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Offline tomzuki

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.454 Casull & H110
« on: January 30, 2007, 06:38:03 PM »
My old Sierra Manual list starting loads for 265 gr cast @ 34 grains of H110.  My newer Hornady book shows only 26 grains as a starting point, but my 2005 Hodgdon lists 36 grains of H110 for a 260 gr jacketed.  What gives??  Is this the famous "Legalese" factor of the newer reloading guides??  Also these loads were developed for a revolver and I will be shooting a new Puma 92.  There must be some degree of built in safety with the pressure losses of a revolver against a rifle.  The Hodgdon manual also warns on page twenty-seven not to reduce H110 loads by more then three percent.  So, can I reduce the starting loads for my new rifle, or will 34 grains of H110 cause damage ?? What do you'al think??
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Re: .454 Casull & H110
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2007, 11:11:44 PM »
alot of the problem with 454 data is the variety of guns chambered for it. When some of the old data was published there were only the freedom arms guns and they are bank vault strong. Since then there are the tarus and the rugers and even levers and they will all give you troubles with loads that the FA guns will eat for lunch. Start on the low side of any data and work up. If you get any sticky extraction or flattened primers STOP and back off your loads. You dont have to shoot 350 grain bullets at 1500 fps to kill anything in the US
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Re: .454 Casull & H110
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2007, 02:39:42 PM »
Amen to that!! :D
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