.45LC Uberti/Stoeger

[jeffrefrig]

A few days ago, 6-10-'17, I asked yinz (Pgh's y'all) about a .45 caliber Uberti clone of an old Colt .45. I got some pretty good feedback, enough that made me take the 20 minute drive to the gun shop and drop $400 on the counter and walk out with a nice-looking revolver, box of ammo, and shop fees/taxes. Went straight out to the range and quickly learned I need more ammo and need to learn where to line up the sights to hit the target where I want. Only 25 yards out, but the front sight is pretty high & thin and the few that I hit were on the center line vertically but need to know if I'm high or low; need a spotter! But it shoots very well, meaning no kick,as the gun is heavy and shoots nice. It is a keeper for me. I just need to know how high or low I'm hitting. I thank you all for your input. It was used, but very clean, and I kinda like the brass with the flat black steel and wooden grips. Peace, and thank you all for your help with my decision. (BTW, GO PENGUINS! 2 years in a row!) Jeff Taylor

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

For a load I really like, WW 231-6.7grains, 230/240grain RBFP or RN (RNFP=Round Nose Flat Point +[cowboy bullet for rifle or pistol] RN=Round Nose [45 ACP Bullet]) sized .452 Win Large pistol primer (CCI's work well also!) This is my Cowboy Action load for both revolver and rifle, it is too weak for hunting deer sized animals, but I have never been afraid to use it for a SD load around the farm (a little less energy than 45 ACP).

This load is fairly mild, fairly accurate, and fairly inexpensive! 3 very important qualities in ammo you shoot a lot! I used to shoot 6 to 8 thousand rounds of this load a year, and one year 12,000! (my sons helped with about 1000 of that!)

I have never bothered to keep 45 Colt brass separated by brand. The huge volume and low pressure even out differences in the brass.

If smokey ammo bothers you, it will be the bullet lube, not the powder! But after shooting Black Powder, a little smoke from lube is easy to ignore! And once you start shooting Black Powder, The cost and clean up time won't really matter! The fun is extreme!

Ivan

 

[Biggfoot44]

If the OP isn't familar with shooting SA revolvers , I will point out : Your grip ( grasp) firmness firmness will effect your (particularly) vertical POI . You need to develope consistency of grasp before you can have a meaningful opinion of where your gun shoots. If you are a total blank page with SA rev's , see if you can vary your grasp to achieve impact ( with 250-255gr) somewhat near to point of aim.

With loads similar to above, mixed brass will be ok , as long as the crimps work out. For loads with near full case or compressed, or requiring heavy crimps , consistency in brass is needed.

Along the lines of above , I used 7.1gr with either 250, or 230 RN. A bit closer to traditional ( ok , post war smokeless) factory loads. But that's the beauty of .45 Colt , the variety of loadings.

 

[forrestinmathews]

I trim my long colts to ACP length for plinking and load them with 160 or 150 grain projectiles​ with 4.2 of clays or Titegroup. This works to 20 or 30 yards and is reasonable for most shooters. I usually run around six to seven grains on the long colts.
If you want to shoot to 100 yards you need to man up and stuff them full power and shoot at least a 200 grain projectile. I haven't seen very good stability with short cases or light bullets. You can't really go too wild since it's not a Ruger though. Be careful.