What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Vaquero]

Loaded some 200 gr. RN in some 45 acp cases last night to try.
4.0 grs of Red dot
4.3 grs. of Green dot

RP

[DsGrouse]

I bit the bullet, so to speak, yesterday and picked up 8lbs of h110, and 1k federal magnum LPP.

I'm going to load some 240, 250, 300 JHP, and 280 TCGC, 300 RNFP GC, 300 RNFP Coated, 320 RNFP Coated 45 colt bullets.

I'll save up for some 357 mag brass and load up a bunch of that using h110 also.

I have about 4lbs of 4227 left, so I may save that for the 357 mag.

[Handloader]

Today loaded some +P 9mm with TrueBlue

[Vaquero]

Well, I just finished a 100 45 colts myself.
Some 200 gr rfn over some Red dot,
half at 6.0 grs., and the others at 6.5 grs.
A silhouette shooter I was talking with a while back said he had good results on the rams with the 6.0 gr load so I thought I'd try a few.
Had a little help with the seating and crimping, the 4 & 7 year olds wanted to do a few.

RP

[Rifletom]

I bit the bullet, so to speak, yesterday and picked up 8lbs of h110, and 1k federal magnum LPP.

I'm going to load some 240, 250, 300 JHP, and 280 TCGC, 300 RNFP GC, 300 RNFP Coated, 320 RNFP Coated 45 colt bullets.

I'll save up for some 357 mag brass and load up a bunch of that using h110 also.

I have about 4lbs of 4227 left, so I may save that for the 357 mag.

H110 in .45 Colt? Curious as to where the data is from. I could see VV 110, but H110? whoo-whee!

[Vaquero]

I bit the bullet, so to speak, yesterday and picked up 8lbs of h110, and 1k federal magnum LPP.

I'm going to load some 240, 250, 300 JHP, and 280 TCGC, 300 RNFP GC, 300 RNFP Coated, 320 RNFP Coated 45 colt bullets.

I'll save up for some 357 mag brass and load up a bunch of that using h110 also.

I have about 4lbs of 4227 left, so I may save that for the 357 mag.

H110 in .45 Colt? Curious as to where the data is from. I could see VV 110, but H110? whoo-whee!

The only data I've found for H110 and 45 colt is with a 250 gr xtp or heavier jacketed stuff, and that was under the (Ruger/TC) only section.
Nothing in cast.

RP

[DsGrouse]

Lee's book has H110 through a range of bullet weights, from 225 up to 360. Hodgedon's manual does also. Yeah, like 4227, it allows you to reach some magnum levels of performance out of the cartridge...

For reference,
Blue bullet 320grns 21 grains of h110.
Matts 305 SWCGC, 21.8grns of h110
Cast performance 300grnlfnGC, 21.8 grns of h110
Sierra 300JSP 21.8 grns
Hornaday 300 XTP, 21.83grns
Mats 285grn TCGC, 22.0grns
Hornaday 250xtp, 25.7 h110
Hornaday 240 xtp Mag, 27.2 H110
Sierra 240grn JHP 27.2 H110.


When it stops being hotter than hell out there, I'll run them through my model 83 and see they perform on the chrony.

45 colt *plinkers* 250grn blue bullets, 8.0 grns BE86.

[Vaquero]

The 7 yo grandson and I sized and primed another 120 45 colt cases yesterday afternoon.
I resized and he expanded and primed.

RP

[5shot]

This is from the Hodgdon #27 manual which is over 20 years old.

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[BigAl52]

Hank Williams Jr used alot of 4227 in 45 Colt. If my memory serves me correctly I think his pet load was around 20 gr. Me myself I have never had much success with H110 in anything. But I know others have. Maybe its just me not wanting to shoot full throttle loads like you need to do with H110