Sport45
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I'm looking for data for 300gr cast bullets in .45 Colt at standard pressures. Only one of my manuals lists a 300gr load and that is for a Sierra jacketed bullet. What I've seen in my manuals is that charge ranges are nearly the same for cast and jacketed bullets for Unique powder and that the jacketed bullet data falls within the spread allowed for cast bullets. That said, I'm very hesitant to just load the cast bullets using starting or mid-range data for jacketed bullets.
Is it okay to use jacketed bullet data with cast bullets? Does anyone have data for a 300gr cast bullet using Unique at standard .45 Colt pressure? It seems most of the data I find for 300gr and heavier bullets is for "Ruger Only". Not really a problem since these are going in a Redhawk, but I don't want to load all 1000 of these to wrist-snapping levels.
Thanks!
On edit: I also have Blue Dot, Titegroup, Trail Boss, and AA7to use if needed.
Is it okay to use jacketed bullet data with cast bullets? Does anyone have data for a 300gr cast bullet using Unique at standard .45 Colt pressure? It seems most of the data I find for 300gr and heavier bullets is for "Ruger Only". Not really a problem since these are going in a Redhawk, but I don't want to load all 1000 of these to wrist-snapping levels.
Thanks!
On edit: I also have Blue Dot, Titegroup, Trail Boss, and AA7to use if needed.
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