reversing bullet for wad cutter in a .45 = tumblers

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rjpirate

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Was curious if some more experienced loaders could give me some insight on this technique.
Was using a course instructors unjacketed hand loads at the indoor range the other day. That being said also was taught by another not to give your hand loads to others for fear of mishaps from mistakes made in the process. Let them use factory ammo.

While using these handloaded .45 rounds...Bullet was reversed in the casing to take up more space thus less powered used for indoor use.
First shot there wasn't enough powder to recharge the pistol and elect the round. After trying to re-rack a round and eject old round...ended up in double feed. Turns out used round casing stuck in the pipe and rod used to push it out. This went on and on for next few rounds.

It appeared that the rounds might of tumbled down range...or lost so much velocity that the almost went off paper. Maybe Im just a bad shot.

Any thoughts or discussion would be great.
 
I'd say he undercharged them. There are lots of issues with loading down ammunition and some of them can be outright dangerous if not done right. Really what he should have been doing is using trail boss, but even then you should only download ammunition for guns that are not semi-auto. Semi-auto guns are designed to operate within SAAMI specifications. Even hot loaded ammunition causes problems in many autos as the pressures are too high.

Long story short, bring factory loads and refuse to use the handloads. Dicking around with another's misinformed opinion of 'safe' is not something to do.

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Just to address the issue of 'top dog' tell him outright the ammunition doesn't work safely in your gun. If it's an issue still then drop the course as you won't be learning much useful from him anyway. You can call it a 'less cheap' lesson in life about dealing with people.
 
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