Uberti Cattleman
5.5 inch barrel in .45 LC
I am not used to this pistol so I can't speak for accuracy accept to say that it points pretty good and hits (with my old eye) pretty much what I aimed it at.
I had three rounds with me.
Winchester Cowboy Rounds using an RNFP 250 grain slug, Some Mexican Cowboy Rounds with a RNFP 200 grain slug, and the rounds I loaded with a 200 RNFP and 35 grains of FFFg 777.
The Winchsters seem to cut a better group than the Mexican rounds at 15 yards. recoil of both rounds in minimal. The Mexican rounds got 525 to 575 FPS on a QE Millenium II. The Winchesters were a little hotter at 640 to 690 fps. My rounds got up to 980 fps with the average being somewhere around 940. Recoil was significant and accuracy was about what I expected for my first time out with the pistol.
Of course the bought Cowboy rounds functioned well. I wish I could say the same for the rounds I loaded.
This was my first attempt at cartridge reloading. Two of the rounds would not cycle through the action since the primers had not been seated far enough into the case. Numerous rounds did not discharge on the first shot. No primer detonation, nothing. Had a dent in the primer but no bang bang. All but one went off on the second try. That one came home with a dent in the primer but still a fully live round.
I think I may have improperly seated the primers.
I would be happy for some recommendations.
5.5 inch barrel in .45 LC
I am not used to this pistol so I can't speak for accuracy accept to say that it points pretty good and hits (with my old eye) pretty much what I aimed it at.
I had three rounds with me.
Winchester Cowboy Rounds using an RNFP 250 grain slug, Some Mexican Cowboy Rounds with a RNFP 200 grain slug, and the rounds I loaded with a 200 RNFP and 35 grains of FFFg 777.
The Winchsters seem to cut a better group than the Mexican rounds at 15 yards. recoil of both rounds in minimal. The Mexican rounds got 525 to 575 FPS on a QE Millenium II. The Winchesters were a little hotter at 640 to 690 fps. My rounds got up to 980 fps with the average being somewhere around 940. Recoil was significant and accuracy was about what I expected for my first time out with the pistol.
Of course the bought Cowboy rounds functioned well. I wish I could say the same for the rounds I loaded.
This was my first attempt at cartridge reloading. Two of the rounds would not cycle through the action since the primers had not been seated far enough into the case. Numerous rounds did not discharge on the first shot. No primer detonation, nothing. Had a dent in the primer but no bang bang. All but one went off on the second try. That one came home with a dent in the primer but still a fully live round.
I think I may have improperly seated the primers.
I would be happy for some recommendations.