Author Topic: J.B.Youngs 360 Grain in the Raging Bull 6.5 In. .454? (Read 530 times)

jaycocreek · « **on:** August 31, 2003, 08:59:05 AM »

Hello to all.I just bought some of J.B.Youngs 360 Grain Hardcast for my .454 Raging Bull 6.5 in.I have never loaded Hardcast before but I have been re-loading for too many years.I kinda no the drill.Has anyone used these in the .454?I use H-110.My guess is start about 22 grains and work to about 1425 fps for a Max in the 6.5 inch barrel.How close is my guess?I have a Chrony and use the Lee Factory Crimp Die.I would appreciate your comments on the 360 grain Hardcast in the .454.Best of luck to all.Jayco.

animal454 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2003, 12:25:40 PM »

HI jaycocreek I have loaded some 360grn whith h110.used 24.0grns got around 1400fps with a castperformance WFN GC 360 cci sr mag primer and starline brass with firm crimp and 7.5 barrel I also use lee factory crimp. seem to be a good load for about any big game
. taken one deer so far with this load.went about ten yards droped. good hunting &shooting

Doc Contender · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2003, 03:36:54 PM »

Jaycocreek
I loaded 315 grain leadhead hardcast bullets under 22.0 grains of h110 this weekend for my 45 LC Ruger blackhawk. Shot 5 through my chrony today. Low was 1178 fps, high 1206 fps. The avg for the 5 shots was 1190 fps. Starting load given was 21.5 grains. Don't guess, check reload
data for the minumin and max loads.

Doc Contender

jaycocreek · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2003, 07:11:54 AM »

Hey thanks guys.I said -I guess because I cann't find any Load Data for the .360 grain in the .454.My guess was based off of Buffalo Bore velocity in there .360 grain which used to be out of a 6.5 in Barrell and they have a note saying they don't load there .454 Ammo to Max for a couple of reasons especially jumping the crimp.Is there any Data out there?Still pretty new to these darn computers and the Internet.

animal454 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2003, 02:49:08 PM »

jaycocreek

Here is some info from Hodgons manual.

BULLET: 360gr Cast performance bullet (cpb) lfn gc

start vel. max vel. col. length
H110 21.0 1265 24.0 grn 1447 1.760"
H4227 21.0 1205 24.0 1406 1.760"
LIL' GUN 20.0 1330 23.0 1477 1.760"

Hope this helps you out. You can also go to www.beartoothbullets.com and go to Loadswap.com (at the top of the homepage) for more info too. Good luck!!

animal 454

jaycocreek · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2003, 10:25:32 AM »

Animal-454. Thank you for your reply.I didn't no that Hodgdon had one newer than #27 for which I have.Keep on truckin as I owned two myself for Logging and lumber and grain when the snow flew.Jayco.