To be clear, while I have been reloading for 60+ years, I can honestly say I have one year experience, 60+ times. That's why I follow "The Book" religiously.
Looking through what's left on my powder, I came across a part bottle of UNIQUE and wondered if I could use it for any of my .45 Colt loads, in Cowboy Action Shooting, using 250 Grain+/- LRNFP bullets. (I use New Model Ruger Vaqueros, 5 1/2 barrels, not the heavier old models)
So, I looked in my Lee Modern Loading, 2nd Edition, which gave a STARTING Load of 8.0 Grains and a MAX load of 8.0 Grains for 850 FPS
Humm. I'm shooting steel plates at near point blank Cowboy ranges, not hunting T. Rex
So I looked at Lyman, 50th Edition which gave a Starting Load of 6.3 Gr, for 754 FPS up to 8.2 Gr. for 931 FPS
Hornady 10th edition, using a 255 Gr. Lead bullet starts at 4.6 Gr. for 650 FPS up to 7.0 Gr. for 850 FPS and Redlines that load.
That range of charges has me wondering. Anybody using Unique for CAS?
Looking through what's left on my powder, I came across a part bottle of UNIQUE and wondered if I could use it for any of my .45 Colt loads, in Cowboy Action Shooting, using 250 Grain+/- LRNFP bullets. (I use New Model Ruger Vaqueros, 5 1/2 barrels, not the heavier old models)
So, I looked in my Lee Modern Loading, 2nd Edition, which gave a STARTING Load of 8.0 Grains and a MAX load of 8.0 Grains for 850 FPS
Humm. I'm shooting steel plates at near point blank Cowboy ranges, not hunting T. Rex
So I looked at Lyman, 50th Edition which gave a Starting Load of 6.3 Gr, for 754 FPS up to 8.2 Gr. for 931 FPS
Hornady 10th edition, using a 255 Gr. Lead bullet starts at 4.6 Gr. for 650 FPS up to 7.0 Gr. for 850 FPS and Redlines that load.
That range of charges has me wondering. Anybody using Unique for CAS?
