Why you should check your brass...

[Hale]

I was reloading 45 Colt today, and had one that felt a little tight. Had I not been weighing each round it probably would have slipped through. Only 10gr heavy, but I caught it.

It will chamber and I doubt it would have caused any problem, considering the load is only 6.5gr Trail Boss. Diameter at the seat is only .002 over, and COA is fine. But I'm pretty sure fire-forming 44 mag cases to 45 Colt is not recommended, lol.

 

[beeenbag]

Interesting wildcat round you have there ol chap.

 

[Dudedog]

I have seen 44-40 so I guess that is a 45-44

Good catch.

 

[newfalguy101]

Guessing it would have caused plenty of head scratching at the range when it didnt behave like the rest...

As you alluded, not likely catastrophic, but not good either.

Suprised you didnt catch it when seating that bullet.

 

[Hale]

Suprised you didnt catch it when seating that bullet.

So was I, rather embarrassed I didn't. But I am using mixed old brass, and the Lee turret exerts a huge force with little effort.

 

[sparkyv]

Yikes!
Anymore, I use a cartridge gauge for all my handgun loads. It's a matter of, "pay me now, or pay me later"!

 

[edwardware]

Lookit there, a bottleneck pistol cartridge. . . with the bottleneck pointing the other way.

 

[kcofohio]

Years ago I bought packs of 5 loading trays for large and small cal. Using them while loading a batch, I can see casing differences, if an odd ball got mixed in with the rest.

They don't work well if loading rimmed cartridges in a single stage process though, unless you charge and seat bullet at the same time.

Similar to these.
https://www.amazon.com/Caliber-Univ...s=reload+tray&qid=1561639816&s=gateway&sr=8-7

 

[mcb]

I have stuffed 40 cal bullet in to a variety of wrong cases over the years. I catch nearly all of them with a chamber gauge. The best was the 38 Super Comp with a 40 Cal bullet stuffed in it. 357 Sig you would think would be fine but when you blow the neck out with a 40cal bullet the case is to long and fails a case gauge.

 

[Highland Lofts]

****z happens.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I would shoot it!

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Looks great. Be proud.

 

[murf]

interesting method of fireforming 44 magnum cases to 45 colt.

welcome to thr.

murf

 

[jak67429]

I can tell you 45 colt will seize up a Dillon 650 setup for 44 mag.

 

[LiveLife]

Now you need to make a display case and have it mounted right behind your press as an eternal reminder for QC.

I have done so many things I am too embarrassed to post on THR.

Proves we are still human and not AI.

 

[ATLDave]

Proves we are still human and not AI.

AI makes mistakes, too. The difference is, it's usually pretty easy to figure out how a human confused X for Y. When AI goes wrong, you're just left scratching your head as to how it could have gone so wrong.

 

[lightman]

Good Catch! I use loading blocks for sorting and counting range brass because it allows me to see the headstamp one more time during the inspection process. That method has allowed me to catch a few odd balls that might have slipped through. 41 Mag and 44 mag like to play together too!

 

[LiveLife]

AI makes mistakes, too.

Men were created in God's image and since it's "human" to make mistakes, it's only fitting men made Artificial Intelligence to make mistakes.

 

[kcofohio]

Men were created in God's image and since it's "human" to make mistakes, it's only fitting men made Artificial Intelligence to make mistakes.

As the old saying, "The program is only as good as the programmer".

 

[Enfielder]

Now that it has a 44 case, you can load it to 454 pressures!!