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Looking for brass, bullets, dies for your reloading press or reloading tools? Shop Reloading
Looking for brass, bullets, dies for your reloading press or reloading tools? Shop Reloading
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Warning this product is known to the state of California to cause [cancer] [birth defects or other reproductive harm].Federal Premium VitalShok handgun hunting offerings with the copper Barnes Expander bullet bring handgun hunting performance to new heights. They provide 100 percent weight retention, outstanding expansion and superb accuracy.
Specifications
-Caliber: 454 Casull
-Bullet: 250gr Barnes Expander
-Rounds Per Box: 20
-Reloadable: Yes
Ballistic Information
-Muzzle Velocity: 1530 fps
-Muzzle Energy: 1299 ft/lbs
About the Manufacturer
Since 1922, Federal Premium Ammunition has been providing hunters and shooters with high-quality shotshell, centerfire and rimfire ammunition. At Federal Premium, we believe certain moments are worth a Premium. From our humble beginnings nestled among the lakes and woods of Minnesota, Federal Premium Ammunition has evolved into one of the world's major producers of sporting ammunition while partnering with the conservation organizations that protect and support our outdoor heritage.
About the 454 Casull
The .454 Casull was finally commercialized in 1998, when SAAMI published its first standards for the cartridge. The new Casull round uses a small rifle primer rather than a pistol primer, because it develops extremely high chamber pressures of over 60,000 CUP (copper units of pressure) (410 MPa), and the rifle primer has a significantly stronger cup than a pistol primer.
The round is one of the most powerful handgun cartridges in production. The .454 Casull generates almost 5 times the recoil of the .45 Long Colt, and about 75% more recoil energy than the .44 Magnum. It can deliver a 250 grain (16 g) bullet with a muzzle velocity of over 1,900 feet per second (580 m/s), developing up to 2,000 ft-lb (2.7 kJ) of energy from a handgun. One Buffalo Bore loading drives a heavier 300 grain JFN bullet at 1,650 ft/s for 1,813 ft-lb of muzzle energy. The .454 Casull round is primarily intended for hunting medium or large game, metallic silhouette shooting, and bear protection.
The Casull cartridges were originally loaded with a triplex load of propellants, which gave progressive burning, aided by the rifle primer ignition, resulting in a progressive acceleration of the bullet as it passed through the barrel.
Specifications
Parent case .45 Colt
Case type Rimmed straight
Bullet diameter .452 in (11.5 mm)
Neck diameter .480 in (12.2 mm)
Base diameter .480 in (12.2 mm)
Rim diameter .512 in (13.0 mm)
Rim thickness .057 in (1.4 mm)
Case length 1.383 in (35.1 mm)
Overall length 1.77 in (45 mm)
Primer type Boxer Small rifle
Ballistic performance
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
240 gr (16 g) XTP JHP Hornady 1,900 ft/s (580 m/s) 1,923 ft·lbf (2,607 J)
300 gr (19 g) XTP JHP Hornady 1,650 ft/s (500 m/s) 1,813 ft·lbf (2,458 J)
335 gr (22 g) WFNGC DoubleTap 1,600 ft/s (490 m/s) 1,904 ft·lbf (2,581 J)
360 gr (23 g) WFNGC DoubleTap 1,500 ft/s (460 m/s) 1,800 ft·lbf (2,400 J)
400 gr (26 g) WFNGC DoubleTap 1,400 ft/s (430 m/s) 1,741 ft·lbf (2,360 J)
Business Hours:
Monday - Friday 9-5 CST
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1. We don't have any primers or powder
2. We don't manufacture ammunition or reload ammunition
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Phone: 512-827-8651
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