Long bullets/cartridges in Perdersoli-Bodine Rolling Blocks

[mehavey]

Earlier in the Cast Bullet Section I had asked if

" the extended nose on the classic 550 Hoch ....
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/461...-bullet-length
when seated normally in a 45-90 case still allow that case to clear the Perdersoli/rolling block's hammer?

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=161292


Not getting an answer (probably because I was in the wrong section) I went ahead and noted that I'd literally Max'd out the ability to get past the Bodine's hammer when loading a Lyman Postell to 3.226" to just cover the grease grooves.

I then promised "... Film at Eleven" in follow-up:
So be it:


For the Googler's like me who ask questions/need answers based on web-crawler search engines, here are the key words in text. (Who knows, maybe I'll lose my notebook and have to look up all this stuff all over again)

- Pedersoli-Bodine/45-90 RB using their “issue” Creedmore” tang sight [yuck]
- MontanaBulletWorks/Lyman Postell_535gr (#2 alloy) Size .459 /DGL Lube
- GoEX_1F / 75.0gr (vibrated down before compression) / StarlineCase
- 1@ 30-thousandths VegWad + newspaper overlay (.445” wad depth<compression)
- Compress to 0.585” using compresson die (0.140“ powder compression)
- Bullet shank depth to cover last grease groove: 0.604” (0.019” further compression)
- Total powder column compression: 0.159”
- OAL: 3.226” (0.110” from lands)

- Damp patch pulled through between shots using an Otis cable

[Hiwall55]

Don't know how yours will work but I had to grind the top of the hammer with a U shape to get mine to load with long bullets