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Post by hoover on Sept 29, 2015 9:03:30 GMT -5
With bated breath and much anticipation of the new release of the Ruger 5 shot Bisley in .480 Ruger, I started shooting my .475 Linebaugh as a warm up for whenever I get my hands on my own Ruger. I also cast and loaded several .480 loads, to be ready for when I finally do take delivery. Stocked well with brass, bullets, and new dies, I loaded a small avalanche of cartridges. I finally got tired of looking at, and tripping over the boxes of ammo screaming to be shot. So I figured I'd cheat a bit and shoot my .480 loads in my .475 Linebaugh, to obtain and share some data.  Here is my Linebaugh .475, made by the man himself.  Here are my cast of characters used in the shooting.  Here are the .475L loads. You don't need to shoot full power loads all the time to enjoy the gun.  Here's the .480 loads. Everything shot well in the Linebaugh gun. Hard to choose a single load, as they were all accurate. Being cheap, the 10 grains of Unique may be my favorite load. It shows good manners, nice velocity, keeps the brass clean, and is an old, nostalgic choice. All loads extracted easily from the Linebaugh. |
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Post by dougader on Sept 29, 2015 12:39:44 GMT -5
Awesome, thanks for sharing your data!
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Post by Markbo on Sept 29, 2015 14:47:30 GMT -5
Wow, thank you so much. I doubt very seriously I will ever try that many different bullets, but the few I do have, that will help a lot!
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Post by webley455 on Sept 29, 2015 15:30:23 GMT -5
Just to be sure that bottom chart is the 480 loads, correct?
I plan on buying a Ruger SBH 480 to go with my new 454 Casull SBH.
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Post by hoover on Sept 29, 2015 16:14:05 GMT -5
Webley, bottom chart is .480 Ruger.
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Post by ncrobb on Sept 29, 2015 20:23:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the info hoover.
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Post by webley455 on Sept 30, 2015 11:52:10 GMT -5
Thank You, I'm going to try those H110 loads.
And that 10grs of Unique.
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Post by bulasteve on Oct 2, 2015 8:49:55 GMT -5
Note to self...need more Unique ! Thank You for data. I nabbed some Longshot the other day, and Trail Boss has yet to have it's seal broke.
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Post by dougader on Oct 3, 2015 22:15:19 GMT -5
I hope it's ok to add my data here, Hoover. Went to the range with a couple friends. Dialed in a rifle with a new scope and took 24 handloads made with Dick's cast Mihec 385 grain hp, powder coated, standard large pistol primers, and 12.7 grains Hercules Blue Dot. A 6-shot average ran 1008 fps, extreme spread was better than I expected from Blue Dot at 30 fps, 868 fpe and a TKO value of 26.4 I fired these in a 7.5" Super Redhawk. I didn't really fire any groups yet, but dialed in the sights for 25 yards and took some shots at 50. Any game animals would have been hurting, badly. The target behind my new Caldwell chronograph was one ragged hole at about 12 feet. The orange stick-on target blew away after 4 shots! I love the big, fat holes from the 480. I can see them without magnification at 25 yards.  |
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Post by buckheart on Oct 4, 2015 6:56:01 GMT -5
Another one of your load recipe threads I have bookmarked. I soon hope to have a super blackhawk 480 and this will come in handy. Thanks Hoover.
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Post by hoover on Oct 4, 2015 10:19:58 GMT -5
Wish more people would post their results, Doug! Give us all something to think about and compare notes!
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Post by sixshot on Oct 4, 2015 12:28:38 GMT -5
When I got my first Super Red Hawk in 480 10-11 years ago I tried several different powders getting ready for my once in a life time Idaho moose hunt. I started out with Unique, Univeral, 231, 2400, 4227 & H110 & had good to excellent results with all of them using a 350 gr & a 370 gr. cast slug & a standard LP primer, except for the H110. I'm sure I still have the targets, I'll have to dig through my stash & find out the results. Shot the bull moose with 20 or 21 grs. of 4227 & a 370 gr. softnose cast, offhand at 45 yds, one shot. He stumbled around in the heavy brush, knocking snow off of everything for 10 seconds or so & dropped, the other bull with him stood there for 30 seconds looking at me & then trotted off. I had a complete pass through with the big soft point with a load going perhaps 1000 fps. Big bullets don't need top end velocity & massive recoil to work, that big flat nose & bullet placement is the key. If you are getting pass throughs on bull moose how much more do you need?  A buddy of mine used the same gun without the scope to take a bull bison in Montana using the 370 gr. cast slug & 21 grs of 4227. One shot facing him at 30 yds, bullet was recovered back in the neck muscles, the bull hit the ground so fast the hind legs kicked the belly before he hit the ground. Placement, not horsepower, not firepower puts them down. I also had a Taurus for a short time but couldn't shoot anything heavier than the 350 gr. slug. Nice easy shooting revolver but the cylinder was too short for my bullets. My Dentist buddy used my Harton 480 on his bull moose using the same 21 grs of 4227 & the 370 gr. cast slug. His shot was about 35 yds from a make shift ground blind, one shot with an exit.  Dick |
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Post by hoover on Oct 4, 2015 13:01:42 GMT -5
Awesome Dick!
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Post by Encore64 on Oct 4, 2015 13:07:45 GMT -5
Great info in this thread. Funny how we are back to learning what our ancestors knew in the 1800s.
Interesting how our big bore revolvers compare with the rifles of yesteryear.
Big, heavy cast bullets at modest velocities. Worked then, works now.
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Post by sixshot on Oct 4, 2015 13:59:20 GMT -5
Another photo of Brent & his bull moose, the limb is covering the Harton 480. Two happy, long time hunting buddies!  This is the cow that was with the bull, we could hear her moaning & groaning from a quarter mile away, the bull was grunting like Hoover staring at a pot of dutch oven spuds. Ten seconds later he was down. 
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