johnnyrigger

ok Well I just got home form work and looked at what kind of bullets I have and they are X-Treme Bullets 45-200gr RN copper plated that company is out of Carson City, NY. the web site that guy went to was called the reloadingbench.com. Why I Asked about tumbling live rounds is that my rounds are not the cleanest rounds. my gun is a Colt Combat Commander. As far as making rounds in small batches.... I made 300 of the now problem .45's. and tonight i will start to disassemble all these rounds.

Tubby45

It's fun to crank out rounds but when working up loads, only run 5 rounds at each charge level and when you find pressure signs, stop and dismantle the remaining rounds. Back off to safe pressure levels.

Reloadbench.com is a good site. As always, check Internet data against a loading manual. Never take a load quoted in person or on the Internet for granted. Always, always check.

I've loaded tens of thousands of rounds in my short time reloading and still always check against a manual.

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shooterwolf

Bump your powder up to 5.4 grns. unique and try 1.250 oal. This is a nice light load but should cycle your slide.

Shooterwolf.

johnnyrigger

Guys,

Srry for not getting back to ya'll sooner but I had to get my right shoulder operated on due to a long hard day of Hand to Hand Combat training. All is fixed now but I still have limited mobility and a lot of pain.

I was looking at the MFR website for load data and they are telling me to use lead loads. So I took out my books (The Complete Reloading manuel for the .45 ACP, Lyman 48, Speer Manual #14) The closes I can get is 200GR. LSW (TGT) COL 1.190 with Unique 5.1Gr.

Dose this sound right? And how much different does it make if I Have RN bullets?

Thanks for all the support, and the length of time for my response\ questions.
I really appreciate it.

Johnny

Tubby45

Lyman #48 (p. 356) states a 200gr SWC (452460) takes 5-7.5gr of Unique with an OAL of 1.161". I would use this data, maybe run it out to 1.18" if it will feed in your gun. Make up a dummy round at 1.18" and feed it from the mag. If it feeds, go to 1.16" by .05" increments and see if it feeds. I usually load the longest that it will feed, then sneak it down another .05" just to make sure. Then work up a load at that OAL.

The nose profile isn't much of a concern as bearing surface. The plated bullet will cause less pressure than lead, so you should be good to go.

To recap: Make a few dummies at 1.16, 1.165, 1.17, 1.175, 1.18, and see which ones feed. Then use that data, from the page I cited and work up.

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coffeecup

(1) reduce OAL to 1.25 or a little less.
(2) bump unique to about 6gr.( I use 8gr for a 185gr JHP) Even 6 might not be enough for reliability.
(3) Dont over do the crimp, but make sure it is firm. It is easy to over crimp with lead bullets and make the case dig into the bullet. You want to be just short of that happening.
(4) remove barrel from pistol and drop a loaded round into the chamber to make sure that the round will headspace correctly. (You can check your results against a factory round.)
(5) Try again--keep on trying until you get it right!!! I was once married to a school teacher and that was what she kept telling me.

shooterwolf

coffe cup is giving you some good advice on oal for round nose bullets. I'd start at 5.5 grns unique though.


Shooterwolf.

dukalmighty

Okay i shoot 5.0 grns unique behind a 200 grn lead RN,if you overbell the case mouth prior to seating the bullet even if you crimp it it can leave slight bulge causing the case not to feed and keeping slide from going into battery all the way,one way to check is disassemble your 45 and try inserting the bullets into the barrel they should slide in and out freely,Ihad same problm and i took the primer punch out of my resizing die and ran the bullets through it again which made them run flawless,proving i was expanding the case mouth too much,mouth should be just wide enouth to accept bullet withoutshaving lead if it is belled out it's too much IMHO

I did't see coffeecups post but yeah what he said,with the case bell issue

aus71383

I'd be real careful about the crimps using plated bullets. My experience is limited to Rainier, but the lead was so soft it squished like crazy if I crimped to .469 or .470 - the bullets would fall out or I could pull them out with two fingers. Crimping to .472 fixed it, and they do feed fine that way in my gun. But lead is cheaper and doesn't have that problem so I quit buying the Rainiers. Just my two cents.

Austin

fatboy97

The last time I worked up test loads for a new powder I worked up 6 different powder loads, going up .1gr from min to max load. Using a sand bag and a sitting position and determined for myself what worked best for my weapon.

I guess everyone works up a load differently.

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