45 gallery loads

[timothy75]

Has anyone tried making very light bp loads with a round ball in 45colt? I've seen refrences to them including 8gr of powder and wondered if an air space in the case would be permissible given the mimimal charge?

 

[oldelm]

There should be NO airspace when loading BP. I really like loading .45 Colt case with 18 grains by weight of Hodgdon's 777 FFg, 1/2 a Circle Fly lubed .460 wad, 457 round ball, crimped just past the max diameter. Little or no compression, just enough to leave no airspace. It's a very accurate load with my Uberti Remington NMA w/R&D cyl., and light recoil,.....but plenty of smoke & boom.

 

[StrawHat]

Now that the 45 Special or 45 Short Colt case is available, I have stopped using the Long Colt case for gallery loads.

The shorter case is a winner for the gallery or other light loads, even some pretty stout loads.