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Post by subsonic on Feb 26, 2012 11:36:00 GMT -5
Another good accurate fun plinkin load has been 255gr SWC and the RCBS 270gr SAA boolit under 13.0gr HS-6. My 5 1/2" Bisley convertible really likes this load, easy on recoil too. Imagine how well it would shoot with the boolit OVER the powder! :-P |
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Post by subsonic on Feb 26, 2012 11:41:12 GMT -5
Another thing I noticed. They kept all the starting loads AT or below 25,000 CUP. if you had, lets say a S&W model 25, that would also be good info to have. I would think a RNV would probably be OK at the 25,000CUP level as well. YMMV, IMHO, be careful, etc.
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Post by leftysrh on Feb 26, 2012 13:26:15 GMT -5
Another good accurate fun plinkin load has been 255gr SWC and the RCBS 270gr SAA boolit under 13.0gr HS-6. My 5 1/2" Bisley convertible really likes this load, easy on recoil too. Imagine how well it would shoot with the boolit OVER the powder! :-P Smart ass....LOL! Why do you think its such a good plinkin load! Maybe thats why its a little on the dirty/gritty side. I'll get this handloadin stuff down some day.... |
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Post by subsonic on Mar 1, 2012 20:39:11 GMT -5
Bump for new, better scanned images.
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Post by humphrey on Mar 2, 2012 1:39:10 GMT -5
Case Over All Length??
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Post by subsonic on Mar 2, 2012 7:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by humphrey on Mar 2, 2012 8:45:30 GMT -5
Yah, whats the length. Im not seeing any listed. |
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Post by subsonic on Mar 2, 2012 11:15:52 GMT -5
Yes, this is in the silhouette section. YES MAKE SURE YOU COMPARE NOTES AND CONSIDER NOSE LENGTH + WORK UP! Without even a COAL listed, you are left in the dark about true case capacity. |
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Post by dale53 on Mar 3, 2012 0:27:06 GMT -5
Right after the first .45 Colt Ruger Blackhawks were introduced, I was at the NRA Convention. I belleve that particular convention was held at Washington D.C. Bruce Hodgdon was there and recognized me from the American Trapshooting Ass'n Grand American. The Grand was held, for many years, at Vandalia, Ohio, just north of me. We had previously had many interesting discussions. Bruce was a true enthusiast. He was really fired up with the Ruger .45 Colt. He told me about his "discoveries" with the pressure gun and suggested I would do well to get a Ruger .45 Colt. It only took me about fifty years to do so (:>()...
At any rate I got the whole story and I can still remember his enthusiasm. This was WAY-Y-Y before any of this made it to print.
Bruce was a true friend to the Brotherhood, I can tell you that. E.H. Harrison of the NRA Cast Bullet fame, was at Bruce's every weekend for two years running pressure tests on cast bullets to develop the core information we all enjoy today. Bruce eventually put all of that information in the Hodgdon reloading manual. "E.H." and Bruce were good friends and that friendship was responsible for all of that "Good Dope" that we enjoy...
FWIW
Dale53
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Post by vonfatman on Mar 3, 2012 19:32:56 GMT -5
subsonic,
I never seem to have enough reloading manuals. After reading your post I went after one on Amazon. It arrived today. Thanks for the head's up.
Bob
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Post by dougader on Mar 3, 2012 20:09:25 GMT -5
Great info. Thanks for posting this.
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Post by maxcactus on Mar 4, 2012 3:57:18 GMT -5
It was after reading John Linebaugh's articles on the .45 Colt a dozen or more years ago that I bought my first Ruger - a Bisley in.... .45 Colt! After reading his notes on the comprehensive heavy load data in the Hodgdon #26, I decided to find myself one. Much searching on all the usual sites (Slamazon, etc) netted nothing but I learned the #27 was the current manual, so decided to give Hodgdon a call to see if they still had some #26s for sale. When the nice lady answered the phone I posed my question and immediately she replied "You must be one of those Ruger .45 Colt guys!?"  I was thinking "Wow, they employ psychics at Hodgdon!" After confirming her suspicions, she said they'd been out of 26's for > 2 years but still got 2-3 people calling per week asking for one and almost every one of them was looking for this data. I had a good laugh despite feeling like a heel. I finally found one on Fleabay for a decent price, complete with aroma de cigar smoke! Thanks very much for posting this valuable info, though! |
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Post by jforwel on Mar 15, 2012 15:24:12 GMT -5
As soon as I saw this post I thought "yeah I've got one of those". So I ran to the reloading room, looked under the bench in my pile of old manuals and there it was.......... #24, rats!
Oh well, thanks for the post, I saved the pics to my reloading folder.
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Post by sixer on Mar 15, 2012 18:45:57 GMT -5
Amazon has one for $18.95 at this time.
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Post by kings6 on Mar 15, 2012 21:32:37 GMT -5
Mine just arrived from Amazon for under $20!  |
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I was thinking "Wow, they employ psychics at Hodgdon!" After confirming her suspicions, she said they'd been out of 26's for > 2 years but still got 2-3 people calling per week asking for one and almost every one of them was looking for this data. I had a good laugh despite feeling like a heel.
