Reloading Keith Style .44 Hard Cast.

Great shooting, I am using 7.5 to 8.0g Unique and RimRocks in special cases for my Smith 329pd. works for me now in TN!

Rim Rock is great, I have been using their bullets for years. I need to place an order for my Colt 45 clone. I got a set of dies from Grumpy and want to load for it. It is one of my favorite fun guns. I have an Uberti "El Patron" 43/4" with a superb trigger and action. Definately NOT a quick draw SA. The trigger is much too light and crisp for any old west shenanigans. I always load one skip one and load four with this one. It is a true rendition of the 1873.

Michael W Cuber said:

Chance-dg, that is a very nice rig for $449. I’ve had Colt SAA’s, but for the money they now command, I’d rather have a Vaquero, Peitta, Uberti, Cimarron, or EMF. View attachment 660169

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Great pics and I am sure she made good eating. Thank you! It is my understanding, Uberti is top shelf, their Taylor&Co are a step down. I had always wanted a Colt but when I had money they were and are very scarce and usually way overpriced. I knew this El Patron model was out of Uberti's custom shop and jumped when I found it. I talked to their CS right after I got it. It is a true 4 click 1873 Colt clone with Wolfe springs, line bored and numbered cylinders with a cylinder gap too narrow for my feeler gauges to measure. My GS and I have shot it a lot lately, he is great at 25yd bulls eyes. The gun has about a 1 1/2 lb trigger from the factory, crisp best trigger I ever had on a handgun. This gun is rated to handle even Hornady factory loaded 265g tipped bullet. It is very strong and tight. I really like it
I carried a 44 for many years, still do and have taken several does and finished a cow elk with one of mine. Now with dies I can load 45 Colt too.

When I lived in Montana, 25 years, I carried factory loads in the back country. Usually. 300g Cast Cores as my revolvers shot them so well. I still have several boxes of them. Now I am old and gimped up so here in TN there is no need to beat myself up. I load Rim Rock 240s and 250s with 7.5g Unique. I have a S&W 329pd and my old SBH 5.5" and enjoy shooting them both. If I had an opportunity to go back, I would just carry the SBH in my truck or Ranger. The 329pd is too lite for many heavy loads at a time. My Uberti El Patron 45 Colt 1873 clone is rated for heavy loads but has the original sized stocks and is not as comfortable to shoot heavies as my SBH with the plow share grip frame.