454 Casull

[Kenneth L. Walters]

I've got a Ruger double action revolver chambered in 45 Colt/454 Casull. In 45 Colt it works perfectly. In 454, with reloads, it misfires A LOT. This a common problem for these guns?

 

[Bacchus]

What kind of reloads are you using? Primers?

 

[Pigshooter]

I've been having a problem with winchester small rifle primers myself in the Taurus. Also, the primer pockets are getting extremeley worn, and they almost press in with just a thumb push. Almost. Maybe they are seating too deeply? Maybe win primers are a little different? This is with win, starline and hornady brass.

 

[notbubba]

You should buy a box of new factory .454, if you don't have any misfires than the problem is the reloads.

 

[JBP]

There have been a number of posts on other forums regarding trouble with the SRH 454 and reloads, here's a couple.

http://www.rugerforum.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/001281.html

http://talk.shooters.com/room_66/2108.cfm

I've fired close to 500 round through mine with factory ammo from different manufacturers and have never had a problem.

 

[Koveras]

I had the same problem with my SRH with Winchester small rifle primers. The problem turned out to be the hammer spring, which was too weak. Contact Ruger for a replacement or buy a factory standard strength spring from Wolff at

http://www.gunsprings.com/

 

[Bob C]

My SRH has never had a factory round in it's chambers. I was getting an occasional ( every 30 or 40 rounds) misfire with a reduced hammer spring, but with the factory spring it is 100%.
It's been fired about 700 rounds.

I have only used CCI Small Rifle standard primers.