bullseye and 2400 coming back on the market ..
at $60+ a pound!!!

https://www.precisionreloading.com/cart.php#!c=103&s=in&l=PDR

I never tested Red Dot. (reply)

Slow Hand — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:15:32 +0000

I have been using red dot for so long thst I can’t quite remember why! I started loading .45 colt with the Lee Hand tool and when I finally bought a press and die’s, 45 colt and acp were my first two I ordered. Red dot worked well in both ad. The only real issue is worry of a double charge in the bigger case. Maybe that fear started me off as a careful reloader many years ago.

I have burned quite a bit of unique but have looked for other options in the past few years with the scarcity of it. I have found 231 works well in many of my cartridges I load for and got a 4lb jug in a deal a few years back. Then more recently found an 8lb jug at a local shop so I jumped on it. I got lucky a few months back and bought big jugs of unique, red dot and promo from a guy who was tapering down his shotgun loading. The promo is only sold in 8lb jugs and is reported to be “red dot without the dots”. I have a few ounces left of a jug I bought years ago and In my testing, it was roughly 10% hotter than red dot, which worked great since I was basically using it for bulk loaded ammo, so I could use 10% less powder for the same velocity! I will have to look up some old loads and try them out with the new jug.

I never tested Red Dot. (reply)

JimT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:18:44 +0000

I use Green Dot in the .45 and it works well. Unique is my favorite but it's kinda hard to find and I don't have but maybe a pound and a half left. I have used 231 also and it works fine, especially for the lighter loads ... which is what I shoot a lot of anymore.

.45 Colt Pressure Data (reply)

Slow Hand — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 22:14:21 +0000

Thanks for posting that. It’s surprising to see the bullseye pressure so high, especially for the velocity. MTter fo fact, I don’t see any that are under max pressure for standard 45 colt loads. I know red dot and bullseye are pretty close and ,y standard lighter .45 colt load is 6.0 of red dot under a 454424. I wonder how it is for pressure.

I am with you Gunner! (nt) (reply)

JimT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:19:27 +0000

.45 Colt Pressure Data (reply)

Gunner — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:06:42 +0000

Thanks, I love reading pressure data, interesting to see the pressure jumps with slight powder increase. One of the reasons I like older reloading manuals, they included pressure data on the loads.

Gunner

Thanks! (reply)

Hoot — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:43:29 +0000

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Important ... not shown on the data sheet (reply)

JimT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:50:03 +0000

The 300 gr. #45191 bullet was seated only deep enough to crimp into the top grease groove.

.45 Colt Pressure Data (reply)

Hoot — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:35:56 +0000

Saved and filed. Thanks!

.45 Colt Pressure Data

JimT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:06:29 +0000

I am not sure if I posted this before. If I did just ignore this.

Years back John Linebaugh helped me get .45 Colt loads pressure-tested at Hodgdon's in their pressure barrel. John had built the pressure barrel for them and had access to it whenever they weren't running tests.