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Posted: 6/26/2012 9:17:11 PM EDT
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Can't recommend a specific load but if you go to Buffalo Bore's website they have several 45LC loads from mild to wild and little descriptions of what they are good for.
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Posted: 6/26/2012 10:30:10 PM EDT
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Just put a Ruger Redhawk 45 Colt on layaway, what load do you guys reccomend for carry in the mountains . Lots of good info from John Linebaugh http://www.customsixguns.com/writings/dissolving_the_myth.htm |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 6:25:03 PM EDT
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Before you take possession of it measure the firing pin protrusion. I really like my Redhawk but the light primer strike problem makes me question it for a defensive gun. A Blackhawk is much lighter as a “mountain gun” anyway.
http://www.bowenclassicarms.com/news.html#RedhawkIgnitionProblems http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-462561.html http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=10130&sid=be0f6e6f44ab7be64b40df3bd56eb539 |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 6:50:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: Before you take possession of it measure the firing pin protrusion. I really like my Redhawk but the light primer strike problem makes me question it for a defensive gun. A Blackhawk is much lighter as a "mountain gun” anyway. http://www.bowenclassicarms.com/news.html#RedhawkIgnitionProblems http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-462561.html http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=10130&sid=be0f6e6f44ab7be64b40df3bd56eb539 Mine is at Ruger right now for repair due to light primer strikes. Other than that I really like it. |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 9:08:14 AM EDT
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I don't own a redhawk but I've loaded a lot of .45 colt for blackhawks and my FA97.
If you want full-power loads nothing else comes close to 'lilgun powder, works great with all bullet weights but you can't load it down much, for lighter loads I like unique. Redhawk cylinders are quite long so you should be able to use just about any bullet, I like heavy hardcast in a .45, but if your throats are tight it will shoot jacketed better I've had good luck with speer deepcurl jacketed and cast performance bullets. I use a Lee factory crimp die, CCI MLP primers and starline brass. |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 10:47:51 AM EDT
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For SC and if you reload, 250 XTP. If you don't reload, look at underwoodammo.com. He has some really good quality 45 Colt ammo at very reasonable prices, $37 for 50. I carry a different load up here in Alaska, 23 gr 296 under 310gr cast GC bullet.
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Posted: 6/29/2012 3:50:01 PM EDT
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Just put a Ruger Redhawk 45 Colt on layaway, what load do you guys reccomend for carry in the mountains . What would you have to shoot in the SC mountains? |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 6:30:06 PM EDT
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I never said sc mountains......
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Posted: 6/29/2012 6:39:53 PM EDT
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If you don't handload, you should.
If a .45 Redhawk were mine, I'd cast the Scoville 285 grain LSWC and find a load that I liked, sending it about 1200-1300 fps. Then I'd load an ammo can full of that and do my best to shoot that gun loose. |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 6:49:10 PM EDT
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I do reload and that 285 would work, I've been looking at it and a 300 grain, hunting hogs run 300 to 400 lbs, bears run 300 to 450 in the mountains I go in Tn,Nc, Va.
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Posted: 6/29/2012 7:34:19 PM EDT
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I can nearly guarantee that either bullet at 1100+ fps will not be recovered from most animals. Your only chances of stopping either inside an animal would be a lengthwise shot on a bear or HUGE hog. Probably not even then.
Edit: Elmer Keith shot a large mule deer several times at 600 yards with a ~250 grain bullet at 1400 fps at the muzzle. Not a single bullet was recovered. |
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Posted: 6/30/2012 4:03:54 PM EDT
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I like 250 grain cast bullets with 8 to 9 grains of Unique powder.
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Posted: 7/1/2012 3:59:16 AM EDT
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Just put a Ruger Redhawk 45 Colt on layaway, what load do you guys reccomend for carry in the mountains . What would you have to shoot in the SC mountains? There are a couple new inventions that exedite travel. The airplane and automobile. I also travel to the Desert/Mountains to hike and shoot. |
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Posted: 7/2/2012 2:49:00 PM EDT
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Just put a Ruger Redhawk 45 Colt on layaway, what load do you guys reccomend for carry in the mountains . What would you have to shoot in the SC mountains? A scumbag, wild pig, perhaps even a black bear. Most likely just scumbags. I load an Elmer Keith style load for .44 mag and .45 Colt. Not quite as hot though. 
A jacketed soft point is what I carried when I lived in Alaska (44 mag). They work very well and make for faster reloads with a speedloader. 
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Posted: 7/3/2012 6:59:22 AM EDT
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I use a 335 cast with 23.5 grains (maybe just a little more
 ) of 296. This load is very consistant shot to shot with no pressure spikes.
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