Reloading 45LC for The Judge

[Clarke123]

Looking for your experiences in loading for the Judge pistol(s).

My son-in-law has one and wants me to load him some.
Thought about some Montana Golds in 230 Grain,
and some cast Keiths in 255 ... but would like to
get input on charging them or whatever else that has worked well for others
loading this rather interesting pistol.

 

[Clarke123]

Well, to get the ball rolling:

I was recommended starting with 8.0 Grains of Universal over the 255 Grain Cast SWC FN Keith, somewhere around 850 FPS.

 

[EMC45]

I'd load them with a heavy soft bullet and a slow burning powder. The rifling is pretty shallow to facilitate good "grouping" with shot, which in turn may hurt overall accuracy with cast bullets.