94 Winchester trapper loads in 45 LC

Making some hog loads for my 45 LC Winchester 94 trapper rifle. Just tried 20.5 grains of Winchester 296 behind 300 grain gas check bullets. Shot fair, kicked hard.

Anybody else shooting one of these or anything else in 45 LC? If so what loads have worked for you?

Thanks,

Roger

I use the same bullets for my 45acp and LC's, 230 fmj Rainier from Midway USA. Powder is Titegroup. I make them for my Ruger single action pistol though. Work great and not much kick, probably due to the lighter bullet.

I did some bullet testing in my 94 45 Colt Trapper about 3 years ago, I posted a link to it below. Although I didn't post up my loads I have them written down and if you want them I'll post them up, but I just basically took the max H110 load and backed off about half a grain and let them fly.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewto...ay&start=20

RickyK, please post them up. I am thinking of trying some H110.

The loads I made produced a velocity of 1432 fps. The penetrating power of these should be awesome. What I want to do is shoot some hogs with them at oblique angles or maybe some end to end shots and see how much they penetrate. Also would like to go for a 2 in 1 shot if I can get a couple to line up correctly.

Roger

You are using H110 for 45LC? I thought that was just for magnum loads. I use that for my 44 mag and 357 loads. Good stuff.

Check the Hodgdon website and it allows you to access load data based on bullet weight and powder.

http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp

Here you go, use at your on risk.


Bullet Weight Bullet Style Case Powder Powder Charge Primer OAL Velocity Comments
240 Hornady XTP Mag HP H110 27.2 WLP 1737 Win Trapper

250 Lead Hunter RNFP IMR 4227 19.0 WLP

250 Hornady XTP HP IMR 4227 20.6 WLP Accurate in EMF 92

250 Hornady XTP HP H110 26.0 WLP 1675 Win Trapper

260 Nosler Partition H110 23.5 WLP 1536 Win Trapper

265 Swift A Frame HP H110 23.5 WLP 1638 Win Trapper

300 Cast Performance LFN IMR 4227 20.6 WLP

300 Cast Performance LFN 296 22.6 WLP

300 Swift A Frame HP H110 22.0 WLP 1493 Win Trapper

300 Swift A Frame HP 296/110 22.0 WLP 1453 Mike Rintoul load testing

300 Swift A Frame HP 296/110 22.4 WLP Mike Rintoul load testing

300 Hornady XTP Mag HP H110 22.0 WLP 1444 Win Trapper

RickyK, thanks for posting these loads. It gives me something to compare my loads to. I was getting my load data from a Thompson Center reloading manual for the contender handguns. The manual states these loads should be OK for 94 trapper rifles but I was a little worried about over pressuring the rifle. But my loads and the corresponding velocities are a little less than yours so this give some peace of mind that the loads are safe.

I load for my Puma 20" is 255 gr. hard lead is 9 grains of Unique, I have ALOT of Unique, use it in my lead .44 Mag loads.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=145873


http://www.shootersforum.com/handloading-procedures-practices/54410-h110-w296-same-load-data.html

Standard factory loads will penetrate darn near end to end on a 135# pic. I did it out of a 94 with a handload 1/2 grain more than factory.