I was looking to load up to some stiff .45 Colt loads using Winchester 296 so I got out my books and the best I can tell the powder range for a .452 300gr Hornady XTP Mag using W296 is 17.9 minimum to 21.7 maximum providing an approximate velocity of 1050 to 1300fps respectively.
A friend of mine who has been reloading for some time now swears by 22gr of W296 under Hornady 300gr XTP mags and WLP. I have also found data on the web from some of the more well known reloading sites of folks using up to 23gr of H110 (same powder right?) with that same bullet/primer combo.
So can anyone shed some light on this? I of course will work up to my final max load but are these loads over 21.7 safe in a Blackhawk .45?
A friend of mine who has been reloading for some time now swears by 22gr of W296 under Hornady 300gr XTP mags and WLP. I have also found data on the web from some of the more well known reloading sites of folks using up to 23gr of H110 (same powder right?) with that same bullet/primer combo.
So can anyone shed some light on this? I of course will work up to my final max load but are these loads over 21.7 safe in a Blackhawk .45?