don't need a sizer??

[grampa243]

ok i have not yet got a sizer for 45 acp boolits. but tonight i thought i would load up a dummy just to see if it would chamber. as i know many of you guys out there shoot as-cast sizes.

so the boolits i'm try right now is.. the lee 452-230-tc the mold i borrowed is casting at .455

i'm loading on a 550b with dillon dies. so when i loaded the dummy as it went to the crimp die i could feel that it felt like it might be sizing the boolit.

it chambered fine; so then i pulled it to check size.. now it is .453

i think i'm going to load up a few and see how they shoot.

[grampa243]

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P.S. that is not the box of primers i used.. it's an empty one on the bench

[9.3X62AL]

45 ACP is a pretty forgiving caliber as far as cast boolit diameter goes. If they chamber OK, chances are things will be fine. It's when boolits get undersized that things get ugly.

[Shiloh]

.453 is fine for me. My .452 is a bit oversize, and with lead springback, the largest diameter is just a whisper over .453 at the widest.
I see no obvious bulge in your loaded rounds that would cause a problem. I use the same set-up as you.


Shiloh

[grampa243]

well i made it to the range after work yesturday; they shot fine. barrel was clean after 6 shots.

i shot at jugs filled with water. the one that i hit dead center passed thru-and-thru then dug a 18inch trench in the sod behind it. they all went thur the jugs at 5 and 10 yards.

[Win94ae]

The only reason I size my rifle bullets, is because I need to crimp the gas check. I don't size pistol bullets... maybe if my mold was way too big I might.

[Lead Fred]

My P220 is as tight as a ... oh never mind

I sizem to 452 which is .001 bigger than the bore

[mpmarty]

my 1911 and PT145 won't chamber anything over .452 so I size them all in a LEE push through or my Lyman 45.

[grampa243]

shot these tonight in a 18+ shot IDPA type action shoot.

on the 2nd time thru i had a perfect run with one target set at 30 yards.

5 grains of green dot and Ben's Red. in glock 30.