Today at the Bench.....

[muforester]

Can I ask what firearm you are shooting in 41 Mag?

14” Contender


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[Harter]

One hundred each 45 Colts in 1x Armscore Precision brass . The fine NOE 454-250 SWC version of the Kieth 454424 Lyman from WW-pure at 50-50 . The lube is the left overs in the new to me lubeizer going into my own version of Darrs lube . Sized .454 late last fall cast in October. They weigh 252 gr . The charge is 10.0 Herco based on 9.0 as a max for a standard 230 jacket an 11.0 being a max load for a 260 gr jacket from the Speer #12 Ruger data . That works out the Centennial Ruger BlackHawk likes 9.5 gr of Unique with these . 7# of Herco followed me home a couple of years ago really cheap .
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[JeffreyDeGraff]

One hundred each 45 Colts in 1x Armscore Precision brass . The fine NOE 454-250 SWC version of the Kieth 454424 Lyman from WW-pure at 50-50 . The lube is the left overs in the new to me lubeizer going into my own version of Darrs lube . Sized .454 late last fall cast in October. They weigh 252 gr . The charge is 10.0 Herco based on 9.0 as a max for a standard 230 jacket an 11.0 being a max load for a 260 gr jacket from the Speer #12 Ruger data . That works out the Centennial Ruger BlackHawk likes 9.5 gr of Unique with these . 7# of Herco followed me home a couple of years ago really cheap .
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Looking good! 10.0gr should be perfect. I’ve always used .5gr more of herco than unique. So if your revolver likes 9.5 of unique, 10.0 of herco would be spot on.


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[Harter]

Speed #12 says 10-11 for their 260gr jhp soni could probably go on up to 11.5:with the 252 gr cast .

[Harter]

Did another 200 Colts today . Star Line brass.

I have a 45 ACP reamed 45 S&W with an ACP Reamer . It seems the 45 Win Mag is just the right length dies for the taper crimp and evev the steel sizer is an improvement on the Lee set of carbide . At a min , after I shoot some , I will use the RCBS expander die cause the Lee bushing expander sucks .

[JeffreyDeGraff]

Did another 200 Colts today . Star Line brass.

I have a 45 ACP reamed 45 S&W with an ACP Reamer . It seems the 45 Win Mag is just the right length dies for the taper crimp and evev the steel sizer is an improvement on the Lee set of carbide . At a min , after I shoot some , I will use the RCBS expander die cause the Lee bushing expander sucks .

Man, you really mix and match stuff up. I love it.


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[muforester]

A few more I have been working on, .44 Russian and 8x57




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[JeffreyDeGraff]

A few more I have been working on, .44 Russian and 8x57




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Time to go shoot those beauties.


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[Harter]

It's a 1917 and has to retain the case mouth head space with a .453 maximum dia cast bullets .
The 45 mag dies came up dirt cheap compared to the Colts dies I looked up yesterday........ $75 !?! I only gave 25 for the mag dies .

As a plus I can hop the S&W up to +P+ like 18 kpsi and be well into standard Colts loads and nowhere near the working limits of the 1918 N frame .

Added cool factor for having a 45 S&W S&W that will run 5 cartridges with data and even the hot one is safe in the no heat treat do to jump and throat length dropping pressures .

[Harter]

358 Win 360-238 XCB NOE , 20 rounds 8.5 Unique for fire form FC 308 .
257 Roberts 257412 10 Unique 20 something to shoot.
275 Rigby 7mm 168 RCBS 8&8.5 Unique and 41&41.5 DuPont 4350.
25-06' 260-120 NOE 50, 50.5 ,51 ,51.5 H4831: the bullet weighs 124.5 gr .

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