My .45 Special project....
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:43 pm
I have a Ruger New Vaquero Birds Head revolver in .45ACP and even though a real nice shooter something was missing.
That something was using ammo with traditional rimmed case heads. I have a couple other .45 ACP semi-auto pistols and wanted something different for the
Bird.
The .45 Cowboy Special brass was the solution and I started with some loads using Xtreme 255 gr. plated bullets at .452 dia.
I found that the loads would not fully seat due to the cylinder throats being on the small side at .451 diameter.
A little bit of cylinder throat honing brought them out to .4525 or just enough for the bullet to lightly push thru the throats.
Now using .45 Auto Rim load data I have ordered up some cast lead bullets from Matt's to also try...the 250 gr. Keith type that was designed for
.45 ACP/ Auto Rim in revolvers.
The .45 Special is what I will denote my Ruger Birds Head!
That something was using ammo with traditional rimmed case heads. I have a couple other .45 ACP semi-auto pistols and wanted something different for the
Bird.
The .45 Cowboy Special brass was the solution and I started with some loads using Xtreme 255 gr. plated bullets at .452 dia.
I found that the loads would not fully seat due to the cylinder throats being on the small side at .451 diameter.
A little bit of cylinder throat honing brought them out to .4525 or just enough for the bullet to lightly push thru the throats.
Now using .45 Auto Rim load data I have ordered up some cast lead bullets from Matt's to also try...the 250 gr. Keith type that was designed for
.45 ACP/ Auto Rim in revolvers.
The .45 Special is what I will denote my Ruger Birds Head!