When I head out of town next time I am going to do some serious looking for powder, just not much of a selection here. But the red dot will have to get me by until then.
Played around with the crimp adjustment a little. Seemed to be pretty good where it was.
Thanks for the info guys, you answered the questions I had. I'll raise it up a hair. I think I have a pretty good crimp going so probably won't mess with that.
Appreciate the help
I had an earlier post about reloading for the 45 colt. I have since switched powders to Red Dot which was all that was available. I put 5.5 gr in and was shooting 250 gr lead flat nose bullets. I took three out and test fired. Went off just fine but when I was done I saw there were a few...
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Went down to sporting store, all they had that looked like it would work would be Red Dot or 700-x
Any experience with either of these? Or should I wait until I go someplace that might have one of the others?
Thanks for the input, but as you can see my choices are pretty limited.
Brent
thanks rc I'll go see if I can find some unique and give it a try. Powder has been a little short in our small town shop along with everything else.
I appreciate the info
gun is a taurus revolver with a 3" barrel
I have also heard there is a worry of lead fouling being more probable while shooting a faster load with cast bullets. Is there a recommended FPS for cast bullets?
Thanks
I was going to load up some rounds for my dad's 45 long colt. I had some IMR 4227 around and found a load of 17 grains for it. I am using a cast 250 gr. RNFP bullet. I loaded a couple up and the powder wasn't burning completely. I have a large pistol primer in it. Any recommendations for...
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