Try from 3.5 - 4.0 grains of Hodgdon Clays. You will get ball ammo velocities between 3.5 and 4.0 gr. depending on barrel length. Also for a good source of 230Gr. RN try Rainier. They shoot great.
Posts: 487 | Location: Central Texas | Registered: 07 December 2001
I think 7.6 gr. of Unique under the 230 gr. ball is a bit hot. I've been shooting the CT Match and that tops out at 7 gr. of Unique. Please, buy a manual.
Posts: 2324 | Location: Staunton, VA | Registered: 05 September 2002
If my memory serves, 5.3 grains of Bullseye or 231 makes a good hardball load. I believe my 45s with Nowlan barrels only required 6.8gr of Unique to make major (old power factor = 175 =velocity*grain weight of bullet/1000). White box Winchester makes a power factor of 185 consistently. PMC makes 190 or more.
All loading should be done to the weapon in question and the above data should not be used as starting loads!
Quote: 5.0gr Bullseye or 7.6gr Unique should get you right about 850-60fps which duplicates FMJ ball ammo.
You guys are right, 7.6grs Unique is way too hot. 6.9 or 7.0 would be about right. Thanks for pointing it out. Must have been a typo or a brain fart. Makes a good case for not believing everything you read, especially load data posted on the internet
Posts: 8169 | Location: humboldt | Registered: 10 April 2002
Quote: 5.0gr Bullseye or 7.6gr Unique should get you right about 850-60fps which duplicates FMJ ball ammo.
You guys are right, 7.6grs Unique is way too hot. 6.9 or 7.0 would be about right. Thanks for pointing it out. Must have been a typo or a brain fart. Makes a good case for not believing everything you read, especially load data posted on the internet
I've been seeing a lot of such "just over the top" data lately. I'd hate to think that somebody is hoping for people who are too cheap to buy a loading manual to hurt themselves.
Posts: 2324 | Location: Staunton, VA | Registered: 05 September 2002
