Broke out my new M1955 Smith today and blew out the cobwebs. Does it’s part when I do mine. Trigger’s really nice and I have to get use to it.
No surprises on ammo. Had about 500 rounds spread between my M1911 and Ruger Blackhawk combination. The 1955 has to have ‘em flush seated with the diameter bullet I had loaded. Forgot that it headspaces on the case mouth. Corrected that.
The 200 grain wadcutter Lyman gave no surprises. I knew that load would shoot as I’d previously tested it on a Ransom rest with an accurate Colt.
I found about 250 rounds for the Blackhawk loaded with a 454190HP weighing about 238 grains over 6.5 grains of Herco. Shot really nice in the M1955 as is.
My next experiment with it will be the Lyman 452374HP which weighs in at 220 grains or thereabouts. Light load, heavy load and then a medium load.
After selecting the ammo, I dug through my stash of “moons”. Had a couple of fulls, a bunch of halfs and a slew of 1/3s. I always likes the 1/3s as they carry better and you can reload partial cylinders easier. The Lyman wadcutters load all right and the 454190HPs slide right in. I’m expecting the 452374s to as well.
Test firing was nice and shows great potential for this gun. No surprises on ammo I already had loaded. #2 son is sending some AR brass but I’ve tried it before and decided to stay with the 1/3 moons and auto brass./beagle
No surprises on ammo. Had about 500 rounds spread between my M1911 and Ruger Blackhawk combination. The 1955 has to have ‘em flush seated with the diameter bullet I had loaded. Forgot that it headspaces on the case mouth. Corrected that.
The 200 grain wadcutter Lyman gave no surprises. I knew that load would shoot as I’d previously tested it on a Ransom rest with an accurate Colt.
I found about 250 rounds for the Blackhawk loaded with a 454190HP weighing about 238 grains over 6.5 grains of Herco. Shot really nice in the M1955 as is.
My next experiment with it will be the Lyman 452374HP which weighs in at 220 grains or thereabouts. Light load, heavy load and then a medium load.
After selecting the ammo, I dug through my stash of “moons”. Had a couple of fulls, a bunch of halfs and a slew of 1/3s. I always likes the 1/3s as they carry better and you can reload partial cylinders easier. The Lyman wadcutters load all right and the 454190HPs slide right in. I’m expecting the 452374s to as well.
Test firing was nice and shows great potential for this gun. No surprises on ammo I already had loaded. #2 son is sending some AR brass but I’ve tried it before and decided to stay with the 1/3 moons and auto brass./beagle