Padre_Jerico Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 I got a question for y'all. I'll be pickin up hardware in the next month or so and running a pair of Rugers in .45 caliber. What I've found to run through it is Winchester Cowboy loads. It's a 250 grain lead bullet moving at 750 feet per second. By my math, that has a power factor of 187.5 (feel free to chech my math). Them minimum factor is 60, I didn't see a maximum. Will this be ok to run through my shooting irons and rifle?
Lone Dog, SASS #20401 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 That load is just fine for this game and specifically made and marketed by Winchester to cowboy shooters. The only problem is it is prohibitively expensive. Hope ya got deep pockets if you intend to shoot that load exclusively. If you don't reload or can't there are lots of cheaper alternatives. One would be to find a pard to reload for ya using components you provide. Max velocity for our 6guns is 1000 feet per second so the Winchester cowboy load is well within legal limits.
Padre_Jerico Posted January 10, 2011 Author Posted January 10, 2011 Thank you kindly for the help. Frankly I'd love to get into reloading, but I've got real limited space. Still, the young'uns are gettin older. I just may be able to make it work.
Captain Woodrow Cahill, SASS # 54363 Posted January 10, 2011 Posted January 10, 2011 I doesn't take up much space at all Padre. My reloading bench is 20 X 32 inches (not much bigger than a secretary table) and has both my cartridge and shotshell presses mounted to it.
Red Hooker Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 Ammo specifically marketed as "Cowboy" is not necessary or required for our sport (and is priced at rip-off levels, IMHO). Just use anything which meets the requirements. EDIT You'll probably find this other post on yer own, but check this out: http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=162351
richie reno Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 been using reloads with the same power loads for years they will take down any knock downs love the 45
Tom Bullweed Posted January 11, 2011 Posted January 11, 2011 This is a very good all-purpose load. Reloading would allow you to try bullets from 160 to 300 grains in the .45 Colt. Most reloading cowboys use 185-200 grain bullets with smokeless powder. To get started, a Lee Handloader, spoons and dies would run under $100 plus your powder, primers and bullets. It all stows into a medium size plastic box. Figure 75 rounds per hour. Doing this manually is a good foundation before moving up to multi-stage or progressive presses. Store bought ammo can be had for under $.50 each in this cartridge, but reloads will run in the $.11-.13 range if you already have the brass. The .45 Colt is a great load to start your relaoding experience with.
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