45 colt load data

[Too Tall Bob 1,233]

looking for a comfortable load using unique and a 200 gr lead bullet. 

who uses what?  

 

thanx in advance

[heckofagator 6]

I’m not sure i have anything to add, but i just got home from the range 30 min ago.
 

i had a brand new Winchester 1873, my first centerfire lever action.  I had fifty 45 colt rounds i had loaded up (first time loading this round). I used 205gr Bear Creek bullets over unique.  I had 10 each with 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5 and 8.0gr Unique.   And.....Im not sure i felt much of difference.  I do remember thinking, with my first shots of the 6.0gr loads, this is much lighter than i was expecting.  I had never shot 45 colt before.  All seemed to group the same, too.

 

i guess I’m just going to go forward with 6gr for nothing else then to save a little powder?  I guess i was expecting to noticed a little difference in something but i’m far from the expert on load development.

 

 

[Rafe Conager SASS #56958 301]

When I started out I used  7.5-8 grns. Unique gave me around 750

[John Boy 687]

http://stevespages.com/451p_3_200.html

[Trooper Ozzy 296]

When I shoot smokeless...8 gr unique under a 200 gr rnfp for both rifle and OMV revolvers. 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz 6,507]

6.5-7.0 gn of Unique.

OLG 

[Savvy Jack 183]

A comfortable load would be primers, no powder and a wax bullet!

[Roscoe Regulator 183]

12 hours ago, heckofagator said:

I’m not sure i have anything to add, but i just got home from the range 30 min ago.
 

i had a brand new Winchester 1873, my first centerfire lever action.  I had fifty 45 colt rounds i had loaded up (first time loading this round). I used 205gr Bear Creek bullets over unique.  I had 10 each with 6.0, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5 and 8.0gr Unique.   And.....Im not sure i felt much of difference.  I do remember thinking, with my first shots of the 6.0gr loads, this is much lighter than i was expecting.  I had never shot 45 colt before.  All seemed to group the same, too.

 

i guess I’m just going to go forward with 6gr for nothing else then to save a little powder?  I guess i was expecting to noticed a little difference in something but i’m far from the expert on load development.

 

 

Good job there. When I reduced the load I was using, I was looking for less muzzle flip to allow quicker follow on shots. It wasn't so much how it felt (recoil). I had also dropped from 255 grain bullets to 200. Watching for differences in how to aim.