[Southpaw]

DOK,
I'm sorry I don't have any loading info for you, but I'm interested in how you like you're .454 RB.  I'm planning on getting one pretty soon.  Everything I've read about it is good.  How was the recoil?  You were close to 1500 fps on some loads.  Isn't that close to max for the 360 grain in the .454?

Regards

 

[Southpaw]

DOK,
Thanks for the info.  I just ordered a .454 RB 6 1/2" barrel today.  I've also ordered Marshall's book but haven't received it yet.  What about accuracy?  How's it shoot, in your opinion?

God bless,

 

[Southpaw]

DOK,
Yup, I'm a lefty!  But if my hand hurts, I just use two fingers to post messages... actually, mostly I use two fingers, anyway (to be honest).
I read in another posting where someone mentioned that you had to subtract the porting length fron the barrel length to get real barrel length.  I checked several sites, including Magnaports, and there opinion is that the difference in velocity is negligible.  I don't know, but it's something to think about.
I don't see why the FA would be any stronger that the Taurus RB.  There both 5-shot cylinders.  Taurus, as you know, also has very close tolerances for barrel to cylinder endgap.
I also read something ( I think from James Gates) that sometimes ES is misleading.  In some cases, you can get better accuracy, even though ES is a little higher.
This is a good thread that produced some good info.  I hope we get more.
All I can do is offer up what I've read here or there.  I certainly am very far from knowledgeable.  Hopefully, we'll learn as time goes on thanks to the guys in this form who really do know what there talking about.  THANKS, guys!

God bless

 

[Southpaw]

DOK,
It seem that neither Cal or I realized that you already subtracted from the barrel length to account for the porting.  Since Taurus makes a 6 1/2" RB, I think most people (as we did) are going to think that that's what you are referring to and be confused.  You might want to post the actual barrel length and let people figure the realistic length for themselves, especially on loadswap.com.

God bless,

 

[Southpaw]

DOK,
Sorry, but I'm still confused.  Were your tests done on the 6 1/2" RB or the 8 /38" RB?  Thanks!

God bless,

 

[Southpaw]

DOK,
I forgot to mention that on your test results I noticed that the ES started to drop again, significantly too.  If you weren't near max load, I wonder if it would have dropped into single digits again along with improved accuracy.
  GRs   ES
  22.5  20
  23.0  22
  23.5  8
  24.0  45
  24.5  21
  25.0  13
What do you think?

God bless,