Recent content by slick001

bds you may be a genius! I think you hit the nail striaght on the head. the aol is 1.250 , i guess it is seating so deep getting into the roundness of the bullet itself. I found some load data for accurate 2 and this bullet, and that is the aol they called for. Should I play with...

thanks for the pic. ok , so pretty much between .470 to .472? thing is when I am in that range , looking straight down the bullet from above, looks like i can see a bit of gap between the case and bullet. maybe i need my calipers checked it fits the LE Wilson max cartridge gage...

Can anyone help a new guy here work up a .45acp load? I am trying to use a Rainier 230gr plated RN, with a once fired S&B case. After I size it, I am belling it out to .473 on the expander. Then, I have backed the Seating die back to where it seats it to the COL but does not do the...

Thanks for all the replies and the welcome to the forum and reloading. I'm starting with the 45s and plated, and definately will keep good notes. We don't have an indoor range close, so have stockpiled led bullets, but will probably switch over to plated over time. I did purchase Lone...

hello, I am fairly new to reloading , finally got my progressive press set up and about to start cranking out some pistol bullets, slow and safely of course! I have stocked up on cast lead bullets in 9mm, but about to stock up on .45s. I have a 1K rounds of Rainier plated laying around that...