I just got back from shooting my black hawk in 45colt, all I can say is Wow. I would highly suggest that any reloader should get the 45colt, since the cost of factory ammo is out of this world. I would also suggest that they get the extra 45acp cylinder like I did.

The 45acp cylinder shot extremely accurate off hand, at least compared to my autos, and the acps felt like puffs of air in my hand.

The 45colt also was extremely accurte and the recoil was not bad at all, I loaded some Speer 225gr jhps to around 1200fps and I could have easily taken a lot more recoil. Interesting thing about those speer 225gr bullets was that after I crimped them some kind of fluid and air bubbles started oozing out from between the jacket and the core, that doesn't inspire great confidence in them as a hunting bullet, or does it. Has anyone else ever seen that phenomenon?

I think in the next week or two I am going to load up some 300gr hot loads and see what kind of recoil is really possible with this gun, and also see if I can handle it . Now I just need to find a real bad tempered 400lb Russian boar so that I can introduce him to Mr 45colt . But seriously in the future I am going to have some questions on boar hunting like where, how much, and hunting loads for them.

Long live the 45colt.

As a long 45 Colt shooter in the Blackhawks, I suggest that you find two loads for your 45 Colt cylinder.
1) Find the slightly less than max load that is the most accurate one.
2) Get a practice load at about 800 F/S that will shoot to the same POI as your working load.

Next, find a 45 ACP load that will shoot as close to the two loads above. The ACP cylinder really makes the Ruger the most versatile revolver in the whole line.

For suggestions of loads, I like these two:

1. 23 grains under the 300 gr. RCBS SWC-GC for a hot one

2. 9 Grains of Unique under the 250 grain Lee SWC.

Glad you like your new blackhawk.

David

Fluid and Air bubbles????
What kind of fluid?

I think I would call the manufacturer and ask.

Any chance these were exposed to water or other fluid?

I have this theory of things htat involve high temperature or high pressure . . .
IF something is a little abnormal, I tend to shy away from going further until it makes sense!
LouisB

Just me, but seems like a good way to stay out of trouble!

Fuid and bubbles?
What kind of fluid? Oily, water based?
Any chance they were left where oil or water could have spiiled on them?

I think I would be talking to the manufacturer.

It is just me, but I have found where high temperature or high pressure is involved, it pays to figure things out BEF\ORE pulling the trigger!

Those bullets were not exposed to water by me. I figured it was probably some kind of lubricant used to fit the lead core to the jacket, and wasn't too concerned about it for practicing, but thought it might be a bad sign for hunting since that could indicate a tendancy for the jacket to separate from the core. I hadn't considered the fact until I just read your post that it might have been slightly dangerous(maybe the jacket and core could separate in the barrel) and I will contact Speer.

Interestingly the acp load and the colt load were impacting at the same POI at 25 yards. At first my plan was just to run acp loads for the down loaded practice and shoot the colt loads hot, but after reading the posts I think I see why it would be a good idea to have both hot and mild colt loads in the field.