Thanks for your reply and good advice I appreciate it. The mess you saw was only the very first try so hopefully it will improve with practice, a lot of good feedback as to what went wrong, I couldn't be in better hands then on this forum and thanks to everyone for the help. :D
Ok I'll try resetting the die and not use the Lee FCD, I guess I don't really need it anyway if the Hornady does the job to start with. This is all good stuff and I appreciate the help and any and all advice.
wow that looks clean compared to mine, I think my die was to tight or something it put a death grip on my case and scared it up as well, I didn't think I was going to get it back out and had to use considerable force to get it out. I ordered some 452 so I'll try resetting the die again I think...
Thanks for setting me straight on that, I have ordered some 452 RNFP projectiles that will probably work better in the case and a bullet resizer for the 454. Do you know which is the proper crimp for a 45 colt a Tapper or Roll Crimp?
Yes the Hornady does seat and crimp at the same time with a taper crimp and I thought I had it set but when I started to lower the bullet after crimping, the die had a death grip on the bullet case and I thought it was stuck up into the die causing me to apply a lot of force to get it back out...
So are you saying that the 454 is more of a 45 acp and I need a 452 for the colt, or is it the style of projectile you are referring to? I hope no one gets into a big debate because I have already lost one thread due to that. Thanks for the good advice especially things to watch for due to...
When you say the bullet is seated a hair to low do you mean the bullet is to deep?
I know it should be obvious but I want to be sure I understand, Thanks
My first try at seating a bullet or using the Press.
Here is 2 pic's of the first bullet I tried seating after I set up the reloading dies, please tell me what's wrong with the crimp if anything and the casing, it seems to have a bulge at the top and a little more to one side then the other...
I wonder why my other thread was closed down: 45 Long Colt - How do you reload it?
Did I do something wrong or was it being a problem some how, I thought it was a decent topic.
All of your advice is appreciated.
The polyfill was just to keep the powder close to the primer and avoid getting a misfire because bullseye and red dot is so small of a flake and the powder being position sensitive, but your right I doubt I will notice the difference since I am new to reloading and I probably am overthinking it...
Thanks, I plan to try the 200gr and the 255gr however the only good recipe I have right now is for Red Dot and the 200 gr projectile. I cant find any of the other powders that might be a better choice they all seem to be all sold out. I do have some Bullseye but it is not my first choice of...
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