I found the load to be extremely accurate and pleasant in the pistol. I went online and got the online reloading manuals of every company which has an online manual. Like all hornady ammo, our cowboy rounds are engineered to perform flawlessly. At any rate, hodgdonimr claims that as long as you do not compress it, you cannot fit enough trail boss in any cartridge to be dangerous. I love the powder cept for the small 9 oz jars it comes in. But with a 255g bullet, it doesnt sound like you are trying for the lightest loads. Using the same bullet you describe mine drop around 260gr. Unlike win 231, a target load of trail boss will fill up much more of the available case volume so you dont have to worry about potential inconsistencies due to. Lyman cast bullet handbook 4th edition has 45 colt trail boss data, starting to max. So far, i havent succeeded in getting trail boss loads to shoot effectively. A new shooter in our club has a pair of ruger vaquero 5. Winchester large pistol had several opinions that they wouldnt stabilize out of a.
Trail boss made the softest loads ive ever shot for. Designed for cowboy action shooting, trail boss has proven to be a great way to get more practice with your big bore hunting rifle. This pretty much eliminates double charges, making it harder for you to blow up your new colt. Trail boss works well, follow the references already mentioned. I would have assumed trail boss was totally unusable in. The thing about trail boss is it was engineered to look like cheerios and take up as much room in the case as possible. Mar 30, 2014 has anyone here loaded trail boss and. Powders include imr, hodgdon, accurate, alliant, vihtavuori, winchester, ramshot. I use lees liquid alox and mix lighter fluid with it until its fairly thin. But now it has been found that you can use it for pistol and rifle calibers with lead or jacketed bullets for reduced velocity shooting. About the only thing i ever load with the stuff are. I have a rossi puma 45 colt chopped off to 11 and suppressed with an. Return to previous page using trail boss in rifle rounds trail boss was designed for cowboy action shooting with lead bullets.
My light 45 colt load is a missouri bullets 250gr lrn bullet over 5. I have not used trailboss in in anything less than a 475 linebaugh for my kids,except some 200 grain 45 colt loads i did for a friend. Some tite group loads with lighter bullets, hit low, as theyre going pretty fast. I think you will find on this forum that most people use trailboss on the really big crap for reduced loads ie. Taking a look at one of my favorite powders, imr trail boss. Trail boss was manufactured to be a bulk powder to fill the cases of black powder cartridges like the 45 colt and 4440 cartridges. Ive got 45 colt cases, 200 grain oregon trail bullets, and unique powder. Thanks lemat, i finally found the imr handgun data for trail boss on the web. Tb is supposed to be good for reduced rifle loads altho i havent done that yet. Action shooters demand total reliability from their ammo and hornady delivers.
See page on powder location in case affecting fps elsewhere on pages. Perhaps the best known of these companies is corbon. Not to leave shotgun shooters out, the third tab under the websites data menu is titled reduced recoil shotgun loads. Trail boss reloads are very mild and easy to shoot. Search across the entire site search in this forum search in this discussion. On line is nice but sometimes a good old fashioned paper manual is handy. I picked up a pound of unique and trail boss to use with some 255 gr swc ive had sitting around for a.
Try trail boss and a 250grain bullet at 780 fps for general shooting as. They literally recommend loading by volume, between 70% and 100% of what will fit without compressing. With the colt having the larger case and bullet diameter, this load should be a good starting point since we are talking well under 15 kpsi. Man those are fun to shoot, load me up some of those. Keep track of your loads in a diary or journal so you can repeat the goods ones and avoid repeating the not so good or bad ones. Bullseye and green dot might work well for light loads depending on how position sensitive they are. Trail boss is based on new technology that allows veryhigh loading density, good flow through powder measures, stability in severe temperature variation, and, most. What i dont have is specific loading data for a low velocity load. What i am suggesting that people not use are low power roundnosed. The new hornady manual has data for their 300gr xtp bullet in the 45 colt. I also suggest you get a either a bulky powder like trail boss or a powder that has a rather large powder charge.
It was basically designed for old black powder rounds that now took smokeless powder like. My new cowboy action type load is a missouri bullets 200gr rnfp bullet also over 5. Trail boss was designed specifically for low velocity lead bullets suitable for. I used the small powder measure on my square deal, but i was shooting light charges and 200g bullets. Trail boss was designed specifically for lowvelocity lead bullets suitable for cowboy action shooting.
Trail boss has become my favorite powder for fun shooting in 45 colt and 44mag. Can anyone suggest a starting load for 45 colt with trail boss under a 200g cast lswc. Since you asked about light loads for your son, 6 grn of unique under a 255 grn bullet was the cowboy load back when i was shooting the cowboy shoot. Thought the powder charge was a bit high and the velocity was like 900fps vs like 700. Unlike win 231, a target load of trail boss will fill up much more of the available case volume so you dont have to worry about potential inconsistencies due to powder location in the case. It doubles as an excellent pistol target powder for such cartridges as the 38 special and 45 acp and many more. In recent years a couple of the smaller ammunition companies have introduced high pressure. I am wanting to try some low velocityrecoil loads for my son to shoot. Over published max, only for ruger blackhawkfreedom arms. There are over 25 cartridges shown including everything from the. If you are wanting cowboy rounds i recommend imrtrail boss. Thanks to our swaged bullets, the projectile flattens at the target instead of fragmenting. If you cant find trail boss you can try clays i know, too hard to find too or try to find red dot, pb or promo. Hodgdon powder, imr powder and winchester powder expressly disclaim any and all warranties with respect to any and all products sold or distributed by them, the safety or suitability thereof, or the results obtained including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose andor any.
I use unique with 255 grain bullets for heavier loads. Starting loads 30,600 psi 39,100 cup as noted in the powder description section, trail boss was designed primarily for reduced loads using lead bullets in pistol cartridges. This is a great powder for cowboy action shooting, due to its very high volume relative to other. A 200 gr cast bullet with 4 gr of trail boss will give you a nice shooting round at about 800 fps. It was designed as a plinking load for cowboy action shooting which has a velocity limitation.
I heard that trail boss is not any cleaner but is really good for lead bullets, so i bought a pound of it. Lswchp ammo looks to be the best actual hunting and protection round. I use a ton of slow and dirty trail boss in all my wheelguns and even 45 acp. Want to see what its like to shoot a powder puff load in your. Soft cast 910 bhn low velocity only 900 fps or less. Ive had really good results and no problems with this load other than really dirty. The oregon trail stuff seems to like to go 900 fps and faster in my. And please, i wish people would quit referring to the cartridge as the 45 long colt.
It is primarily a pistol powder but has some application in rifles. Any body use trail boss powder in the 357 mag with lead bullets and if so how did it work. Trail boss is dandy for plinking loads in the 4570 and for 45 colt 5. However, trail boss offers superb versatility in rifle cartridges producing reduced loads using lead or jacketed bullets. Great soft cast bullet for reloading 45 colt cowboy loads. Jan 23, 20 trail boss was really designed for cowboy action shooters. Your muzzleloading load was better than the usual load in the. X did is very appropriatei had one case literally roll across my hand as it wandered out of the ejection port. Whats your recipe for 45 long colt cowboy action reloads. Using bullets from cast lead round nose flat point. It is primarily a pistol powder but has some application. I have been running the trail boss cowboy loads through it but tb is. I know its a cowboy powder but there must be some info relating to.
Then, using tweezers, i dip each bumped ball and place it on hardware mesh with a newspaper underneath. Cowboy load for conversion cylinder shooters forum. Ive let a few friends shoot some of these and they all said the same thing. It is for cas so no need to go heavy for wild bunch power factor, etc. I shoot 5 grains of trail boss behind 250 grain bullets and 6 grains of trail boss behind 200 grain bullets for cowboy shooting. The trail boss loads i listed before would be cleaner shooting, but the unique load is very accurate. Trail boss was really designed for cowboy action shooters. I just looked at imr site and it has for trail boss using a 160gr bullet use 7gr of tb and seat it at 1. Handloading cowboy handgun calibers the shooters log.