I was casting some 457122's for the #1 Ruger out of some mystery metal I had bought from a local gunshop. I just wanted to see what the metal would cast like & how it would fill a mold. I figured if it'll cast with this boolit it'll cast anything. Well upon sizing I noticed the mold dropped at .457, just a tick too small for the #1, so I thought why not the 45 colt? I had read in the castpics page that it's been used so I thought I'd try it. I loaded 6ea with 6gr of Red Dot, 7gr of Unique, & 11gr of HS6. I shot them into an old Hickory stump that I use as a backstop to hold my paper plates, as you can see it's been shot at with just about everything. This particular boolit's impact was quite high for the Blackhawk's sights but when it connected with the stump it was like the hammer of Thor. Now I'm going to have to get some shooting gloves & buy a couple more pounds of H110. I've been shooting 32 mags & a new 327 Fed mag for about 2 months and almost forgot what the recoil was like in the 45 w/heavy boolits. I just got a kick out of watching those big ole chuncks of hickory fly when that 340gr boolit hit it.
Someone mentioned about shooting a slap of Walnut & I must say at a low velocity the boolit WILL bounce back. I was hit in the leg by a 38 & a 32 shooting into the stump shown. Good thing it wasn't a little higher.
I'm gonna try to get out the chrono. this weekend and do some load development for the 45 & the new 327. It's supposed to snow 5-10" on Wednesday then be in the 50's on Friday & Saturday. I'm ready for spring so I can shoot some of the ammo I've been building during the cold spells.