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.44-40 vs. .45 Colt
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Re: .44-40 vs. .45 Colt
I load 6.0 unique for most paper shooting and 8.0 unique plucking in both 44-40 and 45 colt in rifle and pistol .
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Re: .44-40 vs. .45 Colt
It's not an issue of comfort, but velocity.Vaquero wrote:Well my go to load now is 10.0 gr of Unique over a 255 gr cast.
Ain't nothing in the 1894, and not uncomfortable in the Vaquero, or the BH.
Same load with a 235 gr cast is the cats meow in the revolvers, just sayin.
And only shoots a little higher than the 255's.
RP
The cowboy crowd has to keep their handgun loads under 1000 fps; rifle under 1400.
By the time I get my 94 hot enough to seal the chamber, I'm over the limit.
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Re: .44-40 vs. .45 Colt
Been doing the SASS and CBA stuff for over 20 years and I like the 750 fps in all my loads . Very accurate and NO recoil .
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