Lighter bullet for a 45 Black Hawk

barryhud · April 27, 2009, 01:20 PM

I purchased some 175 gr swc made by Hunter's supply and loaded them with 6 gr of Trail Boss. I now find the 175 swc is designed for semi auto pistols and find nothing written about shooting them in my Black Hawk. Does anyone have any experience shooting the 175 swc in a Black hawk?

Doodlebugger45 · April 27, 2009, 03:09 PM

I don't have much experience along those lines, but a couple weeks ago one of my shooting buddies was trying out his new light 45 Colt loads and he let me have some of them to try out as well. I got all the pertinent parameters on them just for future reference, since they were really nice to shoot. I only shot 12 rounds with them, but the recoil was a lot more mild than my usual 45 Colt loads with 250 gr bullets.

Anyway, he was using 180 gr lead flat nose bullets. He had loaded up about 75 or so of them, using progressively higher charges of Trail Boss ranging from 6.0 gr to 7.2 gr. The ones he gave me to shoot were 6.2 gr and 6.4 gr in my Taurus Gaucho. He shot all the rest of his loads in his Blackhawk. Neither one of us had any problems at all. For me, the accuracy was just fine and the recoil was nice. He told me after his tests that he was most likely going to stick to the 6.4 gr powder charge.

barryhud · April 27, 2009, 07:01 PM

Thanks Doudlebugger 45, I had loaded 50 at 6.0 gr of Trailboss and another 50 at 6.5 ge. If it ever quits raining, I will check them out.

April 27, 2009, 01:20 PM	#1
barryhud Member Join Date: September 7, 2007 Location: Southeast Oklahoma Posts: 85	Lighter bullet for a 45 Black Hawk I purchased some 175 gr swc made by Hunter's supply and loaded them with 6 gr of Trail Boss. I now find the 175 swc is designed for semi auto pistols and find nothing written about shooting them in my Black Hawk. Does anyone have any experience shooting the 175 swc in a Black hawk?

April 27, 2009, 07:01 PM	#3
barryhud Member Join Date: September 7, 2007 Location: Southeast Oklahoma Posts: 85	175 swc Thanks Doudlebugger 45, I had loaded 50 at 6.0 gr of Trailboss and another 50 at 6.5 ge. If it ever quits raining, I will check them out.

April 27, 2009, 03:09 PM	#2
Doodlebugger45 Senior Member Join Date: April 15, 2009 Location: Wyoming Posts: 1,717	I don't have much experience along those lines, but a couple weeks ago one of my shooting buddies was trying out his new light 45 Colt loads and he let me have some of them to try out as well. I got all the pertinent parameters on them just for future reference, since they were really nice to shoot. I only shot 12 rounds with them, but the recoil was a lot more mild than my usual 45 Colt loads with 250 gr bullets. Anyway, he was using 180 gr lead flat nose bullets. He had loaded up about 75 or so of them, using progressively higher charges of Trail Boss ranging from 6.0 gr to 7.2 gr. The ones he gave me to shoot were 6.2 gr and 6.4 gr in my Taurus Gaucho. He shot all the rest of his loads in his Blackhawk. Neither one of us had any problems at all. For me, the accuracy was just fine and the recoil was nice. He told me after his tests that he was most likely going to stick to the 6.4 gr powder charge.