jjohnson
Member
Hi, Gents!
I need some ideas - for loading blanks for Cowboy Action Shooting.
I don't want to use black powder - - but I'm a handloader with plenty of .45 Colt brass and powder. My real question is - after dropping a powder charge into the casing, what then? I don't have a cutting die to create .45 caliber cardboard stock to crimp the powder in with. Also, since the Colt cartridge is way large, I guess I need some sort of filler - so what do I use? I can't use cotton balls or anything else likely to start a fire. I guess I could use Cream of Wheat or dried rice - that would be fine. I know that regular smokeless powders don't usually go BANG! quite as much as black powder, but "more noise" isn't my goal - my goal is reloading inexpensive blanks that burn cleanly (sort of) using powders on hand.
So... what to use for filler? And what do you guys use to hold it all in? I do NOT want to "star crimp" my brass.
I appreciate any help. - Thanks!
I need some ideas - for loading blanks for Cowboy Action Shooting.
I don't want to use black powder - - but I'm a handloader with plenty of .45 Colt brass and powder. My real question is - after dropping a powder charge into the casing, what then? I don't have a cutting die to create .45 caliber cardboard stock to crimp the powder in with. Also, since the Colt cartridge is way large, I guess I need some sort of filler - so what do I use? I can't use cotton balls or anything else likely to start a fire. I guess I could use Cream of Wheat or dried rice - that would be fine. I know that regular smokeless powders don't usually go BANG! quite as much as black powder, but "more noise" isn't my goal - my goal is reloading inexpensive blanks that burn cleanly (sort of) using powders on hand.
So... what to use for filler? And what do you guys use to hold it all in? I do NOT want to "star crimp" my brass.
I appreciate any help. - Thanks!