.454 Casull Puns

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Looking for a pistol to hunt with. I like the longer barrel of the 44 and it’s actually cheaper than the Raging Hunter, plus I hear it’s more reliable than the RH. Any recommendations or input would be terrific!

Trying to have a dual purpose big bore. Scratch my hand cannon itch and have a center fire revolver I can mount an optic on and use to successfully fill my freezer full of free range forest meat. Not sure which caliber would be a better option.

• I will be using this to hunt mostly white tail deer and wild hogs. I live in Louisana, so no bears

• I don’t have a reloading set up and don’t see myself getting one in the foreseeable future.

• Two revolvers I’m looking at are the Taurus Raging Hunter 8 3/8” and Ruger Super Alaskan 7.5”

• I plan on mounting an optic.

I don't know if I am on the right place or not, if not a push in the right direction hopefully. I was curious if anyone knew if they make a 454 casull semi-auto pistol or if it is even possible to have someone build one for me? The reason I ask is just because I want one that is the long and short of it.

I can't hunt anything with it, it's ridiculously unnecessary, but I have a soft spot for big booms. Plus I can happily plink away with 45 Colt 99% of the time.

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For those who love big bore revolvers, the .454 Casull (pronounced like KA-sool) is often a favorite. Longer than the .45 Long Colt and much more powerful, this ammunition spent more than half of its life as a popular wildcat, not becoming a standard, factory round until it’d been in the handloader arena for over 40 years.

When it comes to size, the .454 Casull ammo comes in a .45 Colt case that’s lengthened about .10 inch, giving the shell a length of 1.383 inches. The .452-inch diameter lead bullet sits in a .480-inch diameter straight-rimmed case, making the total cartridge length reach 1.77 inches.

Bullet weights are most commonly found between 240 and 300 grain (gr), and muzzle velocities approach 1,900 feet per second (fps) with energy at the muzzle exceeding 2,000 foot pound force (ft·lb).

The ammunition is loaded under a high pressure, and even uses a small rifle primer instead of a pistol primer. These cartridges can be loaded to a maximum pressure of 65,000 pounds per square inch (psi) and can create over 60,000 copper units of pressure (CUP) when fired.

When it comes to big bore ammunition, the .454 Casull, which was originally proposed as the .454 Magnum, significantly dwarfs the other three magnum cartridges (.357 Mag, .41 Mag, and .44 Mag), not just in size, but also in performance and power. And it’s this power that’s made the .454 Casull one of the most powerful handgun cartridges in the world, a wildcat that’s evolved into a heavy-hitting hunting round that can take down anything the American wild provides.

Development of the .454 Casull Cartridge

In 1957, Dick Casull, a gunsmith from Utah known for making wildcat cartridges, joined forces with Jack Fulmer and set out to develop a handgun hunting round that could not only take down any of North America’s large game, but also protect its shooter against any of the apex predators they may encounter while on the hunt.

Casull and Fulmer took the .45 Long Colt case and both lengthened it and thickened the shell’s wall, making it stronger and more durable. They filled this casing with a triplex load o

yup, dies for 454 casull