RoostRider
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Little background first.... or jump to the pertinent part below the line ________
Been a reloader for ~20 years... mostly pistol, but some rifle and shotshell as well... I have a nice set-up with a friend. Combined we have a nice old Lee Turret Press, a shotshell press (can't recall brand- the red one), a Dillon progressive press, a 'nut-cracker' style press (mostly used for re-priming), and all of the accouterments.
As I said, I mostly reload pistol, of that mostly 9mm, as that is what I shoot the most by far. I also shoot a fair share of .357mag and .38 spcl. I have strayed here and there and done some other types, but not much.
I worked up loads for my guns by experimenting based on the data in my manuals (I have many) and my experience. Never got 'super picky' about it (no chrono or whatnot), but I am a good, experienced reloader, with a constant eye on safety and a renewed respect for vigilance (after a recent experience in which I let someone else run my press, was distracted and came to regret the squibs that resulted)
In rifle, I have only done .223, and a couple very small runs of .308 and .30-06
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I purchased a pile of left over reloading equipment many years ago that included a pretty sizable pile of .45 components. Some clean-sized-primed brass, lots of different wadcutters, RNL's, FMJ's, and HP's, and thousands of once fired (?) brass (in real nice shape).
Well, I finally decided to load up some of that, so I started with the brass that was clean and primed. There were about 60 of those.
I checked the load manuals and found a nice load for that pig (~850 fps lol) to start out with and go from there.
In reloading this I had a couple of issues. I was using the Dillon 550. The first was that the crimp stage (which is more like a straightening stage instead) was very difficult.... the brass was clean, not lubed.... I progressed with this for a little bit until a round failed- the brass sheared off clean at the canalure about half way down at this, the final stage.... I managed to drill and push the FMJ and piece of broken brass out, and then went on to lube all the brass, with no similar results..... the rounds looked nice.... the rounds shot fine....
Being that I have never run this brass through a re-size or prime, I also have a couple other questions.
Is it normal to have to lube .45ACP brass before the 'crimp' stage?
Does this brass require a full re-size, or is it only to the canalure?
Does this cartridge require a magnum or regular pistol primer? Or does it depend on the load?
Oddly, I couldn't find this info listed in my reload manuals... although admittedly I haven't scoured them yet for the information...... I don't have the manuals here with me, but I want to have the right components for the next venture of reloading....
Thanks for your time.....
Been a reloader for ~20 years... mostly pistol, but some rifle and shotshell as well... I have a nice set-up with a friend. Combined we have a nice old Lee Turret Press, a shotshell press (can't recall brand- the red one), a Dillon progressive press, a 'nut-cracker' style press (mostly used for re-priming), and all of the accouterments.
As I said, I mostly reload pistol, of that mostly 9mm, as that is what I shoot the most by far. I also shoot a fair share of .357mag and .38 spcl. I have strayed here and there and done some other types, but not much.
I worked up loads for my guns by experimenting based on the data in my manuals (I have many) and my experience. Never got 'super picky' about it (no chrono or whatnot), but I am a good, experienced reloader, with a constant eye on safety and a renewed respect for vigilance (after a recent experience in which I let someone else run my press, was distracted and came to regret the squibs that resulted)
In rifle, I have only done .223, and a couple very small runs of .308 and .30-06
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I purchased a pile of left over reloading equipment many years ago that included a pretty sizable pile of .45 components. Some clean-sized-primed brass, lots of different wadcutters, RNL's, FMJ's, and HP's, and thousands of once fired (?) brass (in real nice shape).
Well, I finally decided to load up some of that, so I started with the brass that was clean and primed. There were about 60 of those.
I checked the load manuals and found a nice load for that pig (~850 fps lol) to start out with and go from there.
In reloading this I had a couple of issues. I was using the Dillon 550. The first was that the crimp stage (which is more like a straightening stage instead) was very difficult.... the brass was clean, not lubed.... I progressed with this for a little bit until a round failed- the brass sheared off clean at the canalure about half way down at this, the final stage.... I managed to drill and push the FMJ and piece of broken brass out, and then went on to lube all the brass, with no similar results..... the rounds looked nice.... the rounds shot fine....
Being that I have never run this brass through a re-size or prime, I also have a couple other questions.
Is it normal to have to lube .45ACP brass before the 'crimp' stage?
Does this brass require a full re-size, or is it only to the canalure?
Does this cartridge require a magnum or regular pistol primer? Or does it depend on the load?
Oddly, I couldn't find this info listed in my reload manuals... although admittedly I haven't scoured them yet for the information...... I don't have the manuals here with me, but I want to have the right components for the next venture of reloading....
Thanks for your time.....