| .454 Casull | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 .454 Casull FMJ (full metal jacket bullet) round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Handgun | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of origin | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designer | Dick Casull, Duane Marsh, Jack Fullmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designed | 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Produced | 1997–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Specifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent case | .45 Colt | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Case type | Rimmed straight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bullet diameter | .452 in (11.5 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Land diameter | .442 in (11.2 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Case capacity | 45.5 gr H2O (2.95 cm3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primer type | Boxer Small rifle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum pressure (SAAMI) | 65,000 psi (450 MPa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maximum CUP | 50,000[1] CUP | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ballistic performance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test barrel length: 7.5 in Source(s): Hornady [2] DoubleTap[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The .454 Casull (/kəˈsuːl/)[4] is a firearm cartridge, developed as a wildcat cartridge in 1958 by Dick Casull, Duane Marsh and Jack Fullmer.[5] It was announced in November 1959 by Guns & Ammo magazine. The design is a lengthened and structurally improved .45 Colt case.[5] The wildcat cartridge went mainstream when Freedom Arms brought a single action five-shot revolver chambered in .454 Casull to the retail firearms market in 1983. Ruger followed in 1997, chambering its Super Redhawk in this caliber. Taurus followed with the Raging Bull model in 1998 and the Taurus Raging Judge Magnum in 2010. The .45 Schofield and .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 relationship between .38 Special and .357 Magnum cartridges, as well as the .44 Special and .44 Magnum cartridges).[5]
- ^ "SAAMI pressures from the 2004 SAAM specifications". Leverguns. 2004.
- ^ "Hornady". Archived from the original on 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "DoubleTap Ammo". Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ "Casull pronunciation in German". Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ a b c Barnes, Frank C.; Skinner, Stan (October 20, 2009). Cartridges of the World 12th Edition: A Complete and Illustrated Reference for Over 1500 Cartridges. Krause Publications. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-89689-936-0.