cases for 45lc bullets?

[rockrat]

The 40s&w for the 44mag, but what might work for swaging .451" or .452" bullets. Was at a gunshow and picked up a final swage die (Herters) that was sold as a sizing die ($8). Wish he had more at that price:-D

[kawalekm]

HI Rockrat
I looked through my reloading manuals and found a sizing die that might work. The 7.5 Swiss has a case head that's .493" and the body just below the start of the shoulder of .450". The distance between the two points is 1.55" and is a nice straight taper. If you can punch a .450" hole through the top of the die, you might be able to make .450" jackets from .45Gap or .45ACP cases. Drop a 170-180 grain cast core into that and you could swage a nice .451 bullet. Bear in mind through, I'm still trying to drill through the .223 die. I haven't made that work yet.
Michael