Had very good luck with their .45 Colt hard cast bullets,so ordered some of their 230 gr. .45 ACP round nose bullets.
Now this bullet has almost same profile as the old Speer 4690/91 bullet in that you have a shoulder which is the size of the bullet dia. .452/ .453 sticking out past the case about .050 when seated at Speer's 1.270 COL based on their load data.
Now being soft lead the Speer bullet will slide in with a light push into the chamber until the case lip hits.
However with hard cast lead,as in the Better Bullet, this causes the bullet to bind up when trying to seat fully in the chamber.
I started out seating a few bullets at 1.270 and they would freely seat in my Wilson check gage.
However when I tried to load a couple in my Ruger .45 ACP revolver they would not easily seat deep enough to rotate the cylinder.
In my 1911, slide spring pressure would slam it in but they will not drop in to full seat,like my other loads.
Now if I reduce the COL down to 1.235 the Better Bullets will drop right down into the 1911 chamber and my revolver.
Should I reduce my current 5.8 Unique powder load by .5 grain to reduce any pressure increase if there is any?
Now this bullet has almost same profile as the old Speer 4690/91 bullet in that you have a shoulder which is the size of the bullet dia. .452/ .453 sticking out past the case about .050 when seated at Speer's 1.270 COL based on their load data.
Now being soft lead the Speer bullet will slide in with a light push into the chamber until the case lip hits.
However with hard cast lead,as in the Better Bullet, this causes the bullet to bind up when trying to seat fully in the chamber.
I started out seating a few bullets at 1.270 and they would freely seat in my Wilson check gage.
However when I tried to load a couple in my Ruger .45 ACP revolver they would not easily seat deep enough to rotate the cylinder.
In my 1911, slide spring pressure would slam it in but they will not drop in to full seat,like my other loads.
Now if I reduce the COL down to 1.235 the Better Bullets will drop right down into the 1911 chamber and my revolver.
Should I reduce my current 5.8 Unique powder load by .5 grain to reduce any pressure increase if there is any?