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Thanks ...I will slug the bore and take it from there. I have cap and ball revolvers as well and most of them are more accurate than this SAA, if I need a larger boolit I will order yet another mould...

I have been loading for .45ACP and .45Colt using the same .452 diameter boolits... 200 grain round nose flat point and 230 grain round nose. The 200 grain flat points don,t feed in my 1911's and are...

I have a Colt 1911 made in 1917 that has had target sights added by previous owner,it has been shot so much that I had to replace the barrel because the cases were bulging. Also shown is a SAM...

The loading press was made buy the guy that I bought the gun off of. The wood has collapsed under the cylinder so I am going to beef it up with a brass plate.
I like this method of loading...more...

Simonpie ..you are right here is a picture of a mould for an 1849 Pocket Colt .31 cal that I have,much the same as yours the base of the boolit is smaller....never noticed that before.
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Just finished cleaning the gun after a day at the range,the round balls worked great even better than the .45 Colt cartridges with the 200 grain RNFP boolit. I am going to stick to the round balls...

I spelled Boolits wrong on my initial post.
I will try the RB this weekend and if they aren't accurate I will try to re-size the boolits and see if they work better, thanks all for the information.

Sorry I got the spelling wrong the first time.
I have a .36 cal 1851 repro that I tried conical boolits in and as you said they were hard to load ie: nearly impossible without reshaping the base...

I have a Uberti 1873 SAA revolver .44 cal. cap and ball revolver as well as a Uberti 1873 SAA .45 Colt. The .44 takes a .454 ball and the .45 Colt uses a .452 ...200 grain RNFP flat based two groove...

I bought a new barrel for my 1911 (made in 1917) because the cases were bulging, not sure of the brand of barrel but it needed to be fitted which I did myself. At some point someone installed target...

Guns cost a lot more in Canada,here is a picture of an Uberti Cattleman .45 Colt with 5 1/2 inch barrel with the "antiqued" finish..I got it un-fired but a couple of years old for $600.00 they...

I will try heavy grease on the arbor next time,real black powder is hard to find around here and Goex is the only one readily available. I should really try to find some of the better powders. I have...

I had my ASM Walker repro at the range a couple of times and can get only about five shots off before the cylinder binds up on the arbor. Has anyone else had the same problems with Walker's and if so...

Hand-Cannon....Pedersoli Queen Anne .50 Cal. Flinter (Rock Lock):

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Here are some of my guns to date:

1847 Walker .44 cal:
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af11/Skinny1950/1847WalkerDec192011003-1.jpg

1873 Colt SAA .45 Colt:
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Very nice gun..the 45Colt round is impressive and quite powerful but expensive,for factory ammo I have to pay over a dollar a round.I recently bought a Uberti Cattleman .45 Colt which was "Antiqued "...

No problem RegCom7...while I am waiting for the double disk kit to show up I am loading "Cowboy " loads...23 grns powder 2 1/2 .125 inch wads to make up the space. I tried these last weekend and...

I am not loading smokeless, I am TRYING to load black powder.
The Lee Auto Disk powder measure that I have has several disks but it uses one at a time and the most it will dispense is 23 grains...

I just got my Lee Deluxe 4 hole turret press (I know I should have got the Classic :mrgreen: ) to reload .45 Colt but it will ony dispense about 23 grains so I ordered the double disk kit to get more...

Thanks for the replies on this...just set up the press and the powder measure only dispenses a max. of 23 grains so I loaded up 40 rounds with 23 grains and 2 1/2...1/8 inch wads to fill the case.
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This is a 1849 Pocket Colt .31 (close to .32) made in 1861,here in Canada a lot of the .32 cal. guns are prohibited so I will have to make due with this one.

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Just got my Lee mold in the mail...many of you have suggested a 250 grain boolit but I want to load for .45ACP later on and got a mold that is supposed to be good for .45ACP and .45Colt. I am still...

Just got a 1873 SAA .45 Colt and can't afford to shoot it..I need to reload. I am thinking that a good load for target shooting would be 30 grains of Goex FFFG with a 200 grn. boolit with a few wads....

I found a Uberti 1873 .45 Colt reproduction with the "Antique" finish instead of the El Patron and I am shooting factory ammo in order to get some brass for reloading. The Lee 4 hole turret press and...

I used to work in the brake business,brakes used to have asbestos linings.If you think lead is getting bad press compare it with asbestos. Miners that worked underground for 20+ years digging the...