I was at the range again today and had an opportunity to chronograph the NOE 454424 bullet (250 grs) in my Model 625-6 (5" barrel).
Here is the load and results:
NOE 454424 in the .45 Auto Rim Case7.0 grs of UniqueFed 150 PrimerStarline Cases
1- 881.2
2- 944.2
3- 906.4
4- 899.2
5- 905.2
6- 908.1
7- 910.4
8- 931.2
9- 921.1
10- 911.1
Average 911.8
Hi – 944.2
Lo – 881.2
Extreme Spread – 63.0
Std Dev – 17.3
This puts the .45 Auto Rim in the same class as a factory .45 Colt with a considerably better shaped bullet. I would feel confident in deer hunting (with range limitations) with this combination. Elmer Keith used 7.5 grs of Unique and with my present lot of Unique, I would have NO problem in raising my load to 7.5 grs of Unique.
There have been some comments that NEW Unique is a bit faster. So, I would want to first chronograph a slower load before increasing to the full 7.5 grs of Unique with this bullet. I would suspect that 7.5 of MY present lot of Unique may raise the velocity to the neighborhood of 1000 fps. That is an excellent field load, IMHO.
FWIW
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