Often Grizzly and Buffalo Bore ammunition is mentioned here with glowing praise. What about Double Tap? Any of you guys use the stuff? It's priced much lower and usually comes in a box of 50. There don't seem to be the number of options with Double Tap but some of the loads look promising.

Landrum

Whitworth has used the Double Tap ammo

Hi Landrum! I use a lot of Double Tap ammo. Some of it in my handguns has proven really accurate and deadly on game. Their prices are very good as well. My favorite commercial .44 mag load comes from DT -- a 320 grain WFN that runs right at 1,350 fps from my Bisley Hunter. I've killed a few critters with this load and it works like a charm.

I was thinking about buying a box of the 45 Colt. I think it is a keith-style 255 gr. bullet at around 1400 fps.

The only DT ammunition I have used is the 44 Special 240 gr. SWC Hardcast at, thought I did not put it through a chronograph, 975 fps in the new Flattop.

Just seeking opinions.

Landrum

I also use their 360 grain WFNs in .45 Colt and love 'em!

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
I also use their 360 grain WFNs in .45 Colt and love 'em!

LOVE?? You are a sick man!!!! Seek help imediately

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Originally posted by jwp475:

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Originally posted by Whitworth:
I also use their 360 grain WFNs in .45 Colt and love 'em!

LOVE?? You are a sick man!!!! Seek help imediately

Are you surprised? Look at the company I keep!

ain't that the truth

The double tap ammo I have used was accurate for my 45 colt.Thats all I can attest to and it was 360gr load.

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Originally posted by cottonstalk:
ain't that the truth

The double tap ammo I have used was accurate for my 45 colt.Thats all I can attest to and it was 360gr load.

Yeah, that load shoots really good in my .454 Redhawk.

i use double tap ammo all the time. i have used all the 454 ammo and it's top notch. great stuff. definitely on par with all the above mentioned ammo companies but priced better imho.

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Originally posted by tradmark:
i use double tap ammo all the time. i have used all the 454 ammo and it's top notch. great stuff. definitely on par with all the above mentioned ammo companies but priced better imho.

I agree completely!

I bought a box of the 200gr WFN for the 10mm while I was working up in WA state. I wanted a good heavy load for while on my hikes exploring the country side. I certainly need a heavier recoil spring with them but they cycled nicely through my Kimber. They penetrated like no other as well.

DT is good stuff. Nothing more needs said.

It is common to see posts at other forums that Double Tap's velocity claims are very, or even wildly, optimistic.

I have used it for years, but then I don't measure speed, just reliability, which is high.

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Originally posted by MichiganShooter:
It is common to see posts at other forums that Double Tap's velocity claims are very, or even wildly, optimistic.

I have used it for years, but then I don't measure speed, just reliability, which is high.

That's odd. I have run lots of it over the chronograph and it normally exceeds their claims. Ever gun varies considerably in my experience, but I have chronographed a number of their rifle loads and bunches of their handgun ammo and have found this to be the case.

I've used double tap for a while. Great luck with the 10mm and the 454. I had a problem with the biggest 454 load jumping crimp in a raging bull I had and he sent me 2 new boxes before I even sent the old one back. They have great customer service and have never had a problem since. Great stuff.

My only experience with Double Tap ammo has been with the .357 Magnum. The little Rossi small frame single shot rifle is my daughter's deer rifle.

.357 Magnum
Double Tap
180 Gr. FNGC Factory Ammunition:

1263 FPS average, extreme spread 53 FPS, High 1286 FPS, Low 1233 FPS

Temp: 48F
Firearm: 4" S&W 686

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Temp 75F

Rossi R357B single shot 22 inch barrel .357 Magnum.

Double Tap 180gr FNGC factory load:
1742 FPS average, 45 ES, Low 1723 FPS, High 1760 FPS.

the only variance is that sometimes the loads are given a velocity out of a FA 454 and then the customer runs it with a ruger and it doesn't match up b/c of the cylinder gap, many times more pronounced with a taurus.

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Originally posted by tradmark:
the only variance is that sometimes the loads are given a velocity out of a FA 454 and then the customer runs it with a ruger and it doesn't match up b/c of the cylinder gap, many times more pronounced with a taurus.

Are you trying to encourage bfrshooter?

i hope not, only he would find a way for the higher FA velocities to be a negative against a FA

DT is great ammo and Mike is a great guy who is extremely knowledgeable. You pick his brain for hours on terminal ballistics.

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Originally posted by tradmark:
the only variance is that sometimes the loads are given a velocity out of a FA 454 and then the customer runs it with a ruger and it doesn't match up b/c of the cylinder gap, many times more pronounced with a taurus.



Are you trying to encourage bfrshooter? jumping

No way. Cylinder gap has so little affect it is not worth a mention. It is tighter specs that make a gun shoot different velocities, tighter chambers and bores or a rougher bore can change all of that. Even throats too tight can increase velocity but ruin accuracy.
Two rifles off the line side by side made with the same tools can shoot different.
If anyone thinks .002" difference in the gap is important, rethink that.
Will a .44 with a .430" bore shoot slower then one with a .429" bore? Now you have it.
I have had Rugers with .006" gaps shoot faster then a DW with a .002" gap.
The total gun is where the changes are, not the gap.