Just a curious question.

In the past, I have loaded many .44mag cases with powder charges designed for the .44spcl, as well as .357mag cases with .38spcl charges. I don't like to shoot "short" ammo if I can avoid it, to prevent ringing the cylinders, so I started working on "reduced loads" for the magnum cases, and it seemed to work just fine.

However, I've never tried this with a .454 cassull. My concern is the huge discrepancy in charge between the .45colt and .454 cassull. Loading a 8grn .44spcl load in a .44mag case that would have a max load of 10.5grn (unique using a 240grn JHP) is a different story than loading a 18grn .45colt charge into a .454 cassull case that would normally take a 30grn charge.

Even "light" .454 Cassull loads are pretty peppy, so I'm just curious if I can't swap down to a "peppy" .45colt load. The .45colts clear the barrel just fine spitting from short cases, but I'm a little nervous about getting them out of the barrel safely if I'd cut the charge in half?