Ok, I just got myself a Uberti 1873 levergun in .45 Colt. This rifle supposedly has a somewhat weak design, being a toggle link action. I'm not a terribly experienced handloader, and I'm having a hard time sifting out the chaff in online resources regarding what would be the best load for what I want.
I'm planning on taking it out to try knocking down a deer this fall, would like some input on what a good ammo recipe would be. My only experience with loading old "cowboy" cartridges is some light to medium loads using Trailboss.
I've used Trailboss because its basically idiot-proof and I wanted to be as safe as possible when I jumped into loading my own. I started out with 4.5 g behind a 250 g RNFP (pretty much the minimum recommended load). Its like shooting a .22.
Can anyone give me some pointers or steer me to some solid loading data online that would be suitable for my intended purposes? Keeping in mind that the rifle isn't designed for tank-busting hot loads!
Need some help with a hunting load for .45 Colt
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Re: Need some help with a hunting load for .45 Colt
Try 6-7gr of Unique. Running it with a cast 300gr flat point.
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Re: Need some help with a hunting load for .45 Colt
Thanks, I'll look into that. Never used it, time to give it a try I guess.
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Re: Need some help with a hunting load for .45 Colt
My load for 45 colt is 7.5 grains of universal under 250 g LRNFP. Seems fairly accurate out of my 6.5" black hawk. Never tried it out of a rifle.
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Re: Need some help with a hunting load for .45 Colt
One problem I have is that I have many many cans of Trailboss to use up. Unfortunately everything I've read is that its good for cas shooting but I'm not finding much real-world application info on it.