- Location
- Manitoulin Island
Shooting a Uberti reproduction of 1858 Remington in 45 Colt. Using a Lee Pro 1000 3-hole turret and Lee dies with the Lee auto-disk powder measure. Loading 255 Gr. lead bullets and 700X powder because I inherited a can of it. I am running presently at 4.5 Gr. which seems to shoot pretty well with moderate recoil. The thing I notice is that I have to go one hole size larger on the auto disk than specified in the pamphlet that came with the dies to get the mass in grains. The .61 disk hole should throw 4.8 Gr. but I am using the .66 hole to get 4.5, which should throw 5.0. I started at 4.0 Gr. and worked up to where I am now. Know this is no big deal, just found it interesting. Sure isn't much powder in that big case. Would be easy to get a double or triple charge if you weren't paying attention, although the way the press works advancing the case to next station every time would make it harder to do.
Another thing I noticed is a buddy gave me a part box of old Dominion cartridges. Fired them off, but found I can't reload them in the press, because the #11 shell plate won't let them fit. The newer cases are undercut in front of the rim while the old ones aren't.
Bill
Another thing I noticed is a buddy gave me a part box of old Dominion cartridges. Fired them off, but found I can't reload them in the press, because the #11 shell plate won't let them fit. The newer cases are undercut in front of the rim while the old ones aren't.
Bill
