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Here's what I have so far;
Winchester .45 Colt brass (fired, so far about 3X)
Winchester Large Pistol primers
Better Bullets 200Grn LSWC bullets
GOEX FFg black powder
Do I need anything else, or do I simply replace my normal Trail Boss powder with BP?
I found that a Lee #129 dipper (the old black plastic dipper) throws a 25Grn charge (measured using smokeless scales) and leaves *just* enough room to seat the bullet, the charge will be slightly compressed
Is it simple as throw the BP charge in the case and seat the bullet? what about these "wad" things I've heard about that go behind the bullet?
What's the best way to clean up after a BP shooting session, how critical is it to tear down the BH to it's component parts?
On a side note, in theory, shouldn't shooting BP in a .45 ACP 1911 be a tad cleaner?, mainly because the cartridge is seated into the barrel breech, wheras a revolver has the cylinder freebore area, cylinder gap, and forcing cone to deal with, more space for burning gases to escape...
Or should I just go get a decent 209-based inline BP rifle?
Winchester .45 Colt brass (fired, so far about 3X)
Winchester Large Pistol primers
Better Bullets 200Grn LSWC bullets
GOEX FFg black powder
Do I need anything else, or do I simply replace my normal Trail Boss powder with BP?
I found that a Lee #129 dipper (the old black plastic dipper) throws a 25Grn charge (measured using smokeless scales) and leaves *just* enough room to seat the bullet, the charge will be slightly compressed
Is it simple as throw the BP charge in the case and seat the bullet? what about these "wad" things I've heard about that go behind the bullet?
What's the best way to clean up after a BP shooting session, how critical is it to tear down the BH to it's component parts?
On a side note, in theory, shouldn't shooting BP in a .45 ACP 1911 be a tad cleaner?, mainly because the cartridge is seated into the barrel breech, wheras a revolver has the cylinder freebore area, cylinder gap, and forcing cone to deal with, more space for burning gases to escape...
Or should I just go get a decent 209-based inline BP rifle?