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The following does not reflect the opinions of the forum and everyone is responsible for their own actions and loads. This is opinion only. Do your own research.
So I'm always reading how dangerous and careless it is to load hot 45 colts for a Ruger Redhawk revolver. I'm told that the brass will rupture, sending the cylinder flying off in pieces. I have two questions for these claims. Just wanting your opinion on them.
1.) What is the brass case for really? To hold in the pressure or to hold in the hot gases, and to house the powder and bullet? So if a Ruger Redhawk was loaded up somehow without a case, it would fly into pieces?
2.) If the above statements are true, why do powder manufactures like Western Powder (Ramshot Enforcer) list loads for 30,000 psi loads in their loading data? Are they not afraid of being sued if the case ruptures and the side of the cylinder goes flying off to kill someone?
So I have had several 45 colt cases (never loaded hot or many times) split completely down the side in a Uberti - normal pressure loads. How come the cylinder didn't fly apart? I didn't even know until I went to eject the case. Now the Ruger is built to withstand much more pressure, so why would the Ruger cylinder fly apart if a hot load case split open? It has - with the same result as the Uberti........ Nothing.
My real question then. Why do some people have a cow and say we are maniacs wishing for death by loading up 30,000 psi loads in a Ruger made for such things and lots more? The case? The case does not hold in pressure - it is thin brass. That's why it flies in pieces if set off outside a firearm. The high quality metal cylinder holds in the pressure - nothing else.
Just my opinion and nothing else (backed up by years of experience doing so). In closing: If the cylinder flies in pieces it's do to a reload screwup or a badly produced firearm.
The above does not reflect the opinions of the forum and everyone is responsible for their own actions and loads. This is opinion only. Do your own research.
Thoughts or rebuttals
So I'm always reading how dangerous and careless it is to load hot 45 colts for a Ruger Redhawk revolver. I'm told that the brass will rupture, sending the cylinder flying off in pieces. I have two questions for these claims. Just wanting your opinion on them.
1.) What is the brass case for really? To hold in the pressure or to hold in the hot gases, and to house the powder and bullet? So if a Ruger Redhawk was loaded up somehow without a case, it would fly into pieces?
2.) If the above statements are true, why do powder manufactures like Western Powder (Ramshot Enforcer) list loads for 30,000 psi loads in their loading data? Are they not afraid of being sued if the case ruptures and the side of the cylinder goes flying off to kill someone?
So I have had several 45 colt cases (never loaded hot or many times) split completely down the side in a Uberti - normal pressure loads. How come the cylinder didn't fly apart? I didn't even know until I went to eject the case. Now the Ruger is built to withstand much more pressure, so why would the Ruger cylinder fly apart if a hot load case split open? It has - with the same result as the Uberti........ Nothing.
My real question then. Why do some people have a cow and say we are maniacs wishing for death by loading up 30,000 psi loads in a Ruger made for such things and lots more? The case? The case does not hold in pressure - it is thin brass. That's why it flies in pieces if set off outside a firearm. The high quality metal cylinder holds in the pressure - nothing else.
Just my opinion and nothing else (backed up by years of experience doing so). In closing: If the cylinder flies in pieces it's do to a reload screwup or a badly produced firearm.
The above does not reflect the opinions of the forum and everyone is responsible for their own actions and loads. This is opinion only. Do your own research.
Thoughts or rebuttals
