Bob Wright
Hawkeye
Some time back I bought some Winchester 572 powder on a lark. This is a new (to me) ball powder on the slow burning side. So, why not try it?
I as at the range Saturday with cartridges using this powder. In .44 Magnum I had the 240 gr. coated (Missouri Bullet Co.) SWC and both 8.5 and 10.0 grains of 752; in .45 Colt useing a 255 gr. SWC of the same source and also coated, with 7.3 grs. of 572.
I don't shoot as well now as I once did, but 10.0 grs in the .44 is around 1,000 f.p.s. and at fifteen yards twenty five rounds made one jagged hole in the paper maybe centered slightly to the right of the bulls eye. Recoil was very mild with noticeable flash out to the side. All in all, a very pleasant .44 Magnum target round.
The .45 Colt load was a real sweet shooting thing. Almost imperceptible recoil, equally accurate, and very, very pleasant shooting. Estimated velocity maybe 850~ 900 f.p.s.
All in all, very satisfying day at the range, after a satisfying day at the loading bench.
As a matter of interest, I've also used some Winchester 244, but so far seems very close to Winchester 231, a coin toss between the two.
Bob Wright
I as at the range Saturday with cartridges using this powder. In .44 Magnum I had the 240 gr. coated (Missouri Bullet Co.) SWC and both 8.5 and 10.0 grains of 752; in .45 Colt useing a 255 gr. SWC of the same source and also coated, with 7.3 grs. of 572.
I don't shoot as well now as I once did, but 10.0 grs in the .44 is around 1,000 f.p.s. and at fifteen yards twenty five rounds made one jagged hole in the paper maybe centered slightly to the right of the bulls eye. Recoil was very mild with noticeable flash out to the side. All in all, a very pleasant .44 Magnum target round.
The .45 Colt load was a real sweet shooting thing. Almost imperceptible recoil, equally accurate, and very, very pleasant shooting. Estimated velocity maybe 850~ 900 f.p.s.
All in all, very satisfying day at the range, after a satisfying day at the loading bench.
As a matter of interest, I've also used some Winchester 244, but so far seems very close to Winchester 231, a coin toss between the two.
Bob Wright