.450 adams ? belgian revolver loads 1878 and before

andrewstorm · September 9, 2010, 12:15 AM

Has anyone had any experience loading this obscure antique round,I think the bore is .457,so I can use 255 gr cowboy bullets,ive heard about 20 gr 3f, the original bp load had a mv of only 620 fps.

Wildalaska · September 9, 2010, 12:36 AM

You use about 1/2 of a case of 3fg under that Remington 255'er. I use a cut down Fiocchi 455 case as a scoop.

If you want, next time, I can weigh it for you but its pathetic, as is its velocity, but in my James Dalziel Dougall Webley-Pryce it shoots to poa.

By the way, you cant even get close to 20 grains in a Webley case. If ya could that would blow your Belgian

andrewstorm · September 15, 2010, 10:11 AM

I know its a gallery round,and probably very accurate,good fer small varmints at close range maybe?whats your best mv?

September 9, 2010, 12:15 AM	#1
andrewstorm Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2009 Posts: 198	.450 adams ? belgian revolver loads 1878 and before Has anyone had any experience loading this obscure antique round,I think the bore is .457,so I can use 255 gr cowboy bullets,ive heard about 20 gr 3f, the original bp load had a mv of only 620 fps.

September 9, 2010, 12:36 AM	#2
Wildalaska Junior member Join Date: November 25, 2002 Location: In my own little weird world in Anchorage, Alaska Posts: 14,171	You use about 1/2 of a case of 3fg under that Remington 255'er. I use a cut down Fiocchi 455 case as a scoop. If you want, next time, I can weigh it for you but its pathetic, as is its velocity, but in my James Dalziel Dougall Webley-Pryce it shoots to poa. By the way, you cant even get close to 20 grains in a Webley case. If ya could that would blow your Belgian WilditsabitmoreinvolvedbutthatsitinanustshellAlaska TM©2002-2010

September 15, 2010, 10:11 AM	#3
andrewstorm Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2009 Posts: 198	450 slo I know its a gallery round,and probably very accurate,good fer small varmints at close range maybe?whats your best mv?