Smith and Wesson Revolver in 445 Webley/Colt/Eley - anybody?

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
I have a 265 NOE now that I need to try out, but, I'm liking you're 290. The load you show with the results looks right. I'm looking for a lazy pleasant load. I've never ordered from Tom, but that needs to change.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
I have run castings from 200 grains (Lee SWC and LY #452460) to 255 grains (LYs #454190 and #454424) from my PC 625. The 200s I have run to the 925 FPS level, the 255s to 800-825 FPS topped out. Not much point in Magnumizing the 45 ACP when you have 44 Magnums and 45 Colt Blackhawks in the safe. Heck, even those seldom get run past 1000 FPS any more. At some point, ya gotta just pick up a rifle.

A 45 caliber bullet of any significant weight at any significant speed will not do anything or anyone it hits any good at all.
 
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Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
I have run castings from 200 grains (Lee SWC and LY #452460) to 255 grains (LYs #454190 and #454424) from my PC 625. The 200s I have run to the 925 FPS level, the 255s to 800-825 FPS topped out. Not much point in Magnumizing the 45 ACP when you have 44 Magnums and 45 Colt Blackhawks in the safe. Heck, even those seldom get run past 1000 FPS any more. At some point, ya gotta just pick up a rifle.

A 45 caliber bullet of any significant weight at any significant speed will not do anything or anyone it hits any good at all.

Well you covered it very well. With me, magnums have there place, but, pretty rare. Pickup a rifle.
 

Outpost75

Active Member
The service .455 load is a great penetrator and compares favorably to the .45 ACP and .45 Colt. A flat-nosed bullet is better. Graphs below depict penetration in 10% ordnance gelatin, aproximate grams of displaced wound mass per MacPhearson WTI model and energy deposit for first 12 inches of penetration, comparing .455 MkVI 265-grain FMJ at 620 fps, .45 ACP 230-grain FMJ, .45 caliber black powder cap & ball revolver, and 264-grain SWC in .45 Auto Rim at 740 fps.

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Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well I just ordered a 304 grain mold from NOE, 452-304 RF PB 5 cavity mold that was in stock. Should be here by Monday or Tuesday. The cylinder of my 1950 model 22-4 slugged tight at .452 and the barrel about the same. So I'm hoping to be able to shoot soft and as cast with some BBL. The loads listed in for the 290 reduced a little sound like a place to start, mid 600 to 700 fps are the goal.

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Also by NOE I have a 454-265 WFN AND A 453-230 RF both RG hollow point molds all need to be cleaned and put to use in the Smith and a Springfield XD I have. Time to break this one in.
The Smith is a nice pleasant shooting pistol and will see much more time then the XD.

Also planning on playing with the 480 SRH with 410 at a sedate velocity under about 900.
 

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
The 452-304 5 cavity mold arrived Thursday and after cleaning and heat cycling 3 times, preheated mold today and started casting. Wonderful perfect bullets right off the batt. This mold so far is the easiest casting mold in the tool box. Matter of fact I'm thinking about putting it in a drawer all by itself. Don't want other molds to infect it with a bad attitude.
Sized from .4535 to .452 cast with 50/50 WW & pure, and lubed with BLL and then load them up. Looking for 600 to 700 max. Will try this batch but think some 40 to 1 lead tin.

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