You can find a pretty fair smattering of what I call anecdotal information - loads proferred by various online shooters. But unless one knows that shooter or has had adequate communication with him/her to establish "bonafides," that is not the way to go, of course. No offense meant to anyone, but some of these fine folks are "explosive experts" to my way of thinking - wringing out the last ounce of power before the poor guns blow up!
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This is my short list of loads. There might be one or two loads in all of my manuals, but they are few indeed. Since Hornady, Barnes, Sierra, and other bullet makers don't peddle this round, it is not present in those books; and even the powder company manuals fall silent, with perhaps one or two loads among all of them - Alliant, Hodgon, Accurate, IMR, and so on. You might find a generic reference to a "280 gr. (L) TC" bullet in the Accurate manual, for instance; but that does not help. By the way, Hodgdon totally dropped the ball with their 2012 manual. No mention of this bullet, even their powders are well represented in loads for this round - very disappointing.
Even My "One Book / One Caliber" book - "The Complete Reloading Manual for the .45 Colt," published by Loadbooks, is silent about this bullet.
So - here are my sources, to save others the frustration in finding loads that are listed by an authoritative source:
Handloader Magazine Issue 246, April 2007
The partial issue that shows load data for this round is still available for download as a PDF file for free, at -
http://www.riflemagazine.com/magazine/P ... artial.pdf
Handloader Magazine Issue 275 (December-Jan 2012)
Partial online issue not available - see below
The above loads are ALL available, sans the supporting text, at LoadData.com (if you are a subscriber). Enter "45 Colt" and "280" bullet weight (Advanced Search)
By the way, Ammoguide.com (subscribed site) has none of these loads.
Okay, that's what I have. But I like to have a printed source available - portable and permanent. Who knows what will happen with the Internet with all of the proposed gubbmint meddling? Here is my question:
I have Lyman manuals, which don't work for this load. Is there a current "RCBS Bullet Load" manual or other printed source for sale that shows this round, and perhaps other ones that aren't Lyman mold bullets?
Thanks for your input.