45 Colt Tips
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(((Echo)))
CGN frequent flyer
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- Old Man Land, AB
What are you loading for? Cowboy action, soft plinking, big boom heavy recoil.....
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I load 5.5grs Trail Boss under a 250gr FPRN lead bullet. Easy to shoot, nice recoil, accurate. I use it in my rifle, revolver and derringer.
(E)
. I load 5.5grs Trail Boss under a 250gr FPRN lead bullet. Easy to shoot, nice recoil, accurate. I use it in my rifle, revolver and derringer.
(E)
The Lee factory crimp die is great for all the revolver cartridges, crimps and removes any bulge from the seating operation.
Hard to know what tips when we don't know what dies you have, what experience you have, and what kind of bullets and powder you intend to use and for what purpose.
In some of the above posts you have mentioned plinking, but any tips would depend on some information on the other points.
Chuckbuster
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I was about to say much the same thing! Plinking with XTPs will seriously cut down on range time. I have some that I plan on loading into a .454 carbine for deer, but for .45 Colt in that same rifle and SAA replica I stick to cast bullets. I have tried various loads...with Unique, Herco and Blue Dot. I haven't found anything particularly accurate out of the revolver yet, but the carbine does like the Unique load. It's about 9.5 grains under a 250 grain cast bullet.
ETA: I forgot to mention that I just loaded up some 250 grainers ahead of 22 grains of Blackhorn 209 to see how that performs...when the weather gets a bit better...stormy right now. I'm interested to see how it performs in conjunction with the added bonus of that big cloud of white smoke.
Well plinking(shooting paper and pop cans) is all I can do at my range we have no compitions or anything fun. Im looking for reloading tips for this round. I've been reloading for 20 years but never the Colt. As for bullets I posted what I was using and powder I don't know what I will use yet as to why I'm asking for tips.
I wish I could use lead but I have no easy way of obtaining lead bullets in my area and if you do ask a shop to order in factory made ones they look at you like you are from mars.... I'd make my own but have no place to do so(small appartment). I'm stuck with regular cast bullets and I have the money to happily throw away at regular slugs.
Here are a couple of good sources for cast bullets:
1. M.T. Chambers in Prince Albert is Ben Hunchak here on CGN. PM him for information.
2. Cactus Plains Ammunition in Gull Lake. Googling "Plains Ammunition Supply" will get you his phone number.
1. M.T. Chambers in Prince Albert is Ben Hunchak here on CGN. PM him for information.
2. Cactus Plains Ammunition in Gull Lake. Googling "Plains Ammunition Supply" will get you his phone number.
(((Echo)))
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Old Man Land, AB
The Cactus Plains are the ones I use. I can get them at a local shop. Nice bullets.
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They also swage the bullet down which, if you are shooting lead, will lead to poor accuracy and leading in the barrel. The bulge you see from lead bullets is perfectly normal as you want the bullet to a minimum of .001 over bore. If you want to see what happens to your nicely resized bullets after using the FCD just pull the bullet after using the FCD.
The FCD for pistols is not the same as the FCD for rifles. The latter works quite well.
Take Care
Bob
Oh excellent this is great news!
FWIW I run all my lead pistol ammo through Lee FCDs and have zero issues with leading or accuracy.
