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05-12-2011, 09:11 PM
I cast some 255 grain RCBS Keith Style bullets for my 10" 45 Colt Contender. I am working up a "Gallery Load" for some porch shooting. So I loaded 3.5 grains of Red Dot with a Winchester WLP primer. This load is very quiet in my 45-70 rifles with a 405 grain bullet. So I was hoping it would be a good place to start for an ultra quiet load for my Contender.
Couldn't have been more wrong. The 3.5 grain load was extremely load. And even had a slight amount of recoil. Probably a few inches in muzzle jump. That really suprised me. It actually was very loud. And that is not what I am after.
I thought I had some Trail Boss on the shelf. But I could not find it this afternon.
Anyone have a load that they think might work for a good silent Gallery Load?? I hate to go below 3.0 grains of Red Dot?? But I might try 2.5 grains of Red Dot.
I also found about 1/2# of Unique and a few pounds of Blue Dot. Along with several others. Tom.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o223/HEAD0001/002-4.jpg
Couldn't have been more wrong. The 3.5 grain load was extremely load. And even had a slight amount of recoil. Probably a few inches in muzzle jump. That really suprised me. It actually was very loud. And that is not what I am after.
I thought I had some Trail Boss on the shelf. But I could not find it this afternon.
Anyone have a load that they think might work for a good silent Gallery Load?? I hate to go below 3.0 grains of Red Dot?? But I might try 2.5 grains of Red Dot.
I also found about 1/2# of Unique and a few pounds of Blue Dot. Along with several others. Tom.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o223/HEAD0001/002-4.jpg