I'm relatively new to reloading for 45 Colt. To date I've only used 2 or 3 different bullets (projectiles), and all were loaded with Unique.
I thought I would give coated bullets from Missouri a try since I hear so many good things about coated and Missouri in general. I started by loading 3 different charges of Unique under the 250 gr Cowboy #1 RNFP. My charges were 7.3, 7.6, and 7.9. They all shot terrible. Not exactly sure of the distance, 7-10 yards, but resting my hand on a sandbag they were minute of sheet of paper. The 7.9 was best at maybe 3.5 - 4.0 inch group of 5.
I've shot others around 7.6 - 8.1 grains of Unique and they were generally decent to great. Best so far were Berrys plated. I've never shot anything out of my Blackhaws that did as poorly as these Cowboy #1 did.
My question is how hot can I go with coated and Unique ? Since the 7.9 was best even though still unacceptable I would like to try 8.2 and 8.5 and see what happens. Is that logical ? It seems as though I should be able to get something to work satisfactory for at lest plinking, or am I off track with that thinking ?
Gun is a Ruger Blackhawk 5.5 inch barrel.
Thanks,
-Jeff
I thought I would give coated bullets from Missouri a try since I hear so many good things about coated and Missouri in general. I started by loading 3 different charges of Unique under the 250 gr Cowboy #1 RNFP. My charges were 7.3, 7.6, and 7.9. They all shot terrible. Not exactly sure of the distance, 7-10 yards, but resting my hand on a sandbag they were minute of sheet of paper. The 7.9 was best at maybe 3.5 - 4.0 inch group of 5.
I've shot others around 7.6 - 8.1 grains of Unique and they were generally decent to great. Best so far were Berrys plated. I've never shot anything out of my Blackhaws that did as poorly as these Cowboy #1 did.
My question is how hot can I go with coated and Unique ? Since the 7.9 was best even though still unacceptable I would like to try 8.2 and 8.5 and see what happens. Is that logical ? It seems as though I should be able to get something to work satisfactory for at lest plinking, or am I off track with that thinking ?
Gun is a Ruger Blackhawk 5.5 inch barrel.
Thanks,
-Jeff