The Big 45 Colt YE HAAA

Mason Stillwell · January 08, 2011, 03:21:49 PM

Was in my workshop lubing up some 250 Big Lube 45 Colt boolts. Going to load them with a packed case of FFG and was thinking while I was working ( BOY THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN TO SHOOT!!)

I use this combo in my 73 and most of the time use a Schofield round for the pistolla's .

Every time you touch off one of these Big Boys the is a noticeable BOOOM LOL . Other pards look around trying to find out what that sound is and where it is coming from.

I shoot other calibers and boolits but this one kinda has a place in my heart. YE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Also Breaking news. (good news for us north az pards) I hear tell of a new club getting started in PAGE az oh boy, oh boy , oh boy LOL

Later Mason

Dick Dastardly · January 08, 2011, 06:59:11 PM

The big BOOOOM of the mighty 45 is a real attention getter. It's also a very accurate round. In fact, were modern brass available back then, I suspect that it would also have been a fine rifle cartridge. It certainly is now.

And, for those that own big bore guns, there is a whole plethora of loads and brass to choose from. Why go with a puny gun?

DD-DLoS

Cemetery · January 09, 2011, 07:15:17 AM

Nothing like fillin' it to the rim.......

......with BOOM!!!

Grapeshot · January 09, 2011, 02:14:11 PM

Yes, the .45 Colt with a full, (35 - 40 grains) of compressed BP touched off in either a SAA or a Carbine will get a lot of attention. I loaded up a couple of hundred rounds one year and had people tell me that they had their breath taken away by the concussion and swore that the earth moved under their feet when I touched off a round. I was using DD's Big Lube 250grain PRS big lube boolit over 40 grains of Goex 2Fg and compressed with a compression die. I was also using a CCI 350 Large Pistol Magnum Primer.

KA-BOOM!!!

StrawHat · January 09, 2011, 04:50:51 PM

My hunting load for white tailed deer is a 255 grain Keith or 285 grain Keith with a full case of 2F. It does the job and does it well.

Mason Stillwell · January 09, 2011, 05:24:40 PM

I am just using the Big lube Boolit 250 grain with my own lube and compressing the powder with the boolit.
I am not sure exactly how much powder is in there. Case pretty much full then crunch , cram and push the boolit down to the crimp groove .

Oh , I dont resize the brass after shooting. I use a universal decap die so the brass stays fully expanded. Seems to help with blowback.

If you put that brass thing on the end of the barrel on the target you will hit said target with authority.

Mason (makin smoke) stillwell

Wills Point Pete · January 10, 2011, 12:13:44 AM

I mostly shoot the 250 Big Lube Boolit over Schuetzen or GOEX 2f. How much of the 2f I put in mostly depends on how my Arthritis is acting, I range from the old US Cavalry charge of 28 gr on up to 40. I will confess that the 40 gr. charge is fairly rare because it's a pain dealing with my homemade compression die. I will say that any of the charges I use gives a BOOM-CLANG! Oddly it doesn't matter what charge I use, one or more of the pop-tink crowd always natters about how my soft alooy boolits is damaging the targets. I just roll my eyes

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Dances With Coyotes · January 10, 2011, 03:46:48 PM

Why 2F and not 3F? Whats the difference using the two? (not size wise, as I understand how that works) I just shot some of my loads yesterday and was tickled pink. Starline brass, 2.2cc dipper of Pyro P, 250gr Big Lube Boolit.CCI 350 mag primers. BIG THUMPERS.

Yakima Red · January 10, 2011, 10:11:22 PM

HHaaarrruuummmppphhh!!!

Dr. Bob · January 11, 2011, 12:06:45 AM

I have been shooting 44 Russian with the DD Mav-Dutchman 200 gr. bullet. I fill the case with 2F to within 1/8 inch of full and seat the bullet. My concussion was the loudest of the 80+ shooters at the shoot!!

Made the RO wince! I am a happy camper!!

Driftwood Johnson · January 11, 2011, 01:18:59 AM

QuoteWhy 2F and not 3F? Whats the difference using the two?

Howdy

Generally speaking, you will get about 60fps - 100fps more using FFFg instead of FFg in any cartridge, all other things being equal. I used to load FFFg in my 45 Colt and 44-40 rounds, and FFg in my shotgun rounds when I first started shooting Black Powder. But pretty soon I standardized on FFg for everything just to keep things simple and not have to inventory two different granulations of powder. I find that FFg in 45 Colt, 45 Schofield and 44-40 gives me plenty of power, don't need the extra oomph of FFFg.

StrawHat · January 11, 2011, 05:19:12 AM

Quote from: Dances With Coyotes on January 10, 2011, 03:46:48 PM...Why 2F and not 3F?...

I settled on that load maybe 30 years ago and don't remember exactly why but I would have to think I tested the two and it came down to accuracy. I have never had a chronograph so any load that was a keeper was an accurate one or I would keep testing.

Fairshake · January 13, 2011, 11:52:49 AM

I do the same as what has been posted. I started with the 45 Colt and switched to 44-40's when I bought my 73 rifle. Wanted to stay with one caliber for all guns as you can put a 45 Colt round in a 73 and cause a train wreck. I have the TO's back up and made some spotters hand off so that they can leave the line. I had one shooter who is now a good friend from NJ that was shooting with us in Louisiana. He told me after one stage that I was the only person who made his ear plug jump out of his ear. HA!! HA!!