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Encore 45/410 Load data recommendations [message #47024] Mon, 10 January 2022 12:58 Go to next message
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Just got a 45/410 Encore barrel in 15" with a ribbed barrel. Is there any load data you could share with me. I have 250 grain cast bullets and want to hunt with it. Primarily will be loading .45 Colt. I have Longshot, No 7, H110, and HS-6.

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Re: Encore 45/410 Load data recommendations [message #47028 is a reply to message #47024] Mon, 10 January 2022 14:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I am not a stranger to reloading . . . and I'm mostly puzzled by the barrel length and what it will and can do to MV's. If I want to achieve say 1100fps MV, how do I alter the charge weights?
Re: Encore 45/410 Load data recommendations [message #47065 is a reply to message #47028] Wed, 26 January 2022 15:45 Go to previous message
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If you have the TC Encore barrel with the rib on it, that is going to make it difficult if not impossible to use the 45 Colt round for hunting. There will be no way to sight it in for your 250 grain cast bullet load with out a fully adjustable rear sight. All the ribbed barrels I have seen have just 2 beads on the rib for sighting the shotgun loads. Or do you have a custom barrel that has a rib and sights? As far as loads, I would go to Hodgdon.com and plug your numbers into their reloading reference, 45 Colt as used in the Ruger, Freedom Arms, and Thompson Center, bullet weight, and it will give you some loads for the powders you may have. They have loads for only 250gr jacketed bullets, which would be preferred for hunting anyway. When reloading, if you dont have a chronograph then you can only guess what your velocity is. The Hodgdon website loads for 45 Colt quote a 7.25" barrel. Your 15" barrel would be different. The Lyman Pistol and Revolver Handbook has loads for the 15" Encore in 45 Colt, but they used none of the powders you mention.
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