Dick Casull, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dick Casull

American gunsmith

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1931

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Date of Death: 06-May-2018

Profession: inventor, gunsmith

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Dick Casull

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  • "Dick" Casull (/k?'sul/) (February 15, 1931 – May 6, 2018) was a Salt Lake City-born gunsmith and wildcat cartridge developer whose experiments with .45 Colt ammunition in the 1950s led to the creation of the .454 Casull cartridge.
  • Casull's passion were six-shooters, and he was determined to create a high velocity round for the .45 Colt.
  • His goal was to achieve a muzzle velocity of 2,000 feet per second with Colt .45 rounds fired from a single-action Army-style revolver with a 7 ½ inch barrel.
  • This proved impossible due to the tensile strength of the Colt .45 cylinder, so he set out to develop his own casing and bullet. Casull began his career as a wildcat cartridge developer after having contact with Elmer Keith in the 1940s, an Idaho rancher, firearms enthusiast, and author.
  • Keith was instrumental in the development of the first magnum revolver cartridge, the .357 Magnum, as well as the later .44 Magnum and .41 Magnum cartridges.
  • Keith was instrumental in the development of various wildcat cartridges, a few of which were later adopted as factory rounds. Casull also worked with Oregon-based gunsmith P.O.
  • Ackley, the famous wildcat cartridge developer.
  • Ackley developed a family of improved wildcat cartridges by rechambering extant firearms and fireforming the ammunition to decrease body taper and increase shoulder angle, resulting in a higher case capacity.
  • Ackley improved not only standard cartridges but was the creator of the first .17 caliber (4.5 mm) centerfire cartridge.
  • He developed the .450 Ackley Magnum (based on a .375 H&H Magnum case necked up to .458) and the .475 Ackley Magnum (based on a .375 H&H Magnum necked up to .475 (12 mm)).

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