.454 Casull Traditional Cache
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The .454 Casull (pronounced Ka-Sool) is a firearm cartridge,
developed in 1957 by Dick Casull and Jack Fulmer. It was first
announced in November 1959 by Guns & Ammo magazine. The basic
design was a lengthened and structurally improved .45 Colt case.
.45 Colt cartridges can fit into the .454's chambers, but not the
other way around because of the lengthened case, (very similar to
the way .38 Special cartridges can fit into the longer chambers of
a .357 Magnum and .44 Special cartridges can fit into the longer
chambers of a .44 Magnum). 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 a rifle primer has a significantly
stronger cup than a pistol primer. The .454 Casull can deliver a
250 grain (16 g) bullet with a muzzle velocity of over 1900 feet
per second (580 m/s), developing more than 2000 ft·lbf (2.7 kJ) of
energy, although energy levels from common .454 revolvers with 7-8
inch barrels are typically somewhat lower (1,600-1,700 ft·lbf). The
round is primarily intended for hunting medium or large game,
metallic silhouette shooting and predator defense.
The 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 up the barrel. The first commercially available
revolver chambered in .454 Casull was made by Freedom Arms in 1983
as a 5-shot revolver. Ruger began chambering its Super Redhawk in
this caliber in 1997 and Taurus followed with the Raging Bull model
in 1998.
The recently introduced .460 Smith and Wesson Magnum cartridge has
the same diameter as a .45 Colt or .454 Casull, and therefore
revolvers chambered for it will also chamber the .454 Casull and
.45 Colt. Until the introduction of the .460 S&W Magnum and the
.500 S&W Magnum the .454 Casull was the most powerful
commercially produced handgun round on the market, significantly
eclipsing the more recent .50 AE in both power and
availability.
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