Reloading the .41 Colt???

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Hello Gentlemen, I am about to start reloading .41 Colt for my 1892 D.A. Colt revolver and would appreciate any advice you might care to give.
I would like to avoid black powder if possible only because it requires more cleaning.
The bullets I have range from 177 gr. to 204 gr. My mould will create the lighter bullet and I have magnum small pistol primers.
My re-loading experience is a long time ago and was for rifle.
It seems to me that "Trail Boss" might be a good way to start out?
All help/advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Mike
 
Hi Terry, I have .386" HB ranging in weight from 177.5 gr. to 204 gr.
Hoping to avoid the mess of BP I thought Trail Boss would still be safe and do the job.
I am more interested in accuracy (such as it can be) than velocity.
Cheers,
Mike
 
I also have a Colt 1892 and use the reloading recipes from one of my old reloading manuals. I find 3.0 grains of Bullseye works the best but started out with 2.5 grains.

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Wow! I am overwhelmed by the response from you fellow nutz. I feel less confused and that my wheels are back on the tracks heading in a positive direction.
Anyone have any tips as to where I can get some "Bullseye"? I cannot find any in Central BC.
Best Regards,
Mike
 
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I've had best results with the HB bullets using either medium loads of Bullseye or "maximum" loads of Unique. Lighter loads of Unique didn't work - I think because there wasn't enough pressure to expand the HB to grip the bore. Haven't tried Trailboss but it should be good, too.
 
I'm gunshy of Bullseye since that Steyr- Hahn blew up on me, so I cannot speak of its effectiveness or lack of. But I can shoot my 41 pretty good with 4.5 grains of Unique behind a 200 great HB.
But that load is snappy out of a medium frame revolver, I can speak of that.
 
sail32 said:
I am curious tokguy, how did you manage to blow up a Steyr-Hahn ?
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Bullseye is my thoughts, lol.
For the the noise about Teutonic engineering the bbl on a S-H is really slender and additionally the recoil impulse works on two planes; it reciprocates and rotates. No engineer but in my line of business that's a last resort. First you pull, then release the strain and try to turn. All else fails you pull, wind it up and drive it down; that is the last resort because it's a bad practice. Steyr's recoil is braked with rotation and drag in fluted cutouts on the slide.
And the bbl cracked radially and laterally. That was peculiar too
But all I really know for sure is there was powder burns in my shorts...:redface:
 
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