Reeder Custom Guns - .45 Colt Pressure Data

Jim Taylor
.45 Colt Pressure Data
Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 06:13

I am not sure if I posted this before. If I did just ignore this. :-P

Years back John Linebaugh helped me get .45 Colt loads pressure-tested at Hodgdon's in their pressure barrel. John had built the pressure barrel for them and had access to it whenever they weren't running tests.

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.45 Colt Pressure Data - Jim Taylor, 2025-10-28, 06:13
- Thanks Jim! I’ve recently been toying with - drdougrx, 2025-10-29, 04:56
  - I think I had almost a compressed charge of 1680 - WB, 2025-10-29, 13:44
- That's not too scary, considering true Magnum CUP - WB, 2025-10-28, 09:57
  - These were all Ruger Blackhawk loads. - Jim Taylor, 2025-10-28, 10:12
    - I thought that looked like a .45/70 bullet, resized. (nm) - WB, 2025-10-28, 13:50
      - It's the old Lyman .45-90 bullet. (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2025-10-28, 14:57
    - That is a very good idea. I used to load Keith's - WB, 2025-10-28, 12:16