George
Blackhawk
Hello,
I reload a few calibers with a single stage press.. I load .45acp, 44mag and now .45colt
I have some powders: Unique, Accurate #2,7and #9 some IMR x700
I picked up some new .45colt brass for my new to me caliber for reloading I picked up 300 pieces of Star line brass and 500 SNS cast bullets they are lead cast 250 grain and are RNFP with the colt crimp grove line.
I decided to load 100 up so my choice of power was Unique Min8.4 grain to 9.5 max with a FPS of 941
So I loaded to 9 grains of Unique with the SNS cast 250 RNFP bullets. with a light to med. crimp Was this a good starting point for the .45colt? For my Ruger mid frame new model Flattop convertible .45colt/.45acp.
Any other good choices I can make with the rest of my cases with what I have.
I have some 200grain .45 acp lead cast LSWC. I see no reason I can't use this bullet in my .45colt loads being I'm somewhat limited as far as pressure goes 14,000
This bullet will seat right below the lead looking at it next to my 250 grain colt bullet it looks like it will take a crimp just above that point. Can I use these for my colt reloads? I also have some acp 230 grain Beery plated FMPlated RN bullets.
Ok My dies are Lee 44mag is the 3 die carbide set
My .45acp set is Lee 4 die carbide set
and I decided to get a Lee .45colt carbide in a 4 die set thinking I could use the crimping die.
On that first 100 .45colt rounds I made up I decided not to use the crimp die. if I set up the bullet seat die right it can be setup to do a light to mid. crimp in one operation and the Bullet and case looked good to me.. thinking it always worked fine for my .44magnim loads.. Does this sound ok?
After looking at my powers and the limited bullets I have how about some ideas for the next 200 rounds. I have to kill another week before I can take the cores I need to take to get my range pass so all this is still like shooting to me as I enjoy it!
Thank you for your help! George
I reload a few calibers with a single stage press.. I load .45acp, 44mag and now .45colt
I have some powders: Unique, Accurate #2,7and #9 some IMR x700
I picked up some new .45colt brass for my new to me caliber for reloading I picked up 300 pieces of Star line brass and 500 SNS cast bullets they are lead cast 250 grain and are RNFP with the colt crimp grove line.
I decided to load 100 up so my choice of power was Unique Min8.4 grain to 9.5 max with a FPS of 941
So I loaded to 9 grains of Unique with the SNS cast 250 RNFP bullets. with a light to med. crimp Was this a good starting point for the .45colt? For my Ruger mid frame new model Flattop convertible .45colt/.45acp.
Any other good choices I can make with the rest of my cases with what I have.
I have some 200grain .45 acp lead cast LSWC. I see no reason I can't use this bullet in my .45colt loads being I'm somewhat limited as far as pressure goes 14,000
This bullet will seat right below the lead looking at it next to my 250 grain colt bullet it looks like it will take a crimp just above that point. Can I use these for my colt reloads? I also have some acp 230 grain Beery plated FMPlated RN bullets.
Ok My dies are Lee 44mag is the 3 die carbide set
My .45acp set is Lee 4 die carbide set
and I decided to get a Lee .45colt carbide in a 4 die set thinking I could use the crimping die.
On that first 100 .45colt rounds I made up I decided not to use the crimp die. if I set up the bullet seat die right it can be setup to do a light to mid. crimp in one operation and the Bullet and case looked good to me.. thinking it always worked fine for my .44magnim loads.. Does this sound ok?
After looking at my powers and the limited bullets I have how about some ideas for the next 200 rounds. I have to kill another week before I can take the cores I need to take to get my range pass so all this is still like shooting to me as I enjoy it!
Thank you for your help! George