billglaze
posted this
20 August 2015
Pigslayer, this is the first pistol mould I bought, back in 1952. Used it ever since.
Thousands of bullets cast with it; still using it. (Good Lord, that's over 60 years--boy, do they ever make those things to last!)
I've always used 8.5gr. of Unique; it did what I wanted it to, so I never have thought of going anywhere else.
Lyman (and others, too; I sometimes think they copy each other's work) call it maximum, but on my original (1917) S.A.A. and my other .45's, cases just drop out of the cylinder.
I chronographed it one time. Lyman says 846 ft. as I recall. In my old S.A.A. I got over 900 ft, with the Smith mod. 25, over a thousand ft. (Who needs a Magnum? I've got them, but I sometimes wonder why.) BTW: when I chrono'd the above, there was another guy at the range with a different brand of chrono; he said that my Oehler 35P numbers were right on, when I showed him the tape..
I don't want to run on; any questions, just ask away. HTH.
Bill
In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. My fate is not entirely in Gods hands, if I have a weapon in mine.