Project355
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I've got a new 1892 Moroku'chester, 45C, 20"
I've also got a New Vaquero in 45C
In the New Vaquero, I'm a Keith bullet, but mild load sort of guy. I'm using 7.0 grains of 231, and that shoots pretty tamely in my Ruger
But in the '92 I want something a little warmer, and know I can go into those "Ruger and T/C" only recipes pretty safely.
---- YES ---- I know the danger of firing one by accident, in my New Vaquero. The Ruger will have lead bullets only. The '92 will have jacketed bullets only. If I ever get senile enough to not know the difference, I deserve what I get.
I'd like to use H110, and I see wildly varying loads. I suspect the Speer manual has "dumbed down" their Ruger & T/C data a bit because they say something about expansion with their Deep Curl bullet (which I have a decent supply of), and other loading manual recipes go a bit further. In fact, some manuals "starting loads" (which they say do no go UNDER with H110) are as high as the "MAX" load in the Speer manual.
I've also got some 250 jacketed HPs from years ago, and some 255g jacketed flat nose that I'd like to load.
My thought process tells me that the rifle can take 44 mag pressures, so the "Deep Curl" reported "pressure spikes" don't concern me too badly, as I'd like to stay in the 27k ish range of psi (44 mag is rated to 36k psi).
At any rate... just looking for thoughts before I go cookin' up the medicine.
I've also got a New Vaquero in 45C
In the New Vaquero, I'm a Keith bullet, but mild load sort of guy. I'm using 7.0 grains of 231, and that shoots pretty tamely in my Ruger
But in the '92 I want something a little warmer, and know I can go into those "Ruger and T/C" only recipes pretty safely.
---- YES ---- I know the danger of firing one by accident, in my New Vaquero. The Ruger will have lead bullets only. The '92 will have jacketed bullets only. If I ever get senile enough to not know the difference, I deserve what I get.
I'd like to use H110, and I see wildly varying loads. I suspect the Speer manual has "dumbed down" their Ruger & T/C data a bit because they say something about expansion with their Deep Curl bullet (which I have a decent supply of), and other loading manual recipes go a bit further. In fact, some manuals "starting loads" (which they say do no go UNDER with H110) are as high as the "MAX" load in the Speer manual.
I've also got some 250 jacketed HPs from years ago, and some 255g jacketed flat nose that I'd like to load.
My thought process tells me that the rifle can take 44 mag pressures, so the "Deep Curl" reported "pressure spikes" don't concern me too badly, as I'd like to stay in the 27k ish range of psi (44 mag is rated to 36k psi).
At any rate... just looking for thoughts before I go cookin' up the medicine.