RSIno1
Hunter
I've got about 1500 lead 220g .45 SWC bullets. Can I buy a 44 bullet sizing die and just run them through so I can use them in my SBH 44 mag?
Resizing 45 slugs to 44
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contender
Ruger Guru
I would say no.
You have a slug that measures .452-.454 (average,) and you want to go down to .429-.431 (average.) That's .020 & that's be a lot to ask out of a sizer & any press.
I'd suggest a trade or sale of your bullets for a bullet you can use.
You have a slug that measures .452-.454 (average,) and you want to go down to .429-.431 (average.) That's .020 & that's be a lot to ask out of a sizer & any press.
I'd suggest a trade or sale of your bullets for a bullet you can use.
jgt
Buckeye
Listen to Contender, he's on the money.
sixshot
Buckeye
Would be more trouble than its worth, you'll collapse the lube grooves in the process & lengthen your slugs, either trade them or melt them down. Would youl run Roseane Barr through a Marilyn Monroe mould!!
Dick
Dick
Bucks Owin
Hunter
Could be melted down and recast as RCBS .44 250K... :wink:
PM if interested...
(I'm doing some anyway...)
PM if interested...
(I'm doing some anyway...)
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
I have done this by lubing the bullets first, you CANNOT compress a liquid, and then doing the sizing after also lubing the bullets with sizing wax. I used a Lyman 450 and away we went in fine style.
Bucks Owin
Hunter
You have the world's beefiest 450 if it can resize .452" down to .430"!!! :shock:
I would not attempt it with mine...
PS: How do you get a .45 bullet started down a .43 die anyway?!? :?
I would not attempt it with mine...
PS: How do you get a .45 bullet started down a .43 die anyway?!? :?
WIL TERRY
Buckeye
BUCKS,
They went through like PHTTT through a goose. Remember, they were lubed just like brass cases to be resized. The die had a bevel put on it, I used a flattop punch, and all of it was quite effortless when we got it all in gear. Actually I remember putting bullets through it both rightsideup and upside down. The bullet lube in both grooves [ gotta maintain the crimp groove too...] was JAVALINA 4138ALOX/BEESWAX
It is sorta funny that you mentioned not trusting your 450 to do it, because one time many years ago a guy ask me where I got the 450 and he said it was built much burlier than his. Mine was one of the very first Buckeye Shooters Supply in Canton OH got it. Now for the life of me I cannot remember exactly when that was....maybe 1970 or '71....??
They went through like PHTTT through a goose. Remember, they were lubed just like brass cases to be resized. The die had a bevel put on it, I used a flattop punch, and all of it was quite effortless when we got it all in gear. Actually I remember putting bullets through it both rightsideup and upside down. The bullet lube in both grooves [ gotta maintain the crimp groove too...] was JAVALINA 4138ALOX/BEESWAX
It is sorta funny that you mentioned not trusting your 450 to do it, because one time many years ago a guy ask me where I got the 450 and he said it was built much burlier than his. Mine was one of the very first Buckeye Shooters Supply in Canton OH got it. Now for the life of me I cannot remember exactly when that was....maybe 1970 or '71....??
Bucks Owin
Hunter
I'll be dang...
Mine is an old 450, probably not much after the 45 model. Got it cheap and refurbished it with Lyman parts EXCEPT the handle upgrade...lol
Off the trail as usual...sorry :oops:
Mine is an old 450, probably not much after the 45 model. Got it cheap and refurbished it with Lyman parts EXCEPT the handle upgrade...lol
Off the trail as usual...sorry :oops:
