My Ruger New Vaquero likes the Lee 255 RF bullet. Driven to 925 fps with SR 4756 it prints point of aim out to 50 yards
A cylinder's worth at 25 yards, two hands unsupported.
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My Ruger New Vaquero likes the Lee 255 RF bullet. Driven to 925 fps with SR 4756 it prints point of aim out to 50 yards
A cylinder's worth at 25 yards, two hands unsupported.
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Mine is a 250 gr. Nei round nose flat point. 19 gr. H or imr 4227 with a 350 cci. Also 8 gr. Unique works good. The load with 4227 is very safe in my uberti-colt.
Most accurate has been a 340 gr. LBT WLN in a open sighted Freedom Arms .45 Colt cylinder; backed by 18.5 gr. 2400. Hits a 12"x12" plate at 250 yards all day long.
But then again, it's a 'Moo' point! ( A cows point of view; don't matter)
325gr WLN GC over 24 gr H110 1275fps
Linebaugh custom conversion (six shot)
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I like the Lee 250 RFN in my old Vaquero with 9.0 gr. of Unique.
LTB 315K over 23.0gr of H110. Cast from WW and lubed it weighs 325gr.
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Dang Whit! No need for a Ransom Rest around you!I'm not getting groups like that off the bags! But anyway, I'm still looking for a "best" bullet, I'm hoping my experiments with sized down 457122 and 457191 will turn in a group like tek's...
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An OLD Ideal 454424. It gives birth to boolits weighing 267gr. from WWs, and with 9.5 gr. of Unique shoots better than I can hold the gun. I do want to try the Lyman 454190 though.
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This is the most accurate in my 7.5" Ruger Blackhawk is a .452 255LSWC over 14gr. WC820 1275FPS. This hot load is only for Ruger Blackhawk & Contender guns. This is a very good deer load.
RCBS 45-255 SWC is my most accurate 45 Colt bullet for in mid to higher level loads in my Redhawk & Blackhawk's. The RCBS 45-230CM is what I use for accurate low level loads.
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Shot from either a revolver or a lever action, the 283 grain plain base LFN LBT custom bullet design behind 11 grains of Herco is a load that I can expect clover groups with on just about any day I shoot it. For long ranges from the rifle it can't be beat by any other plain base and has over taken all my GC designs too. There are a few others that I will be working on however that may over take the throne. Not too long ago I put together a custom Mountain Mold LFN GC design at 310 grains that has the same bullet characteristics as the LBT LFN and it may win the accuracy war; I’m awaiting the MM mold so time will tell.
As for the heavy…….I too use the RCBS 45-325-FN plain base in both the revolver and the lever action with very good accuracy and this bullet brings a truckload of knock down power with it. At 345 grains I know I wouldn’t want to stick around long if I was an elk, a moose, or a bear.![]()
LBT 300gr LFN ahead of 9.0 Unique.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |