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#1329988 - 03/13/18 09:51 AM .454 Casull data and cautions
Cash is King Offline
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Great old manual here...

http://marvinstuart.com/firearm/Manuals/...54%20Casull.pdf

FA stands for Freedom Arms... these bullets are no longer made... Sierra bullets are NOT interchangeable. They are NOT TOUGH ENOUGH...

I have been loading some .45 Colt and .454 Casull for my Ruger SRH and my .454 Casull Lever guns

Had a friend run a Quickloads calculation to push some 185 gr. .451 (aka 45 ACP) bullets to the high end of pressure (30,000 in the Colt) and 65,000 PSI in the .454C... speeds achieved would be THEORETICALLY 2,000 FPS and 2,600 from a rifle.

Sounds fun right?

WRONG... WRONG... WRONG...

The .451 185gr bullets will NOT TAKE THESE SPEEDS. The bullets are 100% designed for .45 ACP speeds of 1,000-1,200 FPS. If you shoot these pills in a revolver with a forcing cone at super high velocity the jacket will separate and LOTS OF BAD STUFF HAPPENS AFTER THAT.

Granted, I have pushed some to 1,950 FPS... in a .460 Rowland carbine and 1,575 in a Glock 21, but this is SUPER DANGEROUS STUFF... DO NOT DO IT.

Stick with bullets SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE .454 CASULL.

I am posting this under pistol and rifle so that no one loading for .454C misses the data.


Edited by Cash is King (03/13/18 10:00 AM)
Edit Reason: Typos... as always
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#1366822 - 06/22/18 11:30 AM Re: .454 Casull data and cautions [Re: Cash is King]
Cash is King Offline
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