I have a MK V that I want to reload for. I also have some 265 gr hard cast bullets in 455. From what I understand these would not be good for black powder use. However, I was thinking of using these castings with 3.1 gr of Red Dot. Is this a combination that is ok or should I try and get so soft casts? If it is ok, what would be a good bullet lube? Where too can I get some soft casts as I would like to make some bp loads?
455 Webley
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I have a MKVI that I handload for, I bought the bullets from Bullet Barn, hard cast 265gr and worked up a load with red dot,found that 4.0 gr gives me about 650 fps with decent accuracy.
So a starting load of 3.1 gr is good,if you can Chrony them you can work up to get the desired speed.
So a starting load of 3.1 gr is good,if you can Chrony them you can work up to get the desired speed.
I have a S/W hand ejector in 455 Webly. Iam using Lyman 452242 255grs with 5 grs of Unique which works well.
Tried some different bullets out today. Tried different weights of Unique 4.5 to 5 grs. I was impressed with Lee 452-230-tc and 5.0 grs of Unique. 25 m groups of about 4 inches. Didn't expect this. I think I found my load.
Interesting bit o' history there - same as why they call the .357 a .38.
