Accurate powders for 454 Casull

[pinne65]

I've stuck to Alliant 2400 and Unique (45 LC) by habit mostly I guess, because it was the first powders suggested to me. But I find 2400 seems to be burning a lot outside the barell (see my profile pic) and Unique seems to be dirty and leaves unburnt powder. (I'm using Blue Dot for my 10mm and have been happy with it so far)

A little while ago I got hold of an Accurate powders reloading manual online and got really impressed with their velocity claims. (3rd column from the right).

Anyone with experience of reloading Accurate powders care to comment on whether it lives up to these claims, pros / cons of using it...

TIA!

454 Casull
Barrel: 7.5" ■ Twist: 1-24" ■ Primer:CCI 400 ■ Bullet Dia.: .452"
POWDER,BULLET wt., BULLET MAKE, START grains, START velocity, MAX grains, MAX veolocity, MAX PSI, COL
Jacketed Bullets:
No.9 240 SIE JHC 28.8 1,678 32.0 1,884 47,090 1.685
No.9 300 HDY XTP 24.8 1,494 27.5 1,691 55,410 1.740
4100 240 SIE JHC 28.6 1,639 31.8 1,822 42,601 1.735
4100 260 NOS PART 26.8 1,559 29.8 1,733 52,698 1.735
4100 300 NOS PART 25.0 1,448 27.8 1,609 50,629 1.750
5744 240 SIE JHC 27.9 1,363 31.0 1,484 30,800 1.685
5744 300 HDY XTP 23.4 1,134 26.0 1,275 32,630 1.740
1680 240 SIE JHP 32.4 1,498 36.0 1,702 42,200 1.705
1680 250 HDY XTP 33.3 1,547 37.0 1,758 49,100 1.700
1680 300 HDY XTP 30.2 1,403 33.5 1,594 49,600 1.765
Lead Bullets
4100 335 CP WLNGC 23.2 1,363 25.8 1,515 52,550 1.760
4100 370 CP WLNGC 21.4 1,245 23.8 1,384 47,477 1.770
4100 395 CP WLNGC 19.7 1,181 21.8 1,312 47,576 1.770
5744 250 LC RN FP 26.1 1,347 29.0 1,531 37,100 1.750
5744 255 LC SWC 25.2 1,315 28.0 1,500 40,200 1.705
5744 300 MCB WP FB 24.3 1,260 27.0 1,432 45,500 1.690
1680 300 LC FP 27.0 1,229 30.0 1,397 33,700 1.690

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[BANE]

Im wanting to start Reloading for my 454 casull i have freedom Arms in a 5" and 7.5" barrels.
thanks.. your list will be a great start for me too if i find more info ill let you know.

 

[pinne65]

Good luck with the reloading BANE. I'll be really interested in hearing how it works out for you.

I should probably have posted the link to the reloading manual rather than posting the load data just in case I somehow managed to mix things up. So here it is: http://www.accuratepowder.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/accurate_load_data_3.5.pdf.

The only problems seems to be finding the powders locally. My go-to store BI-Mart don't carry them any more.