Saddlebag Preacher
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I usually handload my .45 LC in BP with an old lee hand loader, but I just "rediscovered" a box of 100 Hornaday 250 Gr HP/XTP jacketed hollowpoints that my wife bought for me years ago. I never used them because I only reload lead bullits with the BP, so I put them in the closet.
Well with the price of factory 45 LC through the roof, especially for hollowpoint or defensive loads, I think now is a good time to use them. I have a good supply of unused Starline brass and CCI primers.
I have never reloaded smokeless and I know it goes by weight, not volume like BP. I need to know a good brand of Smokeless powder and what you might suggest for how much to use. They will be used here on the farm in a Ruger New Vaquero and a Rossi .45 92 carbine.
I don't have it with me right at this moment, but the lee loader came with a yellow dipper for powder, I'd have to see what it says on it.
And of course I absolve any liability to anyone who can give me suggestions.
Thanks
Well with the price of factory 45 LC through the roof, especially for hollowpoint or defensive loads, I think now is a good time to use them. I have a good supply of unused Starline brass and CCI primers.
I have never reloaded smokeless and I know it goes by weight, not volume like BP. I need to know a good brand of Smokeless powder and what you might suggest for how much to use. They will be used here on the farm in a Ruger New Vaquero and a Rossi .45 92 carbine.
I don't have it with me right at this moment, but the lee loader came with a yellow dipper for powder, I'd have to see what it says on it.
And of course I absolve any liability to anyone who can give me suggestions.
Thanks