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Offline blksqurl

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454 in a 45/410
« on: March 11, 2011, 07:11:20 AM »
I have an encore pistol in 45/410, a 454 cartridge will fit in the chamber.To make a long story short ,i see no resson why i cant shoot this cal. in this gun.Can anyone else come up with a reason based on fact why i shouldn't. thanks Bill
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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 01:36:04 PM »
I asked the same question on this board once. The best thing I can tell you is that TC doesn't chamber contenders for the 454 because of the pressure involved. You could reload 454 cases to 45 colt specs and probably be ok. Thinking about the risks of injury or worse might be the best thing I could tell you.
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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 01:48:36 PM »
Sorry I reread your post. You do have an encore. Why don't you give TC a call. They made it and wil probably tell you to only use the calibers stamped on the barrel
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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 03:46:02 AM »
Quote from: blksqurl on March 11, 2011, 07:11:20 AM
I have an encore pistol in 45/410, a 454 cartridge will fit in the chamber.To make a long story short ,i see no resson why i cant shoot this cal. in this gun.Can anyone else come up with a reason based on fact why i shouldn't. thanks Bill

T/C and others will say the same. If the barrel doesn’t say 454 Casull then don’t shoot them in it. Furthermore the vent rib and crud sights will not do justice for accuracy. I have always wondered if you remove the rib, is the barrel drilled and tapped for the normal scope base. I had a 12” 45 Colt/410 bore Encore barrel, but never shot it and sold it off.

I had a T/C Encore factory 15” 454 Casull barrel cut down and re-crown to 12” by SSKIndustries.com and they installed a 6 screw T’SOB base and 3 rings. It wears a T/C 2.5-7x28mm illuminated reticle scope and Pachmyr Decelerator grip and magnum forend.

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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 12:52:14 AM »
yooper77,  Sorry, but you only find two holes where you're looking for four.  Alignment and spacing of the two is correct, so you only have to add two more. Hope this helps.
Walt :)
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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2011, 06:26:06 AM »
Yup, and if you want open sights, there's only one hole in the front and 2 are needed.  Thought about that with my 45/410 Super 16, but decided to go with a straight 45LC instead.
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Re: 454 in a 45/410
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2011, 06:57:49 AM »
Quote from: Hopalong7 on March 14, 2011, 12:52:14 AM
yooper77,  Sorry, but you only find two holes where you're looking for four.  Alignment and spacing of the two is correct, so you only have to add two more. Hope this helps.
Walt :)

Thank you, but I already sold it and have no intention on ever buying another.  I have a 454 Casull barrel, so I am set.

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