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Reloading
Highly Reduced loads?
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<blockquote data-quote="johngibbs222" data-source="post: 2540357" data-attributes="member: 49619"><p>Lyman's cast bullet handbook has a list of loads for the 45 Colt with start at velocities less than 600 fps, they recommend fairly hard alloy for the bullets, you can probably use pure lead which should expand on the first layer of hide to slow it right down.</p><p>For a 250 grain bullet they list 4.5 grains of green dot powder for a start at load at 505 fps, which they fired down a 7.5" barrel, they also list a start at load for a 300 grain bullet of 3.8 grains trail boss powder for a velocity of 538 fps. </p><p>I have no experience in the field, just what I've read in their book.</p><p>I've double checked that my figures match the data in the handbook, but as always, your body, your risk. I don't know what the barrel is on a bang stick but if it's anything more than 7.5" then the velocity goes up exponentially so bets would be off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johngibbs222, post: 2540357, member: 49619"] Lyman's cast bullet handbook has a list of loads for the 45 Colt with start at velocities less than 600 fps, they recommend fairly hard alloy for the bullets, you can probably use pure lead which should expand on the first layer of hide to slow it right down. For a 250 grain bullet they list 4.5 grains of green dot powder for a start at load at 505 fps, which they fired down a 7.5" barrel, they also list a start at load for a 300 grain bullet of 3.8 grains trail boss powder for a velocity of 538 fps. I have no experience in the field, just what I've read in their book. I've double checked that my figures match the data in the handbook, but as always, your body, your risk. I don't know what the barrel is on a bang stick but if it's anything more than 7.5" then the velocity goes up exponentially so bets would be off. [/QUOTE]
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